Park Maintenance Worker

Description:

The Technology and Recreation Department is a joint department for Säffle and Åmål municipalities. With us, you contribute to improved quality of life for approximately 27,000 residents – together with committed colleagues who every day ensure that important community functions operate and develop. You will meet a flexible and modern workplace with nearly 200 colleagues across seven different units. We work together and support one another in an organization where you have the opportunity to influence, develop, and make a difference. Säffle and Åmål offer small-town closeness, comfort, and nature experiences – with Vänern's archipelago nearby, a rich cultural and association life, and good commuting options. The department's office is just 100 meters from Säffle's travel center. Want to get to know us better? Follow @teknikfritidsaffleamal on Instagram or visit www.saffle.se and www.amal.se. Description To meet future demands, Säffle and Åmål municipalities have a joint technology and recreation department responsible for water and sewage, waste and sanitation, streets, parks, recreation, facility maintenance, GIS, and environment – which have key roles in ensuring that numerous community functions operate and develop. The park and recreation operations' mission is to promote public health and attractive recreational areas. The operations are led by the Recreation Manager, where two operations leaders are responsible for work supervision within the park/recreation unit and the swimming hall unit, respectively. Responsibilities As a park maintenance worker, you are our face to the public and ensure that our municipalities are attractive and pleasant places to live and spend time in year-round. You will work with varying tasks in the municipalities' public spaces. This includes maintenance and care of green areas, playgrounds, trees, and equipment. This also includes public landscaping and sanitation. Common tasks include machinery work, planting, watering, pruning, clearing, weed control, trash bin and toilet emptying, maintenance work, etc. Handling of fault reports in our operational systems is also included. On-call duty may be part of the work in the form of snow removal and/or anti-icing treatment. Your work area covers both Säffle and Åmål. This means you are expected to work in both municipalities based on the unit's needs. Qualifications Experience in park/grounds maintenance Machinery experience Familiarity with digital tools such as computer and mobile phone It is meritorious if you have secondary education in green area maintenance, land and construction, or equivalent. It is meritorious if you hold a C driving license. As a person, you take great responsibility and have the drive and commitment to develop operations with good planning ability. You are attracted to working with community development and are good at collaborating as well as creating and maintaining good relationships. The position requires you to be flexible and able to work across all operational areas of the unit when needed. You are solution-oriented and skilled at working both independently and in a team. You have computer skills. Terms On-call duty may be included in the position. B driving license is a requirement For further information about our operations, visit: https://www.saffle.se/ Read more about Säffle Municipality's benefits on our careers page. To ensure quality in the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format. If you have protected personal information, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system and should not send them via email. The application should be sent by letter to the responsible manager. Contact the recruiting manager directly according to the contact information above. Säffle Municipality applies smoke-free working hours. We decline contact from advertisement sales and other media in this recruitment.The Technology and Recreation Department is a joint department for Säffle and Åmål municipalities. With us, you contribute to improved quality of life for approximately 27,000 residents – together with committed colleagues who every day ensure that important community functions operate and develop. You will meet a flexible and modern workplace with nearly 200 colleagues across seven different units. We work together and support one another in an organization where you have the opportunity to influence, develop, and make a difference. Säffle and Åmål offer small-town closeness, comfort, and…

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job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Säffle

Address

Kanaltorget 1

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59.132662866807, 12.924534481934copyopen in

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Published

6. 7. 2026

Edited

2. 8. 2026

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