Landscape Maintenance Worker II

Port Hueneme; Port Hueneme (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Port Hueneme is seeking a Landscape Maintenance Worker II to perform a broad range of grounds care across parks, medians, and public areas. You will prune trees, maintain irrigation, and manage landscape upkeep with various hand and power tools.

The role involves safety-conscious operation in high-traffic areas and may include training junior staff. Two years of landscape maintenance experience and a valid driver license are required.

Qualifications

• Completion of the twelfth grade with vocational/technical landscape training.
• Minimum two years experience or training in landscape maintenance.
• Possession of a valid California Class C driver license with satisfactory driving record.

Responsibilities

• Mow, trim, edge, fertilize, aerate, and water lawns and medians.
• Perform weed abatement, pruning, planting, transplanting, and general landscape care.
• Install, repair, and maintain irrigation systems and controllers.
• Operate landscape equipment and perform routine preventive maintenance.
• Conduct traffic control, maintain drainage, and perform beach/pier maintenance duties.
• Train and oversee lower-level staff and assist other divisions as needed.

Skills

Landscape maintenance

Safety procedures

Heavy manual labor

Education

Twelfth grade + vocational/technical training

Two years landscape maintenance experience

Tools

Irrigation equipment

Hand and power tools

Job description

THIS RECRUITMENT WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY OPEN UNTIL FILLED AND MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE

Under supervision general supervision (Landscape Maintenance Worker II) of assigned supervisory or management staff, performs a variety of semi-skilled and skilled landscape and maintenance work in parks, civic center grounds, medians, roadways, and other public areas; performs tree maintenance including pruning; performs weed abatement; picks up litter, garbage, and debris from assigned areas; installs, repairs, and maintains irrigation systems for landscaped areas; maintains and operates a variety of hand and power tools and equipment; and performs related work as required.

Landscape Maintenance Worker II

This is the full journey level class within the Landscape Maintenance Worker series. Employees within this class are distinguished from the Landscape Maintenance Worker I by the performance of the full range of duties as assigned including the more complex landscape maintenance duties and providing training to less experienced Landscape Maintenance Workers. Employees at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise, and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit. Positions in this class are flexibly staffed and are generally filled by advancement from the Landscape Maintenance Worker I level, or when filled from the outside, require prior experience. Advancement to the “II” level is based on management judgment and/or certification or testing that validates the performance of the full range of job duties.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES

The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

1. Performs various grounds maintenance functions and maintains various landscaped areas throughout the City; mows, trims, edges, fertilizes, aerates, and waters lawns, medians, and other City easement areas; weeds, waters, plants, transplants, prunes, and provides general care for flowers, trees, shrubs, and lawns.
2. Cleans and maintains landscape areas; picks up and disposes of litter, broken glass, debris, and brush; picks up and disposes dead animals.
3. Loads, transports, and unloads dirt, plants, and other construction materials.
4. Performs a variety of semi-skilled and skilled work in the installation, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems for landscaped areas; replaces, maintains, and repairs irrigation equipment including sprinkler heads and nozzles; programs and sets automatic irrigation controllers according to seasons or special needs.
5. Locates irrigation mains and services for all assigned utility projects; inspects irrigation and landscape work performed by contractors for compliance with contract requirements.
6. Performs a variety of beach and pier maintenance duties including picking up litter, sand leveling, and sand removal.
7. Cleans and maintains drainage ditches and creeks including removing debris and trash.
8. Operates a variety of light and heavy equipment and power tools such as tractors, dump trucks, backhoes, mowers, brush chipper, line trimmers, chain saws, blower, edger, sand rake, and related landscape equipment; cleans and maintains hand tools and assigned equipment; performs preventive maintenance on equipment.
9. Conducts traffic control when working in high traffic areas of the City; installs street barricades and cones prior to the performance of maintenance or repair activities; directs and controls traffic around work sites.
10. Reports vandalism, damage, or major repair or maintenance to supervisory or management staff.
11. Maintains, trims, prunes, and removes trees; operates hydraulic lift bucket as necessary in order to remove dead, broken, or superfluous branches or tops of trees; clears limbs and brush from signs and street lights; remove stumps; chip brush.
12. Performs grounds maintenance chemical application duties; sprays pesticides and herbicides; ensures proper application of all materials; ensures equipment is operating properly; performs all duties in compliance with City and mandated health and safety rules and regulations.
13. Tests backflow prevention assemblies as assigned; inspects, tests, installs, cleans, repairs, and/or removes backflow prevention assemblies.
14. Responds to public inquiries in a courteous manner; provides information within the area of assignment; resolves complaints in an efficient and timely manner.
15. May oversee work detail crews performing basic labor operations, trash removal, and landscaping.
16. May train lower-level personnel in areas of work; ensures adherence to safe work methods, procedures, and practices.
17. Assists other divisions with maintenance and repair tasks as required.
18. Performs standby or call-out responsibilities as necessary.
19. Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of:

Basic operations, services, and activities of a landscape maintenance program.

Methods and techniques of planting, transplanting, cultivating, pruning, and maintaining a variety of lawns, ground covers, plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees.

Operation and maintenance of a wide variety of commonly used hand and power landscaping tools and equipment.

Principles and practices used in the installation, maintenance and repair of irrigation systems including the installation and repair of manual and automatic sprinkler systems.

Insecticides and other chemicals and the safe and proper use thereof.

Practices and procedures of traffic control including proper placement of cones, barricades and warning devices.

Basic principles and practices of record keeping.

Occupational hazards and standard safety procedures.

Ability to:

Perform a variety of landscape and maintenance work in parks, civic center grounds, medians, roadways, and other landscaped areas.

Ensure safety around work areas in high traffic.

Perform a variety of tasks for extended periods of time and in unfavorable weather conditions.

Use and operate vehicles and equipment, hand tools, and power tools and equipment required for the work in a safe and efficient manner.

Adjust and make minor repairs to hand and power tools.

Perform heavy manual labor.

Observe safety principles and work in a safe manner.

Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

Set up a safe work site including cones, signs and directing traffic.

Work independently in the absence of supervision.

Maintain accurate records.

Train employees in landscape maintenance tasks.

Carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.

Exercise the judgment required in situations characterized by repetitive or short cycle operations covered by set procedures or sequences.

Use a chipper, operate the boom on the boom truck and trim trees in the boom truck.

Perform janitorial duties and clean park restrooms.

Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education and Experience:

Education/Training:

Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by vocational/technical training in landscape maintenance.

Experience:

Two years experience and/or training involving landscape maintenance.

License and Certificates:

Possession of a valid California Class “C” driver license with satisfactory driving record.

The ability to obtain a Traffic Control Technician certificate within 12 months of hire.

In addition to the requirements above, one additional certification or license from the following categories is required at the time of application:

• California Commercial Class B Driver License
• Qualified Applicator Certificate in B, C, or F
• Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Certificate
• ISA Certified Arborist
• ISA Tree Climber Certification
• ISA Tree Worker Aerial Lift Specialist
• IA Certified Irrigation Technician