Lead Maintenance Worker

City of Wildomar; Wildomar (CA); On-site; USD 105,075,000 - 115,991,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full health benefits

CalPERS pension

Job summary

The City of Wildomar is seeking a Lead Maintenance Worker to oversee landscape areas, cemetery grounds, and municipal facilities with a focus on safety and teamwork. The role offers leadership opportunities and seasonal scheduling flexibility in public spaces.

Ideal candidates have five years in public works maintenance, including landscape projects, irrigation, and coordinating crews. A CDL is required or obtainable, with a potential tank endorsement; drug screen and medicals may be required.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in public works maintenance including landscape projects and street maintenance.
• Experience in leading personnel and coordinating landscape and street maintenance.
• Licenses: ability to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License; tank endorsement may be required.
• Safety-focused with ability to pass drug screen and medical exam.
• Availability for varying shifts including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance across landscaped areas, cemetery grounds, and facilities.
• Oversee grounds maintenance, irrigation systems, and construction upkeep.
• Ensure safety, teamwork, high-quality workmanship, and public service.

Skills

Leadership

Grounds maintenance

Public works maintenance

Education

High school diploma

Vocational certification

Tools

Commercial driver’s license

Tank endorsement

Job description

Lead Maintenance Worker

Are you an experienced maintenance professional with leadership qualities? The City of Wildomar is seeking high-skill landscaping experts who bring technical precision, reliability, and a commitment to maintaining exceptional public spaces. As a Lead Maintenance Worker, you’ll take on work that showcases your expertise across landscaped areas, construction maintenance, the City’s cemetery, and community facilities, while stepping into a role that offers real opportunities for leadership and to elevate your career in public service. Your skill, judgement, and dedication will shape the outdoor environments residents rely on every day.

Why Work for Wildomar

Wildomar values skilled craftsmanship and takes pride in maintaining high-quality public spaces. As part of our team, you will work in a supportive, professional environment where your contributions are recognized.

Competitive Pay

Lead Maintenance Worker anticipated hiring range: $36.67 - $40.48 /Hourly

Comprehensive Benefits

Employees receive full health benefits and a CalPERS pension, supporting both immediate well-being and long-term financial security.

Career Development

Whether you are building on existing experience or bringing advanced skills, Wildomar offers opportunities to expand your responsibilities and grow professionally.

Meaningful Impact

Your craftsmanship will be visible throughout the community. The work you do helps ensure that City parks, landscaped areas, recreational spaces, construction, streets, facilities, and cemetery grounds remain safe, attractive, and well maintained for the residents and families we serve.

Who We’re Looking For

We are seeking individuals who take ownership of their work and demonstrate reliability, initiative, and attention to detail. The ideal candidate has five (5) years of experience in public works in a maintenance capacity, which includes maintaining and overseeing grounds maintenance, commercial landscape projects, irrigation systems, construction maintenance, and leading personnel in the performance and structure.

Above all, we value professionals who prioritize safety, teamwork, high-quality workmanship, and public service.

Experience and Training Guidelines

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities to perform the essential functions is qualifying. A typical way to obtain knowledge and abilities would be:

• Experience: Five (5) years of experience in public works in a maintenance capacity, which includes activities similar to that of the assigned maintenance area or any combination of training and experience that provides the desired knowledge and abilities. Experience in leading personnel in the performance and structure of landscape and/or street maintenance is desirable.
• Training: Equivalent to graduation from high school supplemented by additional training or vocational certification.
• Licenses and Certifications: Ability to obtain and maintain a Commercial driver’s license; a tank endorsement may be required of some positions.
• Special Requirements:
  • Employees in these classes may be required to work varying shifts and extended hours including evenings and weekends.
  • Safety regulations prohibit incumbents from wearing contact lenses when working with certain chemicals.
  • Incumbents in positions requiring use of a respirator are prohibited from wearing beards or other facial hair which prevents a proper respirator fit.
  • Applicants for this position will be required to successfully pass a drug screen and physical prior to a final offer of employment, if selected to move forward.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The work environment characteristics and physical/mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Environmental Conditions: Employees in this class generally work in a field environment with exposure to outdoor environmental elements on a regular basis with exposure to varying temperatures, very loud exterior noise levels including traffic, and may have regular exposure to dust and fumes. Employees will also work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with staff and/or the public and private representatives in various settings including the field or remote offices for meetings.

Physical Demands: Employees in this class must be in good physical condition and be able to exert physical strength for prolonged periods of time. Positions in this classification regularly bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull in order to perform assigned tasks. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 100 pounds. This position is also expected to regularly perform work in the field that may require greater noise exposure from traffic; walking on uneven ground; working around and with equipment and machinery; exposure to fumes, dirt and gas; and exposure to varying extremes in temperatures. Incumbents must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting including use of standard office equipment, including a computer; and to operate a motor vehicle to visit various work sites. Color vision is required to read printed material and a computer screen as well as to discern issues related to plant health and/or species. Hearing and speech is required to communicate in person and over the telephone. Touch is required in order to handle documents, use a computer, drive a vehicle, and operate a variety of hand and power tools. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate hand and power tools. Standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required both in the office and in the field.

Mental Demands: While performing the duties of this class, an employee uses limited written communication skills and primarily oral communication skills; reads and interprets data, information, and documents; analyzes and solves problems; observes and interprets people, and situations; learns and applies new information and skills; performs detailed work following verbal instructions and departmental procedures; deals with changing priorities, interruptions, and multiple concurrent tasks; and interacts with others encountered in the course of work.