Outdoor Services Technician-Outdoor Services
Poudre School District
Fort Collins, CO
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- Pay Range: $23.16-$25.94/hr, based on qualifications and experience***
**Hours/day: 8**
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**Work calendar days: 260**
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**Duration of position: Ongoing**
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**Benefits include: Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, PERA retirement, paid time off, short and long term disability, access to employee walk-in clinic, as well as other optional benefit elections. **
**SUMMARY: **
Under general supervision, perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks in all phases of school grounds maintenance including: facility repair and maintenance; snow/ice removal; turf, tree, shrub, and plant care; repair of irrigation systems; and playground and athletic facility repair and maintenance.
**JOB TASKS: **
- Perform necessary repairs to outdoor facilities, playgrounds, etc.
- Repair and renovate irrigation systems (seasonal).
- Operate medium to heavy duty motor vehicles and equipment.
- Repair electrical problems in controllers, pumps, and electrical valves (seasonal).
- Provide assistance to seasonal/hourly personnel in the field.
- Utilize District computer system.
- Attend work and arrive in a timely manner.
- Prepare and maintain athletic fields and tennis, basketball, and all hard surface courts for recreational use (seasonal).
- Operate specialized turf maintenance equipment.
- Renovate athletic fields and maintain backstops, fences, and metal bleachers.
- Perform snow removal and ice mitigation as needed (seasonal) to ensure safe egress to and from buildings.
- Respond as essential personnel in case of an emergency, weather or environmental event, and/or school/facility/district closure.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- High school diploma or GED
- Two to three years of related experience in grounds maintenance or closely related field
- Vocational school or equivalent combination of education and experience is required
- Criminal background check required for hire
- Valid Colorado Driver's License
- Must meet District driver insurability requirements
- Valid Colorado Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or ability to obtain CDL within six months of hire date
- Questions regarding this posting can be directed to **[**[email protected]**](mailto:[email protected]){rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}
About the company
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Poudre School District is the 8th largest school district in Colorado including 55 schools serving ~30,000 students with 5,000 staff under one collective mission: to educate… every child, every day. We exist to support and inspire every child to think, to learn, to care, and to graduate prepared to be successful in a changing world.
Our District proudly supports 1,856 square miles in northern Colorado, including Fort Collins, Laporte, Timnath, Wellington, Red Feather, Livermore, Stove Prairie, and parts of Loveland and Windsor. Nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River, Fort Collins is located 5,000 feet above sea level and has a moderate climate with an average of 300 days of sunshine and 14.5 inches of precipitation a year. Fort Collins is recognized as the #1 best place to live nation-wide (Livability) and the #1 place in Colorado to raise a family (Business Week).
PSD is proud to be a top-performing district, recognized at the state and national level for student, staff and overall district excellence. Our students are selected as Boettcher, Daniels Fund, National Merit, National Hispanic, and Presidential Scholars. They are state champions in areas such as science, history, ocean and knowledge bowls, as well as in speech, debate, theatre and music. Our student athletes have become state champions in cross country, track and field, tennis, wrestling, swimming, baseball and gymnastics. Each of our schools has been recognized by the state for either student growth on standardized tests or performance and achievement.