NEOGOV · 1 month ago
Recreation Maintenance Technician I
New Bern, NC
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$42K/yr - $42K/yrNEOGOV is a company under Craven County that focuses on maintaining parks and recreation facilities. The Recreation Maintenance Technician I performs semi-skilled to skilled maintenance work, ensuring the safety and cleanliness of park grounds and facilities while operating heavy equipment and overseeing part-time personnel.
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Responsibilities
Improves and maintains our park facilities to include baseball, softball, football, and soccer fields
Maintains several recently added facilities including walking trails, sand volleyball courts, disc golf, tennis courts and outdoor fitness equipment
Leads or participates in project work to include developing walking trails, installing swing sets, goals posts, creating play spaces and parking areas
Maintains grounds; prunes, trims hedges, trees and bushes; mows grass; applies herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer as necessary; operates string trimmers
Performs all routine maintenance of equipment to include changing oil, replacing parts and any belt work. Our maintenance technicians service all park related equipment
Repairs and paints park facilities, buildings, and playground fixtures; performs minor electrical and mechanical maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, etc
Maintains Forklift certification to assist with all County related disaster relief efforts
Maintains records of all safety checks including ladder, fire extinguishers, eye wash stations and is the primary on safety of all facilities in their section
Communicates frequently with the general public, contractors, league officials, tournament officials at our parks which requires department knowledge and considerable tact in dealing with the public
Retrieves equipment necessary for days' work and loads or oversees loading on work trucks
Operates heavy equipment, such as tractors, front-end loaders, backhoe, riding mowers, etc
Prepares simple records of work performed
Assists with the supervision of part-time maintenance technicians
Prepares athletic fields for competition: lines ball fields, mows grass, sets up bleachers, goal posts etc
Picks up debris and litter and hauls it to specified dump site
Oversees community service personnel
Responsible for off-site parks
Qualification
Required
Graduation from high school and some experience in general building, grounds and facilities maintenance work; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of the standard methods, materials and equipment employed in basic grounds and facilities maintenance operations
Working knowledge of the geographical layout of the County's parks and recreation facilities
Working knowledge of the occupational hazards of assigned maintenance work and the associated safety precautions
Ability to operate heavy equipment, lawn mowers, power tools and hand tools
Ability to perform strenuous work under varying weather conditions
Ability to understand oral and written instructions
Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with the public
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments
Possession of a valid North Carolina driver's license
Possession of a North Carolina Public Pesticide Operator's License
Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including mechanics tools, carpentry tools, electrical tools, plumbing tools, welding equipment, painting equipment, etc
Must be able to operate specialized recreation equipment such as gymnasium, athletic field and swimming pool equipment
Must be able to exert up to 150 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 75 pounds of force frequently, and/or 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance and AD&D
Disability Insurance
North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System
NC401k
Annual Leave
Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Longevity
Merit Program
Supplemental Benefits
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
Founded in 1999
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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$700MKey Investors
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2025-07-28Acquired
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