Facility Attendant

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Valid Illinois Driver’s License (Class “B” preferred)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Open and/or lock park facilities and gates; as directed
• Review Daily Schedule Sheets and plan job task completion to optimize time and resources
• Responsible for program and facility rental set-ups and take-downs
• Greet and communicate with renters and park users; provide information and answer questions
• Monitor park sites and mediate park usage conflicts; provide assistance and support to park patrons
• Perform facility maintenance including but not limited to cleaning and restocking restrooms; disposing of trash and emptying garbage cans; wiping down tables and chairs; sweeping, mopping and vacuuming floors; cleaning picnic shelters, grills and fire pits
• Perform park maintenance including but not limited to fence repair, sign installation, graffiti removal, litter pick-up and garbage removal; as needed
• Perform horticulture maintenance including but not limited to weeding, raking, mulching, planting, pruning, watering and flower bed maintenance; as needed
• Execute athletic field maintenance including but not limited to dragging infields; setting bases; lining ball fields; securing and relocating various goals; setting and removing flags, cones and markers; as needed
• Patrol premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and to ensure security of doors, windows and gates
• Monitor and report on daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment, vehicle or property damage; theft; presence of unauthorized persons or unusual occurrences
• Assist in the investigation of activated alarms
• Ability to successfully and safely operate equipment required to complete assigned tasks including but not limited to golf carts, snow blowers and power washers
• Ability to safely and within legal guidelines, operate vehicles to and from daily assigned work sites
• Assist in snow and ice removal
• Ability to work from oral and written directives
• Thoroughly, accurately and punctually maintain and complete all required records and reports including but not limited to work orders, safety inspection checklists and daily activity logs
• Adhere to and enforce all Park District safety, personnel and administrative policies, procedures and ordinances
• Demonstrate and support Park District customer service standards
• Availability to cover other Facility Attendant shifts; as needed
• Work nights and weekends; as necessary
• Assist other Park District departments; as needed
• Perform other duties; as assigned

SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT:

• Enforce safety and risk management strategies in support of and compliance with Park District policies, procedures and ordinances
• Familiarity with and effective implementation of the Employee Safety Manual and Crisis Management Plan
• Attend safety orientation and in-service trainings
• Demonstrate safe work habits including the usage of Personal Protective Equipment when performing duties, based on job tasks
• Promptly report hazardous conditions, accidents, property damage or patron injuries to supervisor; immediately address hazardous conditions as directed
• Promptly submit completed incident/accident report forms to the District’s Safety Coordinator
• Contact police or fire departments in the event of an emergency; assist with emergency procedures and building evaluation
• Render First Aid, CPR, or other emergency assistance as necessary

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Visual and hearing acuity to perform job related functions
• Ability to lift 75 pounds
• Ability to talk, reach, stoop and bend
• Ability to spend up to 90% of work time standing or walking
• Ability to spend up to 10% of work time reading sitting and/or at a computer terminal

HOURS: Nights start at 5:00p.m. and/or weekends. One shift or multiple shifts are available

PAY RATE: $13.00 per hour

CONTACT: Please complete an application . If you have any questions, please contact Sue at smayer@barringtonparkdistrict.org.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, and efforts of working conditions associated with this job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job when circumstances change: e.g., emergencies, rush jobs, changes in personnel, workload, technological developments, etc.