Job Description
Salary: $14.78 Hourly
Location : Harrisonburg, VA
Job Type: Seasonal
Job Number: 7021 - (May 2025)
Department: Parks & Recreation
Opening Date: 05/28/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Description Are you looking for a seasonal job that allows you to work primarily outdoors and utilize your maintenance skills to upkeep various park grounds? If so, apply to the City of Harrisonburg's seasonal Park Grounds Maintenance Laborer position!
The Park Grounds Maintenance Laborer position is a seasonal position (no benefits) with a preferred hiring rate of $14.78 per hour. The ideal candidates for this position will perform a variety of manual labor work in the care and maintenance of park grounds.
As a Park Grounds Maintenance Laborer, you may perform any of the following duties:
- Mowing/edging of parks or other grounds;
- Weedeating;
- General landscape installation and maintenance;
- Painting;
- Pressure washing;
- Performing light construction;
- Cleaning restrooms;
- Collecting trash;
- Using a variety of equipment and power tools, including but not limited to blowers, power-washers, lawn mowers, trimmers, and edgers;
- Assisting with installation, maintenance, and repair projects, as needed.
Physical Requirements: This is heavy work requiring the exertion of 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Work requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, and feeling. Vocal communication is required for conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly; hearing is required to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; visual acuity is required for use of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts at or within arm's length, operation of machines, and observing general surroundings and activities; the worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, noise, vibration, hazards, atmospheric conditions. The worker may be exposed to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment.
Minimum Qualifications - Completion of the tenth grade or an equivalent combination of education and experience. High school diploma or GED, preferred.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years of age at hire date (approximately 4 weeks after initial application date), due to the type of power tools utilized in this position.
- Possession of a valid driver's license.
- Availability to work a flexible schedule, including approximately 1 weekend per month.
- Experience in park or general maintenance is preferred but not required.
The ideal candidates for this position will have:
- Some knowledge of the safe use, operation, and preventive maintenance of the equipment assigned;
- Skill in the use of hand tools and equipment assigned;
- Ability to perform manual labor for extended periods, often under unfavorable weather conditions.
The selected candidates for this position will be subject to the following screenings and must receive satisfactory results:
- DMV record review;
- Job-specific physical; and
- Criminal background check.
Supplemental Information To Apply: To be considered, all candidates must submit a complete City of Harrisonburg online employment application, including previous work experience and education history. This position may close at any time after 10 calendar days. (posted 05/28/2025)
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or veteran status. The City of Harrisonburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Seasonal employees are not eligible for benefits with the City of Harrisonburg.
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What is your highest level of education?
- Less than 10th Grade
- Completed 10th Grade
- Attended High School
- High School Graduate
- GED
- Attend College
- College Graduate
- Attended Graduate School
- Master's Degree
- Graduate study beyond Master's
- Ph.D. or professional degree
02
Will you be at least 18 years of age by the anticipated hire date (approximately 4 weeks after initial application date)?
- Yes, I will be 18 years of age or older.
- No, I will not be 18 years of age or older.
03
Which of the following driver's license do you possess?
- No Valid Driver's License
- Valid Driver's License
- Valid Commercial Driver's Learner's License
- Valid Commercial Driver's License (Class A or B)
04
Are you available to work from your date of hire through the end of October 2025 (approximately)?
05
If you answered No to question 4 above, please explain your answer in the field provided below.
06
Are you available to work a flexible schedule, including approximately 1 weekend per month?
07
If you answered No to question 6 above, please explain your answer in the field provided below.
Required Question City of Harrisonburg
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Work experience placement, Seasonal work, Outdoor, Flexible hours,