Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker

These are seasonal positions that will work no more than 39 hours per week and are not eligible for benefits. Seasonal Parks Maintenance Workers play an important role in maintaining Denver’s extensive system of urban parks that are essential to the community’s well-being. These individuals learn and practice a wide variety of general maintenance and landscaping skills – providing them with a strong foundation to make upward moves within the Parks and Recreation Department. 

These positions will support parks within Denver’s Parks Maintenance Districts and will report to one of the maintenance shops in Denver. We are currently hiring for the Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, East, and Downtown park districts. See the district map here.

• Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various hand-powered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner

• Landscape maintenance duties such as:

  • Turf maintenance (e.g., laying sod, fertilizing, mowing, edging, raking)

  • Irrigation (minor maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and use of central control systems)

  • Ornamental/garden maintenance (planting, weeding, minor pruning)

• Infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing, asphalt, concrete, trails work, grade work/erosion control

• Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as Irrigation Technicians, Horticultural Workers, Park Horticulturists, and other experts in unique green industry fields and skilled trades work

• Snow removal operations such as plowing, shoveling, and de-icing

• Various related duties as needed such as trash collection, bathroom maintenance and cleaning, vandalism repair/graffiti removal

• Some positions may operate a Broyhill trash truck as part of an automated trash collection program