Park Operations Technician
Austin, Texas
Reports to: Park Operations Manager
Salary: $43,000
About Pease Park Conservancy:
Pease Park Conservancy celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance, and maintain Austin’s first park for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all. Our vision is for Pease Park to be known as an accessible urban green space for play, adventure, and connectivity, where land stewardship, environmental innovation, and inclusive programming embrace the community’s history and inspire its future.
Position Description:
The Park Operations Technician is responsible for facilities, grounds, and custodial maintenance under the supervision of the Park Operations Manager. The Park Operations Tech will provide quality upkeep of Pease Park. This position is foundational to Pease Park’s vision of ensuring a clean, safe, and high-quality visitor experience.
Specific Responsibilities:
Facilities Maintenance
Preserve “hardscapes” such as paved surfaces, basketball court, cornhole court, and urban trails. This includes blowing pathways, debris and litter removal, power washing, and inspection for damage, vandalism, or other needed repairs. Prompt graffiti or gum removal as needed, and responsibility to address issues as soon as they are identified.
Maintain “site features” such as the Tudor Cottage, Treehouse, drinking fountain, lighting, fencing, walls, exercise equipment, playscape, water feature, seating, and irrigation. Daily site walk and inspection of all grounds facilities to ensure upkeep, cleanliness, and maintenance. Troubleshoot, suggesting maintenance updates and repairs as needed and report issues as they arise.
Groundskeeping
Perform “softscape” maintenance and general landscaping in coordination with the Park Operations Manager and Horticulture Coordinator. Includes hands-on experience learning about native plants, weeding, pruning, raking, planting, leaf blowing, edging, bed maintenance, trash removal, and other grounds services as needed. Work in a variety of landscapes including display garden beds, riparian areas, lawn and woodlands, and will include leading volunteer groups.
Custodial Service
Restroom deep cleans and hourly checks, restock soap and toilet paper, attend to as-needed spot cleans onsite. Daily emptying of trash and recycling cans, carrying trash and recycling to dumpsters.
Security and Emergencies
Communicate concerns regarding infrastructure, safety hazards, and park usage issues promptly. Report public disturbances, violations of use, and enforce park rules when necessary, ensuring a safe experience.
Hospitality
Ongoing friendly, proactive engagement of park visitors, acting as onsite point of contact. Greet visitors, answer questions, and educate of appropriate usage.
Special Event Support
Logistics, set up, and break down of event features. Post-event clean up.
Experience & Skills Required:
Love of the outdoors and ability to perform rigorous physical labor on a daily basis in year-round weather conditions
Ability to lift 50 lbs and operate power equipment
Ability to stand, squat, kneel, climb ladders, and walk for extended periods
Ability to follow and maintain quality standards and detailed record keeping
Attention to detail
Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment
Effective time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Salary & Benefits:
The position is full-time hourly. We have a generous benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, generous time off, and a retirement match.
Hours:
Saturday - Wednesday, 7am - 3pm
How to Apply
Send resume and cover letter, letting us know who you are and why you think you are the best fit for the position, to bret@peasepark.org. Candidates selected for an interview will be requested to provide references.
About Pease Park Conservancy:
Our Mission: Pease Park Conservancy celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance and maintain this 84-acre public green space for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all.
Our Vision: We want Pease Park to be known as an accessible urban green space for play, adventure and connectivity, where land stewardship, environmental innovation and inclusive programming embrace the community's history and inspire its future.
Our Culture: We are committed to creating and fostering a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees and volunteers feel valued and respected.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity Statement:
Pease Park Conservancy is committed to creating and fostering a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees and volunteers, whatever their gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability, feel valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all of our departments, programs, and worksites.
We respect, value, and celebrate our community's diverse life experiences and heritages and resolve to ensure that all voices—including historically underrepresented voices— are valued and heard.
We are committed to modeling diversity and inclusion for the greenspace management industry of the nonprofit sector, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.
To promote informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, Pease Park Conservancy will:
View our mission through the lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion to ensure the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve.
Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress.
Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusivity.
Prioritize and support board-level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our organization’s work, and how best to address that in a way that is consistent with our mission.
Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
Commit time and resources to expand diversity in leadership within our board, staff, committee, and advisory bodies.
Lead with respect and tolerance.