Employer: Finney County
Department:
Job Title: Fairgrounds Event Maintenance Worker
Salary: $0.000 


Job Description:

 

This is a public contact, customer service, maintenance, grounds, and custodial service position. Employees in this position are responsible for setting up equipment, stalls, lighting, microphones, concessions, furnishings, and related equipment and activities that are involved in the smooth running of a county fairground. They also perform building, equipment, and grounds maintenance and custodial duties to keep the fairgrounds properly cleaned and maintained. These employees must perform their duties efficiently and safely. They should have the ability to provide courteous customer service to fairgrounds customers and the general public. This position reports directly to and is under the general supervision of the Fairgrounds Director

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

 

1. Complete all event tasks in accordance with your essential function task list.

2. Complete all maintenance tasks in accordance with your essential function task list.

3. Complete all custodial tasks in accordance with your essential function task list.

4. Complete all grounds work in accordance with your essential function task list.

5. Fabricate, repair and replace plumbing and electrical fixtures.

6. Repair and replace broken equipment and parts on buildings and machinery.

7. Safely and properly operate tractors, mowers and other motorized equipment as assigned to complete fairgrounds maintenance work.

8. Assist with stage, stalls, panels, chutes, audio and visual equipment, furnishings, and trash receptacles and other event equipment during event set up and tear down.

9. Respond to changes enthusiastically while completing other assigned tasks.

10. Accurately compile and maintain inventory of chairs, tables and equipment prior to an event and immediately following the event. All inventories are to be completed and turned in to the Fairgrounds Director at the end of each day.

11. Quality of the work performed should be consistently above the standards established by the essential functions task list for your assigned areas.

12. The quantity of work performed should consistently exceed the productivity standards established by the essential functions task list for your assigned areas                                                                                   

 

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS                                          

 

1. Familiar with custodial cleaning and floor maintenance procedures.

2. Skilled in building, equipment, and grounds maintenance procedures.

3. Skilled in plumbing and electrical fabrication and repair procedures.

4. Familiar with tractor and motorized equipment maintenance procedures.

5. Familiar with animal chutes, stalls, barricades, hydrants and troughs.

6. Able to use hand and power tools safely.

7. Some welding and acetylene torch cutting is helpful but not required.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

1. Minimum of one year’s experience in building and grounds maintenance.

2. Minimum of one year’s experience in serving and satisfying your customer’s expectations by providing an exceptional level of customer service.

 

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES

 

1. Must be able to follow written instructions on custodial chemical labels and equipment service manuals.

2. Employee must be physically capable of continuous strenuous physical exertion throughout an 8-hour shift.

3. Must be able to repeatedly lift items 50-70lbs and occasionally lift items 80-100lbs. Employee will work with others lifting heavier items.

4. Ability to safely operate and maintain vehicles and machinery.

5. Must be able to perform repetitive and fast paced physical work.

6.      Must be able to stoop, bend, balance on one foot, climb ladders repeatedly, manipulate small parts, and follow written instructions.

7.      Must have sufficient visual acuity to determine wire colors and bolt sizes.

8.      Must hear well enough to accept and follow verbal instructions over a radio.

9.       Must be available for on call duty, emergency call ins, and occasional rotating shift assignments.

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

 

1. High school diploma or equivalent.

2. Valid Kansas driver license.

3. Valid CDL.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES   

 

1.  Not Applicable.

WORKING CONDITIONS

 

1.      This position involves work in a wide variety of conditions and temperatures. This employee is routinely exposed to a wide array of odors, fumes, dust, dirt, mud, animal excrement and large and small farm and rodeo animals.

2.      While performing plumbing and electrical repairs the employee may be exposed to fumes, waste water, electrical hazards and rotating equipment and must be able to work safely in adverse situations.

Vacancy Number: FICO-FG2-5-9-2013

Open Date: 5/6/2025 12:00:00 AM
Close Date: 12/30/9999 12:00:00 AM