Maintenance Assistant (Part-Time)

City of San Bruno; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 21,491,000 - 31,685,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of San Bruno is seeking a part-time, temporary Maintenance Assistant to support the Parks Division. Under supervision, perform unskilled to semiskilled tasks in park and facility maintenance, including landscape care, equipment operation, and manual labor.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate ability to read/write directions, work outdoors in varying weather, handle tools safely, and pass a pre-employment physical and drug test. A California driver's license is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Knowledge of proper use and care of common hand tools.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical and drug test.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintenance of general grounds and facilities (raking leaves, cleaning walkways, debris removal, restrooms, trash).
• Water, weed, prune, renovate, and fertilize landscape areas.
• Operate small gas-powered equipment (edger, blower, mower, trimmer, hedge shears).
• Assist in digging holes and trenching for irrigation repairs and installation.
• Load, transport, and unload equipment, materials, debris and other heavy objects.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Work weekends as required.

Skills

Grounds maintenance

Hand tools

Outdoor work

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Tools

Gardening tools

Irrigation tools

Gas-powered equipment

Job description

Join San Bruno's Parks Division, as a part-time, temporary Maintenance Assistant!

The San Bruno Community Services Department, Parks Division is committed to delivering responsive, professional, and efficient services that maintain and enhance the City’s infrastructure. With responsibility over City parks, street trees, street median landscaping, buildings and facilities, the Division is committed to providing responsive, high-quality service, and plays a vital role in keeping the city safe, clean, and functional.

Under immediate supervision, part-time maintenance assistants perform a range of unskilled and semiskilled tasks in maintenance and landscape work for city parks and facilities and operates equipment in the construction, operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of City parks, street trees, street median landscaping, buildings and facilities.

• Assists in the maintenance of general grounds and facilities work including raking leaves, cleaning walkways, removing debris, cleaning restrooms, emptying garbage cans and related work
• Water, weed, prune, renovate, and fertilize shrubs, trees, flowerbeds and landscape areas
• Operates small gas-powered equipment including edger, blower, mower, string trimmer and hedge shears.
• Assists in digging holes and trenching for irrigation repairs and installation.
• Assists in loading, transporting, and unloading equipment, materials, debris, and other heavy objects related to maintenance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Required to work weekends.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education, experience, and training that would provide the best qualified candidates. Applicants should have the ability to read, write and carry out oral and written directions. Applicants should also have the ability to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. Ideal candidates will have knowledge of proper use and care of common hand tools, skills performing manual work, and lifting heavy objects up to 50 pounds. Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical and drug test.

Special Requirements:

• Possession of a valid California driver’s license with good driving record (DMV printout required).

In addition, the ideal candidate possesses a positive attitude and maintain a successful track record the following:

• Experience working in a maintenance field with knowledge of tools.
• Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely that helps the understanding and retaining of the message; listening actively to others.
• Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals.
• Assimilating and applying new job-related information in a timely manner.
• Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how detailed; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

What happens next?

• We will review your application and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. Screening will include a review of minimum qualifications, application appraisal rating of education, training and experience and relevance of background qualifications related to the target job as well as supplemental questions if applicable.
• Applicants selected to move forward in the process may be asked to participate in any combination of the following (at any phase of the selection process): a written examination, job related exercise, physical test or job simulation, phone interview, in-person or video interview(s), and/or web-based testing.
• The final phase of the selection process is the probationary period, which in most cases is one year, depending on your classification.

Reasonable Accommodations

The City of San Bruno is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws in its employment actions, decisions, policies and practices.

The City of San Bruno Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the selection process to accommodate disabled applicants. Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the process must inform the Human Resources Department by the final filing date by emailing [e-mail].