Seasonal Maintenance

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We are hiring for full-time, seasonal maintenance staff to assist our full-time professional Public Works team for the spring through fall months in the maintenance and repair of city streets, parks, and infrastructure. 

  • Forestry – Preserve and enhance city natural areas such as lakes, ponds, wooded areas and prairies
  • Parks – Mow grass, maintain facilities and equipment, prepare athletic fields for play
  • Streets – All things streets: repairs, crack sealing, street sweeping, signage
  • Utilities – Water system and storage, sanitary systems, hydrants

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Position Requirements: 

  • 18 years of age
  • Class D Driver’s License with acceptable driving record and Minnesota driving privileges
  • Able to work in a team and independently
  • Self-sufficient, yet willing to ask questions
  • Dependable

Compensation: $16-$18 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 3:30 PM; Anticipated May to October
Due to the nature of our activities, we cannot accommodate extensive vacation requests, so please do not apply if you will be requesting more than five total vacation days during the season.  

Timeline: Applications will be reviewed as they are received. To indicate interest, please submit a standard City employment application. Completed materials should be emailed to HR@oakdalemn.gov with the subject line: Seasonal PW Maintenance 

Candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and a thorough background investigation. 

The City of Oakdale is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a diverse, welcoming and respectful workforce. We seek and welcome candidate applications from historically underrepresented groups such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) women, LGBTQ+ and those living with disabilities as well as veterans. 

Examples of Work That May Be Expected

Parks:

  • Custodian
  • Garbage/Litter Disposal
  • Ballfield Groomer/Renovation
  • Athletic Field Maintenance
  • Mowing (Commercial mowers)
  • Mowing (Zero Turn mowers)
  • String Trimming
  • Turf Maintenance
  • Playground/tennis courts

Streets:

  • Perform street, sign and storm water system activities
  • Traffic control and flagging in conjunction with street maintenance work
  • Use of hand tools, such as shovels, lutes, brooms, and rakes
  • Operate small equipment, such as leaf blowers and plate compactors
  • Driving pick-up trucks with trailers
  • Being able to read and understand manuals
  • Cleaning and maintaining the shop and vehicles
  • Able to perform manual and semi-skilled labor in a safe manner

Forestry:

  • Forestry
  • Maintaining annual, perennial and shrub plant material
  • Horticulture
  • Watering, weed control, trimming, perennial cutbacks
  • Irrigation
  • Plant removal/bed renovations and new plantings

Utilities

  • Assist in maintenance of the City's systems including gate valves and hydrants
  • Mow grass around utility facilities
  • Exercise gate valves and flush hydrants
  • Perform other duties to assist full-time personnel
  • Data entry via laptop or iPad regarding maintenance completed

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able so see, hear, talk, use hands and fingers, walk and drive. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and carry materials as well as frequently walk on a variety of terrains, bend, crouch, crawl, climb, and stoop.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet, hot and/or humid conditions. The employee may be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.  Employee will frequently be working in and around traffic.