NEOGOV · 1 day ago
Senior Groundsworker
CITY OF CARSON, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$5,876/mo - $7,500.13/mo
3+ years expThe City of Carson is seeking a Senior Groundsworker to lead and maintain the City’s parks, athletic fields, and public facilities. This role involves supervising a crew, ensuring safety standards, and coordinating grounds maintenance activities to provide aesthetically pleasing environments for community use.
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Responsibilities
Provide supervision and leadership for 5-7 subordinate employees
Train, coordinate, plan and assign duties
Design, install new systems; redesign existing irrigation systems
Repair and/or replace controllers
Read irrigation blueprints
Repair, adjust, replace and maintain irrigation line and sprinkler heads
Monitor backflow repairs
Install new valves
Locate existing valves and repair or replace
Install, redesign or modify existing ball diamonds
Grade, renovate, and maintain pitching rubbers, home plate and base pegs
Aerate, renovate, re-seed perform layout and burn-in soccer field, football field, four lines for baseball field
Wash and blow playing fields and courts
Design, embellish, landscape, prepare soil for planting flowers, shrubs, hedges
Transplant, trim, prune, apply weed killer, fertilize and control disease
Aerate, renovate, re-seed, fertilize and control disease, gopher and weeds
Mow, edge grass with the appropriate and specialized equipment
Inspect, plant, trim, fertilize, stake, transplant, and check for disease
Operate a variety of equipment associated with grounds maintenance; fork-lift, fertilizer spreader, turf sweeper, water truck, hustler mower, weed eater, back-pack blower and a variety of other manual and power hand tools
Provide grounds maintenance support
Train and provide work direction to subordinate staff, train them on the safe and proper use of tools and equipment
Assign and review work, participate in the evaluation process of the employees assigned to our crew
Ensure crew works in a safe environment
Wear uniforms and necessary safety clothing
Act as a liaison between maintenance and contractors on new additions and the refurbishment of existing grounds and park facilities
Inspect, troubleshoot, and repair problems created by contractors
Prepare labor distribution sheets, safety records, service request ledgers, materials distribution reports, irrigation schedules, equipment preventative maintenance records and other maintenance activity records
Assist in budget preparation by providing input on costs and kinds of equipment, materials and other supplies, assist in matters relating to disaster and emergency response and recovery efforts
Maintain routine records related to equipment operation and maintenance, service requests and other grounds maintenance activities
Performs related duties as required
Qualification
Required
Graduation from high school or equivalent
Three (3) years of skilled-level grounds maintenance experience
Methods, equipment and materials used in grounds maintenance work
Principles and practices of training and providing work direction
Appropriate safety practices and procedures, including handling of hazardous materials
Applicable sections of the California Vehicle Code
Characteristics of plants, trees and grass common to the area
Types and techniques for the control of plant diseases and pests
Basic record-keeping techniques
Perform skilled grounds maintenance work and oversee the activities of a ground's maintenance crew
Operate a variety of grounds maintenance equipment safely and efficiently
Maintain tools, equipment and vehicles in clean and proper working condition
Identify common plants and trees
Read and interpret landscape blueprints
Observe and enforce safety practices and procedures
Train and provide work direction to others
Assign and review the work of others
Lift objects weighing up to 75 pounds
Perform heavy manual labor
Understand and follow oral and written directions
Observe legal and defensive driving practices
Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
Valid California Driver license
Preferred
A State of California Pesticide Operator's License
Company
NEOGOV
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