Motor Equipment Operator - Park Maintenance
 City of Moline | |
 United States, Illinois, Moline | |
 Aug 07, 2026 | |
MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR - Park MaintenanceThe City of Moline, IllinoisSALARY:
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WHO ARE WE? The City of Moline is a welcoming, hardworking community located along the Mississippi River in the heart of the Quad Cities. With a population of just over 42,000, Moline offers the perfect mix of small-town feel and big-city convenience. As a full-service city, we're here to provide great services, support local growth, and make Moline a great place to live, work, and visit. We're proud of our team and the work we do to keep our city running smoothly. When you join the City of Moline, you become part of a group that values making a difference in the community. We're all about doing good work and helping each other succeed. HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE: As an MEO-Parks Maintenance, you'll play a hands-on part in keeping City parks safe, attractive, and well maintained by operating a wide range of motorized equipment such as dump trucks, loaders, rollers, backhoes, and large mowing units. You'll support year-round park operations by assisting with snow plowing, sanding, ice pond maintenance, and emergency response during storms, while also contributing to turf management, landscaping, planting, and flower bed preparation. Your work will help promote healthy trees and plant life through pruning, trimming, shaping, and removal using proper forestry tools and safety practices. You'll perform routine equipment servicing and minor repairs, apply fertilizers and pest control treatments in compliance with safety regulations, assist with general park facility maintenance and small repair projects, provide guidance to small crews when requested, and complete required records and reports to ensure accurate documentation of work performed. ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Physical Demands and Work Environment The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met 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, employee is regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to walk, stand, sit; use hands and fingers to handle, feel, and make fine adjustments; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. The employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock, dangerous chemicals, and hazardous atmospheres. Work is performed under varied weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud. Residency Requirement AFSCME employees shall live within a 20-mile radius from the City's Emergency Center, located at 1630 8th Avenue in Moline, within 180 days of hire. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Salary/Compensation: $53,249 - $77,211 per year recblid spxwa6aoiotfsa60fauz4sk1251ruw | |