Parks & Grounds Maintenance Technician

City of Rohnert Park; Rohnert Park (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Rohnert Park is seeking Parks Maintenance Worker I/II to perform landscaping, repairs, and maintenance across city parks and recreation areas. You will help install, adjust, and repair irrigation, prune trees, and operate a range of vehicles and power tools while focusing on safety and quality work.

Entry-level to journey-level positions offer opportunities to advance with experience, required licenses, and certifications, and to support public facilities with dependable maintenance.

Qualifications

• Parks Maintenance Worker I/II: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.
• Parks Maintenance Worker I: Six (6) months experience performing manual labor in general construction or maintenance; and
• Parks Maintenance Worker II: Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in general park maintenance, including playground inspection and maintenance, turf management and pesticide application, and renovation of athletic fields at a level equivalent to City of Rohnert Park’s Parks Maintenance Worker I.

Responsibilities

• Performs municipal landscape maintenance activities in city facilities, streets and parks, including turf maintenance, weed removal, shrub and tree pruning, and irrigation adjustment, installation, repair, and control.
• Repairs and abates various forms of vandalism including graffiti, and miscellaneous damage to public facilities.
• Maintains, adjusts and repairs potable water and recycled water irrigation systems; monitors and controls irrigation to eliminate overwatering and runoff.
• Sets irrigation schedules with Smart and conventional irrigation systems.
• Applies herbicides and pesticides to turf and other landscape features.
• Operates and/or drives a variety of light and heavy-duty equipment and vehicles typically used in Public Works’ maintenance and constructions activities.
• Performs a variety of construction and maintenance functions related to the development, care, and upkeep of the City’s park facilities and infrastructure.
• Inspects and repairs playground structures and equipment.
• Maintains and renovates athletic fields.
• Maintains parks infrastructure, including pathways, benches, drinking fountains, court surfaces, restrooms, and related equipment.
• Demonstrates safe work practices, including safety precautions for operating power equipment, working in traffic and under hazardous conditions.
• Provides timely and responsive corrective action to citizens’ questions, concerns, complaints, and claims.

Education

Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.

Job description

The City of Rohnert Park is seeking Parks Maintenance Worker I/II to perform landscaping, repairs, and maintenance across city parks and recreation areas. You will help install, adjust, and repair irrigation, prune trees, and operate a range of vehicles and power tools while focusing on safety and quality work.

Entry-level to journey-level positions offer opportunities to advance with experience, required licenses, and certifications, and to support public facilities with dependable maintenance.