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About the Role

Performs maintenance and support tasks to ensure City watershed lands and facilities are operated and maintained to public health, safety, and recreation standards. Interacts with the public, agencies, and stakeholders regarding watershed protection and preservation.

Responsibilities

• Performs maintenance work in repairing, painting, cleaning, altering, remodeling, and landscaping of facilities in protected watershed areas.
• Performs cleaning of watershed toilet facilities, picnic areas, campground areas, and other recreation facilities.
• Performs landscaping maintenance in watershed areas including debris removal, weeding, tree and brush trimming and removal, shoveling, herbicide application, re-grading, stream and bank stabilization.
• Interacts and communicates with the public, agencies, and watershed stakeholders concerning protection and preservation of the watershed.
• Distributes watershed pamphlets and materials.
• Educates the general public on watershed rules.
• Monitors fee payments at watershed recreational facilities.
• Reports violations of Salt Lake County Watershed Ordinance or Salt Lake County Health Department Regulations to watershed management, responsible personnel, or enforcement agencies.
• Monitors, maps, and assists in the management and/or removal of invasive weed species in the watershed.
• Assists with stream flow and diversion measurements in the watershed.
• Works on irrigation systems, operates pumps, or monitors and operates pump facilities.
• Assists in providing response in emergency situations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to perform physical labor.
• Experience with power and hand tools.
• Ability to work independently or within a crew environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate to the public, agencies, and other watershed stakeholders, sometimes under difficult circumstances.
• Ability to complete maintenance forms and incident reports.
• Ability to operate two-way radio equipment.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license or driving privilege card.
• Ability to obtain State of Utah non-commercial herbicide applicators license.
• Ability and willingness to work almost exclusively outdoors.
• Ability to work some evenings and weekends.
• Ability to execute other land management, water education/public outreach or recreation resource related projects as part of a university internship program.
• Water laboratory experience and/or water system operation and maintenance experience.
• Possession of a valid CDL license.
• Required to push, pull or lift medium to heavy weights, and to stand, sit or walk uncomfortably for extended periods.
• Occasional moderately-heavy physical activity, pushing, pulling or lifting medium-to-heavy weights, and standing or walking for extended periods.
• Exposure to heat, cold, dampness, odors, dust, grease, and health and occupational hazards as may be expected when working in mountainous areas throughout the year.
• Some exposure to fire and hazardous materials.
• Considerable trail and driving hazards, especially in the winter.
• Exposure to stress as a result of human behavior.
• Subject to standby and call back situations.
• Must respond to emergencies on a 24-hour basis.

Skills

• Power and hand tools
• Communication
• Public relations
• Report writing
• Two-way radio operation
• Herbicide application
• Land management
• Water education
• Public outreach
• Recreation resource management
• Water laboratory
• Water system operation
• Water system maintenance

Work Type

• Seasonal
• Part time

Education Level

• Possession of or enrolled in a four (4) year degree program from an accredited college or university in forestry, land or watershed management, recreation management, field hydrology, geology, water treatment or related field.

Salary/Compensations

• $15 - $17
• Lead: $17 - $19

About the Company

• Public Utilities Department

Equal Opportunity

• All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.