David Bonacci
Hopewell Junction
Summary
Dedicated professional with extensive experience in park operations and facility maintenance. Skilled in heavy equipment operation and safety compliance, ensuring cleanliness and safety across park facilities. Prepared to leverage expertise to enhance operational efficiency and visitor satisfaction.
Overview
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Park Supervisor 1
New York State Parks and Recreation (FDR State Park)
Yorktown Heights, NY
07.2025 - 04.2026
- Supervised daily operations of park facilities & delegated tasks to lower level staff
- Coordinated maintenance to ensure cleanliness and safety of park areas (picking garbage in the picnic areas & pool area, cut back overhanging brush, cleaning bathrooms)
- Complied with safety regulations and park policies during events.
- Conducted monthly fire extinguisher inspection
- Completed the monthly vehicle and gas reports for the park and check the diesel, gasoline, propane & fuel oil levels in the park
- Shoveled, plowed & salted park roads and various areas to ensure safety to all who use the park
- Maintained the pool bathrooms, wristband sales, retail shop and the pool deck area
- Maintained the park vehicles
- Trained lower level staff on how to complete tasks on daily maintenance in the pool area in the summer
- Cut hazardous trees in the park and cleaned up the work area
Park Worker 3 & Park Supervisor 1
New York State Parks and Recreation (Fahnestock & Hudson Highlands State Parks)
Carmel, NY
06.2022 - 07.2025
- Operated various maintenance equipment, ensuring efficient park upkeep.
- Conducted regular inspections of facilities, addressing minor repairs promptly.
- Assisted in implementing safety protocols for park visitors and staff.
- Maintained park grounds by performing routine landscaping and gardening tasks.
- Cut hazardous trees with staff to maintain safe areas for patrons' use and used a woodchipper to get rid of the brush & split the wood for the campers in the summer season
- Used snowplows and snowblowers to maintain the various park areas to maintain safety for patron use
- During the snowy season, Fahnestock Winter Park was maintained by waxing the skis, checking the poles and boots, maintaining the ski trails in the later summer and fall time before the first snowfall and when Winter park was open, staff worked at the ski rental counter, the cafe and grooming the ski trails with snowmobiles with groomers & maintained the bathrooms
- In the summertime when the beach and campground ground areas were open, maintained them by cleaning the parking lots, the bathrooms, the campsites, cutting the grass, picking trash, running the camping booth, and boat rentals.
- Completed the monthly inspection of the fire extinguishers
- Completed the monthly reports for the park vehicles and fuel use
- Maintained & checked the propane and fuel oil levels in the park
- Delegated daily tasks and worked with lower level staff to complete those tasks
Park Worker 3
New York State Parks and Recreation (Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park)
Dobbs Ferry, NY
06.2020 - 06.2022
- Conducted regular inspections of trails and facilities, identifying and addressing safety hazards.
- Operated maintenance equipment to ensure park facilities remained safe and accessible.
- Assisted in the planning and execution of community events to promote park engagement such as "I Love My Park Day"
- Maintained the trail for any hazards such as broken tree limbs, downed trees, trash dumped on or along the trail, encroachment, tall grass and used a woodchipper to remove any brush
- Worked with Rivertowns on any projects or outstanding issues on the trail and fixed them as soon as they were brought up
- Cut the grass and weedwhacked the entrances and exits of the trail to maintain a good appearance (tractor with a brush cutter)
- Monthly inspection of fire extinguishers in the park
- Mowed the Keepers House and main office area on a weekly basis before the weekend (zero turn & walk behind mowers)
- Picked trash from the trail on a weekly basis and before mowing a section
- Shoveled, plowed and snowblowed the area around the Keepers House and office area when it snowed
- Maintained all of the equipment to ensure longevity (Oil changes, fluid checks and occasional startups if they were used infrequently)
- Conducted a trail check weekly to see if anything fell or happened over the weekend and checked for any messages from trail neighbors for anything that happened in their section of the trail
Park and Rec Aide 5
New York State Parks and Recreation (Fahnestock & Hudson Highlands State Parks)
Carmel, NY
04.2016 - 06.2020
- Collaborated with team to maintain park facilities and enhance visitor experience.
- Implemented new procedures for equipment maintenance, improving operational efficiency.
- Mowed and weedwhacked grass throughout the park
- Cleaned the bathrooms, picked trash, split wood and completed any tasks that were assigned by the managers
- Assisted in cutting trees, removing brush with a wood chipper and bringing logs to the woodyard for splitting
- Monthly fire extinguisher inspection
- Completed the monthly vehicle use and gas usage reports for the park
Education
Associate of Arts -
Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie, NY05-2016
Skills
- Heavy equipment operation
- Vehicle maintenance
- Waste management
- Landscaping maintenance
- Facility maintenance
- Worksite safety
- Trail maintenance
- Pruning and hedging
- Safety protocols
- Attention to detail
Certification
- Game of Logging 1,2 and 3- Chainsaw use certification
Timeline
Park Supervisor 1
New York State Parks and Recreation (FDR State Park)
07.2025 - 04.2026
Park Worker 3 & Park Supervisor 1
New York State Parks and Recreation (Fahnestock & Hudson Highlands State Parks)
06.2022 - 07.2025
Park Worker 3
New York State Parks and Recreation (Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park)
06.2020 - 06.2022
Park and Rec Aide 5
New York State Parks and Recreation (Fahnestock & Hudson Highlands State Parks)
04.2016 - 06.2020
Associate of Arts -
Dutchess Community College