Job description
Position Description
About Seattle Center and Waterfront Park:
Seattle Center is the region's premier civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our city and region, home to more than 30 arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations, family attractions, and tourist amenities.
Seattle Center is the region's premier civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our city and region, home to more than 30 arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations, family attractions, and tourist amenities.
In 2023, Seattle Center is expanding its role to provide operations, maintenance and public safety services for Seattle’s new Waterfront Park, a series of new public spaces on Seattle’s downtown waterfront between Pioneer Square and Pier 62.
For more information about us, please see the Additional Information section at the end of this posting.
About this position:
We are seeking candidates for four
Laborer positions to perform routine manual labor and cleaning at Waterfront Park, which will consist of 26 blocks of landscaping, piers, beach, promenade, playgrounds, a floating dock and additional public spaces and amenities by the time it is completed in 2025. This position reports to the Grounds Maintenance Crew Chief and works under the supervision of the Grounds Maintenance Lead Worker. These positions provide a unique opportunity to join a new, critical operations team at Waterfront Park, aligned with the existing Seattle Center department and its strong and positive culture.
This job posting may also be used to fill other vacant Laborer positions on Seattle Center campus, for up to 6 months.
Job Responsibilities
Here’s more of what you’ll be doing:
Perform routine manual labor in a variety of mostly outdoor work areas.- Work will include cleaning park boulevards, sidewalks, fixtures, piers, docks, shorelines, restrooms, and removing garbage.
- Provide manual assistance to other workers and use various types of hand and small power tools such as hammer, saws, axes, drills, weed-eaters, pressure washers, backpack blowers, and shovels. Perform minor adjustments and repairs to such equipment and Waterfront assets.
- Set out flares, traffic control devices and provides work site protection, as directed.
- Transport, load and unload materials, equipment and supplies.
- May be required to operate pick-ups and other small, motorized vehicles or operate forklifts in support of maintenance operations, and perform minor repairs or adjustments, lubrication and safety checks on such vehicles.
- May assist in gardening and grounds maintenance work, such as leaf blowing; raking and clearing litter, brush and leaves; removing debris from curb line and storm drains; and assisting in play area maintenance.
- Provide customer service to the public as they visit the Waterfront by exchanging or providing information when requested.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Ability to perform general laboring/manual work, good physical condition, and the ability to work with hand and power tools is required.
License, Certification, and Other Requirements:
- Must possess a valid Washington State driver license and a good driving record.
- Must possess or achieve certification as a forklift operator within 90 days of appointment.
The following qualifications will be highly valued:
- Possess a general familiarity with small hand tools and power tools, backpack blowers, pressure washers, power scrubbers.
- Be at least 18 years old at time of application.
- Ability to speak a language other than English to communicate with Seattle visitors and residents.
- Must be able to work safely while meeting tight deadlines.
- Work collaboratively and inclusively with a diverse staff, community, and visitors.
- Be effective as a member of a highly motivated team, as well as independently after being given oral or written instructions.
- Ability to read and understand Safety Data Sheets, work orders, maps and drawings of park areas.
- Possess excellent customer service skills.
- Desire to learn all aspects of cleaning park grounds and facilities and provide a welcoming atmosphere.
Work Environment/Physical Demands:
- Able to lift 50 pounds and may participate in work that requires frequent lifting of more than 50 pounds.
- Able to stand, walk or bend for extended periods of time.
- Willing and availability to work varying shifts, including weekends and holidays.
- Must be able to work outdoors in all types of weather.
Additional Information
There are four positions for this recruitment, all full-time positions. Available shift schedules will be a mix of day and swing shift, with 5-day work weeks beginning on varying days of the week; schedules are likely to include weekends.
How to Apply:
Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. You must submit the following items to be considered for this position no later than 4:00 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, April 11, 2023:
Completed NEOGOV online application.- Supplemental questionnaire responses.
Driving Record - Selected candidates will be required to submit a Driver's Abstract (at your own expense) that demonstrates a good driving record.
Pre-Employment Physical - Successful candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment physical.
About Seattle Center and Waterfront Park:
Seattle Center is the region's premier civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our city and region, home to more than 30 arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations, family attractions, and tourist amenities. Our mission is to create exceptional events, experiences, and environments that delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities. To support this work, Seattle Center employs 220 full-time employees and hundreds of intermittent workers. As a department of the City of Seattle, Seattle Center contributes to the quality of life for Seattle residents-and the region's economy and image as its top visitor destination.
In 2023, Seattle Center is expanding its role to provide operations, maintenance and public safety services for Seattle’s new Waterfront Park, a series of new public spaces on Seattle’s downtown waterfront between Pioneer Square and Pier 62. Seattle Center will bring its deep experience successfully managing public space to the Waterfront in partnership with the non-profit Friends of Waterfront Seattle, which already offers a range of recreational and cultural programming to the community. Our goal is to grow Seattle Center’s team by 20% over the next two years to meet this new opportunity, building out a unified team to support both Seattle Center and the new Waterfront Park by the time it is completed in 2025.
Why work at the City?
The City of Seattle recognizes every City employee must play a role in ending institutional and structural racism. Our culture is the result of our behavior, our personal commitments, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. To cultivate an antiracist culture, we seek employees who will engage in dismantling racist policies and procedures, unlearn the way things have always been done, and create and provide equitable processes and services. Seattle Office of Civil Rights)
The full salary range for this position is $25.58 - $27.19 per hour.
The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.
More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at: https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits/employees-and-covered-family-members/most-employees-plans
For helpful tips on the application process and recruitment process: Working at the City - Human Resources | seattle.gov
The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.
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