Downtown Parks Supervisor

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES   

• Directs and supervises maintenance work crews, including planning, coordination, and performance evaluation.

• Monitors work progress and ensures quality in work performed. 

• Promotes teamwork, resolves conflicts, and supports employee development. 

• Manages day-to-day park maintenance operations, and oversees landscape management and water conservation efforts. 

• Develops a budget, monitors expenditures, and manages equipment and supply purchases. 

• Handles administrative tasks such as preparing bid specifications, tracking expenditures, and providing input on equipment purchases. 

• Provides technical guidance and training in various maintenance areas. 

• Participates in emergency response standby and oversees snow removal operations when required. 

• Ensures safety compliance and reports accidents and property damage. 

• Assists with event planning, organizing, and executing various events and activities within the park or related facilities. This includes coordinating logistics, managing vendors, and ensuring that events run smoothly, providing enjoyable experiences for attendees. 

• Engages and collaborates with various stakeholders, including community members, local authorities, nonprofit organizations, and other relevant groups. This involves fostering positive relationships, addressing concerns, and seeking input to enhance the park's role and impact within the community. 

• Provides oversight and manages specialized facilities within parks or related areas. This involves in-depth knowledge of the unique requirements, regulations, and maintenance practices specific to specialized facilities, such as municipal complexes, amphitheaters, or historical sites, ensure these facilities are maintained to high standards, operate efficiently, and provide exceptional experiences for visitors while complying with industry-specific regulations and safety standards 

• Upholds the city's values, including customer service, respect, integrity, collaboration, and innovation. Takes a leadership role within the parks management, efficiently assigning and coordinating tasks, and providing guidance as needed.  

• Performs supervisory functions such as hiring, training, and performance management of regular, seasonal, and other team members.  

• Facilitates and coordinates training programs focusing on equipment safety, parks maintenance, wildlife management, and other relevant areas.   

• Schedules and scopes contracted work, ensuring timely completion and adherence to project specifications.   

• Oversees the City of Boulder Park and Playground Safety Program, including conducting repairs, safety inspections, and equipment maintenance.  

• Oversees a range of horticultural tasks such as planting, fertilizing, pruning, and effective weed control.  

• Schedules and coordinates comprehensive turf maintenance practices, including mowing, fertilization, aeration, and irrigation management.  

• Coordinates with irrigation division to implement and maintain irrigation systems while promoting water conservation practices.  

• Enforces procedures, regulations, and policies to create a secure work environment

• Works rotational supervisory emergency response standby as required. 

• Participates in snow removal and de-ice treatment; may be required to act as snow supervisor during snow events. 

• Directs and oversees the snow response and actions.  

• Acts as on call supervisor for snow removal and other emergency operations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS   

• Ability and capacity to establish clear performance expectations, track progress, provide constructive feedback, and recognize achievements among team members and staff to optimize individual and collective performance. 

• Ability to be dependable and a team player (can-do, will-do attitude) 

• Ability to communicate technical information effectively to diverse audiences. 

• Ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to implementing and upholding safety protocols and standards in all park operations, including the ability to identify potential safety hazards, develop safety plans, and promote a culture of safety awareness among team members and staff. 

• Ability to efficiently handle administrative tasks such as record-keeping, documentation, reporting, and communication to ensure the smooth operation and compliance of park facilities with relevant regulations and policies. 

• Ability to engage and collaborate with various stakeholders, including community members, local authorities, nonprofit organizations, and other relevant groups. This involves fostering positive relationships, addressing concerns, and seeking input to enhance the park's role and impact within the community. 

• Ability to ensure specialized facilities are maintained to high standards, operate efficiently, and provide exceptional experiences for visitors while complying with industry-specific regulations and safety standards. 

• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with all levels of management, city officials, vendors, other governmental agencies, other employees, and the general public. 

• Ability to exhibit strong leadership capabilities, including the coordination and leadership of a team.

• Ability to foster and enhance teamwork within the park management team, including skills in team building, conflict resolution, and collaboration to ensure that all team members work effectively and cohesively toward common goals. 

• Ability to read various operational manuals, schematic drawings, and blueprints and provide feedback in the planning and design phases. 

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.  

• Knowledge and preparedness to effectively respond to emergency situations within park facilities, including coordinating emergency plans, ensuring the safety of visitors and staff, and managing crisis situations. 

• Knowledge and ability to provide technical guidance and expertise to staff and team members, including advising on best practices, troubleshooting technical issues, and offering solutions for complex operational challenges. 

• Knowledge and understanding of event planning, organizing, and executing various events and activities within the park or related facilities. This includes coordinating logistics, managing vendors, and ensuring that events run smoothly, providing enjoyable experiences for attendees. 

• Knowledge at a thorough level and understanding of the methods, materials and equipment involved in the operation and maintenance of parks, multi-use trails, and other parks facilities. 

• Knowledge at a thorough level of landscaping principles, maintenance requirements and standards, and practical application of horticulture practices, turfgrass maintenance, IPM theory and application, equipment maintenance and operation.  

• Knowledge at an in-depth level of the unique requirements, regulations, and maintenance practices specific to specialized facilities, such as municipal complexes, pedestrian malls, amphitheaters, or historical sites.

• Skills and competence in creating and managing budgets for park operations, including allocating resources effectively, monitoring expenditures, and making financial decisions that align with organizational goals and fiscal responsibility. 

• Skills and proficiency in overseeing and managing specialized facilities within parks or related areas.

• Skills and proficiency in overseeing the day-to-day operations of parks and related facilities, including scheduling, maintenance, and ensuring the overall functionality of the park area for the benefit of visitors and the community. 

• Skills at a strong level in leadership, including the coordination and supervision of a team.  

• Skills in computers, data entry, and effective use of asset management software 

• Skills in excellent communication and customer service.

• Skills in utilizing tools, equipment, and software relevant to the role.  

• Must successfully pass a background check before first day of work and maintain acceptable screening. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Knowledge of resource conservation within a park’s maintenance context.  

• Knowledge and advanced familiarity with high-visitor urban environments.

• Hold a bachelor’s degree, certification, or completed training in a related field.  

• Advanced experience working for a public agency.  

• Hold and maintain a valid Commercial Driver's License, Class B.

• Relevant certifications, including First Aid, CPR, AED, Heavy Equipment Certification, Certified Playground Safety Inspector, Certified Irrigation Technician.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• Associate’s degree in landscape maintenance, or related field. Four (4) years of experience may substitute for the education requirement only.

• Minimum of six (6) years' experience in horticulture, turf management, irrigation, and general park maintenance.

• Minimum of two (2) years supervisory experience.  

• Experience managing emergency response situations. 

• Experience with budgeting and other administrative functions. 

• Experience working with special events. 

• Experience managing a specialized use facility. 

• Experience with stakeholder engagement. 

• Ability to obtain relevant certifications, including First Aid, CPR, AED, Heavy Equipment Certification, Certified Playground Safety Inspector, Certified Irrigation Technician within one (1) year.

• Must hold and maintain a valid drivers' license.

SUPERVISION 

Supervision Received: Urban Parks Senior Manager 

Supervision Exercised:  Landscape Technician I-IV, Landscape Technician Lead

WORKING CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS    

• Physical and Mental Effort: Engage in physically demanding tasks outdoors across a variety of weather conditions. Works in office and in the field. Work may require considerable standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, walking, lifting, climbing, reaching, and working in cramped positions and cramped locations. Requires lifting, dragging, and pushing. Leverage effective communication skills, both written and verbal. Adaptability to work under stressful situations and shifting priorities.  

• Work Environment: May be required to work after hours and on the weekends. Will be required to perform snow removal duties as required Capable of carrying out physically demanding tasks outdoors, even under varying weather conditions.  Maintain flexibility regarding irregular hours, weekends, evenings, holidays, and emergencies. 

• Machines and Equipment Used: Demonstrate proficiency in operating machinery and using office equipment. 

As part of the City of Boulder’s commitment to a future with equitable access to health, prosperity, and fulfillment that is not limited by a person’s race, ethnicity, age, gender, ability, religion, sexuality, or socioeconomic status, it is the city’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all individuals. The city does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law or policy.