Parks Technician I - Conservation Lands & Resources

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Pima County’s Conservation Lands & Resources Department is seeking highly motivated and hard-working individual to fill a position as Park Technician I. This position is part of the Parks and Trails Division of Conservation Lands & Resources, supporting Pima County’s conservation efforts. It will involve assisting with maintenance, construction, campground operations, and restoration projects at Tucson Mountain Park and its trails.

This role is field-oriented, often in remote areas, with exposure to extreme temperatures in both summer and winter and requires the candidate to be in excellent physical condition. This is primarily a manual labor position requiring the ability to lift heavy loads; safely operate assigned vehicles and other powered equipment; work in extremes of heat, humidity, dust, and cold; safely wear required safety clothing and equipment; and ascend and descend ladders and stairs to reach and work upon elevated or below-grade work platforms and job sites. On assigned projects, the extended use of hand tools such as shovels, pickaxes, digging bars, and rakes is required. Invasive species work requires the candidate to mechanically remove or apply chemicals to combat invasive species and work where venomous animals may be encountered.

• Minimum one (1) year experience performing duties in landscape, grounds maintenance, arborist, equipment operator, general handyman or similar duties in a specific skill, craft, vocation, trade or operational area of employment.
• Minimum six (6) months experience in a customer service setting responding to customer inquiries.
• Minimum six (6) months experience with the loading, securing, transport, and field use of equipment, UTVs/ATVs, and a variety of trailers.
• Minimum six (6) months experience working near roadways.

Physical/Sensory Requirements: Lifting heavy objects, operating machinery and equipment, and performing repetitive tasks such as mowing, pruning, and planting. Action Activity - bending, climbing, kneeling, reaching, squatting and stooping; Motion Activity - grasping; Hearing Activity - in noisy areas, on a radio, behind themselves, and fine movement; Speaking Activity - in person, on the phone, on a radio; Vision - must be able operate motor vehicle, operate machinery, operate forklift/power industrial equipment; distinguish colors, depth perception and peripheral vision. Frequently required to lift, push or pull objects weighing up to 100 pounds.

Working Conditions: Various weather conditions, including heat, cold, and rain.

EEO Information: Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, kinship, political interest, or any other characteristic protected by law.