Parks/Facilities Maintenance Leader - CDL (11371, 10225, Grade 16)

• Are you someone who enjoys working outdoors, is energetic, and motivated to keep our parks beautiful?
• Are you highly organized and enjoy collaborating with a team to support your division?
• Are you creative and intuitive in your approach to multitasking and enjoy using technology for efficiency?

The Montgomery County Department of Parks – Southern Parks Division is seeking two experienced, hands-on Parks/Facilities Maintenance Leaders to support daily park operations, guide teams, and ensure safe, high-quality maintenance across our parks and facilities. These roles are ideal for leaders who thrive in the field, are skilled in coordinating people and resources, and can balance operational priorities with administrative follow-through. Southern Parks Divisionmeets both local and regional leisure needs by providing opportunities for a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities in the most densely populated areas of Montgomery County. The division manages over 200 parks, including Urban, Local, and Regional Parks. These parks include almost 200 playgrounds, 150 athletic fields, 60 miles of trails, and 50 picnic shelters. This division utilizes the skills of nearly 200 employees and 100 pieces of equipment to accomplish the Department's mission.

We are interviewing for two Leader positions: one based at the Wheaton Maintenance Facility (Position #11371), which requires a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), and one based at the Meadowbrook Maintenance Facility (Position #10225), which requires a Pesticide Applicator Certificate (PAC). Both roles are integral to supporting our mission of providing safe, accessible, and well-maintained parks for the community. As a Park Leader, you will oversee day-to-day operations and the safe operation of CDL and non-CDL vehicles and equipment to perform and support park maintenance activities. You will lead and direct diverse teams of park maintenance workers—both career staff and seasonal employees—by organizing daily assignments, setting clear expectations, coaching for quality and safety, and verifying that work standards and timelines are met. You’ll coordinate resources for turf and landscape care, trails and hardscape upkeep, which may include refuse and recycling, athletic field preparation, storm response, and facility support. In addition to routine parks, facilities, and grounds operations, you will lead special projects that may include scheduled renovations, capital project support, large-scale cleanups, amenity installations, event readiness, and seasonal initiatives. These projects will require planning work scopes, sequencing tasks, collaborating across teams, and tracking progress to completion. You will model best practices in safety, risk management, and environmental stewardship while ensuring compliance with applicable policies, permits, and procedures. These positions also perform administrative duties essential to effective operations, including scheduling and timekeeping, work order creation and closure, inventory and materials coordination, equipment and vehicle inspections, vendor coordination, and basic reporting on productivity, service levels, and safety. Strong communication is key: you’ll interact with internal partners, community members, and supervisors to share updates, address service requests, and support excellent customer service.

The Montgomery County Department of Parks has a career staff complement of nearly 800 employees, and we serve a diverse population of more than one million residents in the Washington, DC, area. We manage 419 parks on over 37,200 acres of parkland. Go to our website to learn more: https://www.montgomeryparks.org/

Please Note: The salary range listed above represents the earning potential for this position. Salary is commensurate with experience.

• Lead a team of park and facility maintenance workers in all aspects of general park maintenance.
• Plan, schedule, assign, and monitor work while providing technical assistance to resolve problems.
• Lead a team to perform tree planting and ground maintenance activities.
• Leads team on minor construction projects and building renovations.
• Apply fertilizer and pesticides as needed within certification.
• Maintain and repair equipment, endorsing safe work practices.
• Operation of trucks, truck and trailer combinations, snowplows, dump trucks, trash trucks, etc.
• Inspect work sites and determine the best solutions for general maintenance.
• Supervise the preparation of building facilities for special functions.
• Identify turfgrass issues and formulate solutions.
• Leads team in special projects
• Record daily tasks in the Enterprise Asset Management system (EAM).
• Inspects work quantity and quality of assigned staff.
• Participate in employee evaluations and engagement.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Important Skills and Characteristics:

• Ability to effectively communicate with peers at all levels.
• Demonstrate commitment to teamwork, building a cohesive unit, and park beautification.
• Proven track record with data collection, statistics, and data analytics.
• Demonstrated track record of using technology to increase productivity and efficiency in the workplace.
• Demonstrated ability to manage various people with different backgrounds, personalities, and skill sets.
• Knowledge of athletic field maintenance, groundskeeping, landscaping, parks, and facilities general maintenance operation, safety, turf maintenance, pesticides and their application, and basic auto and equipment maintenance.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an innate ability to express empathy.
• Proven track record of success in maximizing resources to get the work completed.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with a Parks Department or other large, complex government organization preferred.
• Advanced ArcGIS skills and proficiency in MS Office, basic writing and computer skills, enterprise software, and specialized software.
• Knowledge of local, State, and Federal laws and policies.
• Ability to communicate in another language is a plus.
• **An essential employee on-call 24 hours for any emergencies. Must be available to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as necessary.

Working Conditions:

Primarily works outside. May be required to work weekends, evenings and holidays. Occasionally exposed to weather, dirt, waste, odors, caustic chemicals, pesticides, wildlife and potentially harmful insects (e.g., bees, hornets, wasps) and plants (e.g., poison ivy). Some pressure to meet deadlines. Ability to occasionally lift up to 100 pounds and regularly up to 50 pounds.

Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

* A very flexible and competitive benefits package is available!

Get to know Montgomery Parks and the opportunities available:https://www.montgomeryparks.org/about/divisions/

1. High school diploma or Certificate of General Educational Development (GED).
2. Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in ground maintenance, golf course maintenance, building maintenance or park maintenance.
3. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted, which together total five (5) years.
4. Valid driver's license in accordance with both State and Commission rules and regulations. Driver’s license must be unencumbered by restrictions, revocations, suspensions, or points that could limit the employee’s ability to drive Commission vehicles or perform driving duties required by the position of assignment.
5. Pass Commission medical examination.
6. Depending upon an assignment, positions in this class may require within 12 months of hire (a) Commercial driver’s license with appropriate endorsements; (b) obtainment of certifications including:

• • Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Applicator certification in the categories appropriate to the work assignment;
  • Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Professional Fertilizer Applicator certification; and
  • National Playground Safety Institute certification.

May be subject to medical, drug and alcohol testing.

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate a workplace culture of diversity, equity and inclusion without discrimination or harassment on the basis ofrace, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other non-merit factor.

Applicants with Disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

If you require accommodations or special arrangements due to a qualifying disability, please notify the Recruitment & Selections Services Unit at the time of applications at or301-454-1411(Maryland Relay 7-1-1)

M-NCPPC will make all efforts to reasonably accommodate you.