Zamboni Driver at City of Fort Collins in Fort Collins, Colorado

Job Description:

POSITION TITLE: Zamboni Driver (Hourly)
REQUISITION #: req5900
DEPARTMENT: Recreation
LOCATION: EPIC INDOOR POOL/ ICE RINK
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Variable Hourly View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time Hourly
HOURLY RATE: $16.00 - 20.00 per hour (based on relevant experience)
SELECTION PROCESS: Open until filled.

The City of Fort Collins is a bias-conscious employer. We ask that you please avoid the use of photos when submitting a resume and/or an application for employment. You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Post-offer background check and Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) required.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background. The City may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.

The Community: The City of Fort Collins sits nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River. At 5,000 feet in elevation, residents enjoy a moderate, four-season climate, with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year. With 174,800 residents, Fort Collins is Colorado's fourth-largest city and spans 57 square miles. With the 20 year growth projection, the City of Fort Collins is expected to reach 255,000 residents.

The first people who hunted in this region arrived approximately 11,000 years ago, and Northern Colorado remains an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements. Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from eastern cities and across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort. The expansion included the sugar beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia. Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state's land grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students. Along with the university, the city's major high-tech and manufacturing companies and breweries attract new residents from all over the country and world. The community's overall social diversity continues to grow.

There are abundant outdoor recreation opportunities available to the many residents who enjoy healthy lifestyles. The nearby Horsetooth Reservoir is a key attraction, as is the Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway. The Downtown district provides many venues for live music, shopping, dining, and nightlife within the city. Fort Collins is widely considered the Craft Beer Capital of Colorado. The City has a strong appreciation for arts, culture, and entertainment. Various national organizations and magazines recognize Fort Collins as one of the best places to live in the nation.

The City's long list of acknowledgements includes:

• No. 2 Best Tasting Drinking Water in North America: American Water Works - June 2021
• No. 5 Best Remote-Ready Cities: Livability.com Jan 2021
• Top 30 Creative Small Cities: CVSuite - May 2020
• No. 18 Safest Cities in America: SafeWise - April 2020
• No. 1 Best Place to Live: Livability.com March 2020
• No. 9 Most Fitness Friendly Places: SmartAsset - Dec 2019
• No. 7 Safest Driving Cities: Allstate - June 2019
• No. 4 Best U.S. Cities to Raise a Family: MarketWatch - April 2019
• No. 9 Best Performing Cities: Milken Institute - Jan 2019
• No. 3 U.S. Cities with Highest Economic Confidence: Yahoo - Nov 2018
• No. 2 Brain Concentration Index: Bloomberg - Nov 2018
• No. 1 City in America for Cycling: PeopleForBikes-May 2018
• Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award: Alliance for Innovation-April 2018
• The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-Nov 2017
• 18th Best City for Career Opportunities: SmartAsset - Sep 2017
• 3rd Best College Town to Live in Forever: College Ranker - July 2017
• 25 Best Towns Ever: Where to Live Now: Outside Magazine - June 2017
• No. 1 Stable and Growing Housing Market: Realtor.com-June 2017
• 11th Happiest City in America: Yahoo! Finance - March 2017
• No. 9 Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report: Millennial Personal Finance - Feb 2017
• No. 2 Best Cities for Small Business Owners: ValuePenguin - Feb 2017

Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?

- Potential for paid personal leave and paid holidays

- Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, and financial assistance

- Wellness program, workout facilities

- Personal & professional learning opportunities plus potential for career mobility

- Collaborative work environment

Summary:
The Zamboni Driver (our ice resurfacing machine is an electric IceBear) is responsible for maintaining a quality ice surface through scheduled resurfacings and other assigned ice maintenance at the Edora Pool Ice Center. The Zamboni Driver is responsible for the cleanliness of locker rooms, bathrooms, lobbies, bleachers, and hallways, as well as other assigned areas. This position may assist patrons, user groups, and full-time staff as needed.

Work Schedule
This position works out EPIC and will be scheduled up to 29 hours per week and hours may vary based on seasons, program, and event needs - flexibility in scheduling preferred. Late night, weekend, and holiday availability will be required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.

• Reports to the Sr. Coordinator (ice) and works independently and as a member of a collaborative team to provide exceptional activities, services, and resources to the public.


• Maintain cleanliness of ice rink, locker rooms, bleachers and areas surrounding as assigned by supervisor.


• Maintain facility schedule by following posted resurfacing times.


• Perform cleaning whenever needed to maintain the facility and its surroundings in a clean and respectable condition.


• Work as a team member to ensure that the entire building is cleaned, stocked and ready for operations.


• Communicate with supervisor and other staff members any concerns and/or needs of the building and its equipment.


• Develop and maintain professional relationships with staff and supervisors.


• Provide customer service, share information and solve issues with the general public.


• Complete all other duties as assigned by the facility supervisor, or other full-time arena employees.


• Assists or performs closing of the building as needed.


• Shovel and salt sidewalks and exit areas to maintain safe entrance and egress.


• Assist in Skate Rental or with other operational support at the rink.


• Performs related duties as required.


• Maintain positive public relations, and enthusiastically support EPIC and the Recreation Department.


• Responsible for needs of programs, drop-in activities, and facility rentals while on duty.


• Conducts regular head counts, sanitizing rounds, and supply replenishment throughout the facility, and notifies supervisors of any inventory needs.


• Completes forms for task completion, safety/incident reports, and facility/equipment repairs.


• Supports front desk team with member check-in and answering phones as needed.


• Monitors and secures the facility as needed, including communication and enforcement of facility regulations.


• Completes required Department and City trainings and attends staff meetings as scheduled.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position is not responsible for the supervision of employees.

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.


• Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.


• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.


• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Qualifications:
Minimum age for the Zamboni Driver position is 18.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the necessary functions of this position.

Education and Experience:
Customer service and custodial maintenance experience is helpful but not required upon hire. Bilingual language skills in English and Spanish highly preferred but not required.

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations:

• Current CPR and First Aid Certifications (or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire).


• Current driver's license and clean motor vehicle record.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• General knowledge of Ice Arena operations.


• Ability to operate ice resurfacing equipment.


• Knowledge of skate sharpening procedures.


• Proficient ability to use a variety of basic hand and power tools.


• Ability to read, understand, and apply all department policies and procedures.


• Ability to carry and manipulate basic cleaning equipment to attend to custodial duties including regular cleaning of equipment and high-touch surfaces.


• Ability to safely carry and set-up tables and chairs, operate storage dollies, carpet vacuum, ladders, snow shovels, and any other equipment associated with use in a recreation facility.


• Knowledge of and ability to operate basic office equipment, computer software and electronic applications, and audio-visual equipment.


• Knowledge of effective de-escalation and conflict resolution strategies and ability to communicate effectively with all internal and external customers.


• Maintains positive and solution-oriented, verbal, and written communication with all co-workers, participants, and patrons.


• Ability to work independently without direct supervision and to make sound judgement calls.


• Ability to handle sensitive or stressful situations with tact and diplomacy.


• Knowledge of staff scheduling software

Language Skills:
Ability to read instructions and communicate with facility, rental, and supervisory staff, and also the general public. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisor, groups of clients, customers, and the general public. Bilingual capabilities in Spanish and English highly preferred but not required.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to solve and implement practical solutions to problems. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Foresee and initiate proactive measures to ensure program quality, customer service and facility integrity.

Zamboni Driver - Hiring/Performance Steps

Movement into a higher performance step must be accompanied by a favorable review from current of previous supervisor.

Zamboni Driver I

Step 1 ($16.00)

• Attends work as scheduled and completes all assigned trainings.


• Performs as required by job description with provided training and direct supervision.

Step 2 ($16.75)

• Attends work as scheduled and completes all assigned trainings.


• Performs as required by job description with provided training and direct supervision.


• Has a minimum of 3 months full-time, verifiable experience (or equivalent 520 hours) working as a Zamboni Driver or in similar position.

Step 3 ($17.50)

• Attends work as scheduled and completes all assigned trainings.


• Performs as required by job description with provided training and direct supervision.


• Possesses a strong working knowledge of the resurfacers and ice maintenance procedures.


• Has a minimum of 6 months full-time, verifiable experience (or equivalent 1,040 hours) working as a facility attendant or in similar position.

Step 4 ($18.25)

• Attends work as scheduled and completes all assigned trainings.


• Performs as required by job description with provided training and direct supervision.


• Possesses a strong working knowledge of the resurfacers and ice maintenance procedures.


• Demonstrates initiative and ability to do work beyond minimum expectations.


• Willingness to work extra hours, including holidays, nights, weekends, and to help with special events.


• Has a minimum of 12 months full-time, verifiable experience (or equivalent 2,080 hours) working as a Zamboni Driver or in similar position.

Zamboni Driver II

The following requirements are in addition to experience, skills, and abilities listed for all Zamboni Driver I performance steps:

Step 1 ($19.00)

• Must have open and flexible availability on nights, weekends, and/or holidays.


• Ability to effectively interpret, modify, and implement set-up needs for small and large events.


• Ability to effectively direct and manage the work of other facility attendants when multiple staff are working at one time.


• Proficiency at driving and maintaining the ice maintenance machines. Proficiency determined by fulltime ice staff. (IceBear, Zamboni, Ice edger).


• Willingness to train new staff independently without supervision.

Step 2 ($19.50)

• Accumulates a minimum of 6 months full-time, verifiable experience (or equivalent 1,040 hours) working in the Zamboni Driver II or similar position.


• Must have open and flexible availability on nights, weekends, and/or holidays.


• Ability to effectively interpret, modify, and implement set-up needs for small and large events.


• Ability to effectively direct and manage the work of other facility attendants when multiple staff are working at one time.


• Proficiency at driving and maintaining the ice maintenance machines Proficiency determined by fulltime ice staff. (IceBear, Zamboni, Ice edger).


• Willingness to assist Sr. Coordinator in developing staff schedules and independently training new employees.

Step 3 ($20.00)

• Accumulates a minimum of 12 months full-time, verifiable experience (or equivalent 2,080 hours) working in the Zamboni Driver II or in similar position.


• Must have open and flexible availability on nights, weekends, and/or holidays.


• Ability to effectively interpret, modify, and implement set-up needs for small and large events.


• Ability to effectively direct and manage the work of other facility attendants when multiple staff are working at one time.


• Proficiency at driving and maintaining the ice maintenance machines. Proficiency determined by fulltime ice staff. (IceBear, Zamboni, Ice edger).


• Willingness to assist Sr. Coordinator in developing staff schedules and independently training new employees.


• Assisting in task management within the Connect2 software.

Mobility amongst all performance steps is based on budget availability and current City of Fort Collins Policy.

Based on previous employee experience steps can be skipped with the approval from a Sr. Manager or the Department Director.

The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.

Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use:
Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.

The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age 40 years or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. For the purpose of this City policy "sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.

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Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.Summary:
The Zamboni Driver (our ice resurfacing machine is an electric IceBear) is responsible for maintaining a quality ice surface through scheduled resurfacings and other assigned ice maintenance at the Edora Pool Ice Center. The Zamboni Driver is responsible for the cleanliness of locker rooms, bathrooms, lobbies, bleachers, and hallways, as well as other assigned areas. This position may assist patrons, user groups, and full-time staff as needed.

Work Schedule
This position works out EPIC and will be scheduled up to 29 hours per week and hours may vary based on seasons, program, and event needs - flexibility in scheduling preferred. Late night, weekend, and holiday availability will be required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
Reports to the Sr. Coordinator (ice) and works independently and as a member of a collaborative team to provide exceptional activities, services, and resources to the public. Maintain cleanliness of ice rink, locker rooms, bleachers and areas surrounding as assigned by supervisor.Maintain facility schedule by following posted resurfacing times.Perform cleaning whenever needed to maintain the facility and its surroundings in a clean and respectable condition.Work as a team member to ensure that the entire building is cleaned, stocked and ready for operations.Communicate with supervisor and other staff members any concerns and/or needs of the building and its equipment.Develop and maintain professional relationships with staff and supervisors.Provide customer service, share information and solve issues with the general public.Complete all other duties as assigned by the facility supervisor, or other full-time arena employees.Assists or performs closing of the building as needed.Shovel and salt sidewalks and exit areas to maintain safe entrance and egress.Assist in Skate Rental or with other operational support at the rink.Performs related duties as required.Maintain positive public relations, and enthusiastically support EPIC and the Recreation Department.Responsible for needs of programs, drop-in activities, and facility rentals while on duty. Conducts regular head counts, sanitizing rounds, and supply replenishment throughout the facility, and notifies supervisors of any inventory needs.Completes forms for task completion, safety/incident reports, and facility/equipment repairs.Supports front desk team with member check-in and answering phones as needed.Monitors and secures the facility as needed, including communication and enforcement of facility regulations.Completes required Department and City trainings and attends staff meetings as scheduled.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position is not responsible for the supervision of employees.

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