City of Worcester Public Works & Parks Department

The City of Worcester is a diverse governmental body, consisting of ten departments and numerous divisions and sections all working together to serve the citizens of Worcester. The main goal of each department, division and section is simple; to provide the best services possible each day to the general public in order to produce a comfortable environment in which to live, visit and work.

The mission of the Department of Public Works and Parks is to maintain the City's water, sewer and street and traffic systems for the protection of the public's safety and to maintain all city parks, playgrounds, beaches and street trees, as well as maintaining the cemetery and public buildings so as to improve the quality of life for all the citizens of Worcester.

The Department of Public Works and Parks endeavors to provide effective street and traffic control maintenance, deliver safe, potable drinking water, proper maintenance at the cemetery, provide well maintained parks and beaches, including a golf course, effective building management oversight and structural expertise, properly dispose of sewerage and collect and dispose of residential solid waste efficiently and economically.

This placement is primarily administrative and includes events planning, maintenance, budgeting, etc.