CPRS Job Listing

Come join San Joaquin County with an amazing career opportunity in maintaining and keeping our beautiful Parks system.  San Joaquin County offers its full time employees Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, as well as retirement, sick leave, and vacation. 

Employees in this class perform a wide variety of work in maintaining and developing county parks and grounds. Employees may be assigned to perform general or specialized duties within a park or group of parks or grounds; may work with minimal supervision; may routinely supervise general relief, alternative work program, and other work crews; and may act as lead worker over other employees.

Typical Duties: 

• Maintains grounds in parks and landscaped areas; cultivates and fertilizes grounds; plants, mows, rakes, and irrigates lawn areas; plants trees, shrubs, and flowers; performs ornamental and other types of pruning; applies pesticides.
• Maintains, repairs, and performs custodial services to park buildings and facilities, including drinking fountains, restrooms, picnic facilities, playgrounds and playing fields, fences and other fixtures; constructs park facilities and other projects requiring rough carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, and other work.
• Installs and maintains manual and automated irrigation systems.
• Cleans park areas and facilities; replenishes supplies.
• Operates a variety of maintenance tools and equipment, including power tools, sprayers, mowers, fertilizers, trenchers, power-boats, tractors, trucks and other equipment; performs routine maintenance and minor repairs on equipment.
• Ensures compliance with department rules and regulations to protect and preserve natural features.
• Requests and obtains needed equipment and supplies; maintains records of materials used, work completed, and equipment operations and maintenance.
• Supervises general relief crews, temporary employees, alternative work program crews, and others assigned to park areas; may act as lead worker over others.

EITHER PATTERN I:

Education: Completion of 30 semester units at an accredited college or university with a minimum of 12 units in ornamental horticulture, forestry, park or recreation management, environmental resources, landscape architecture or a closely related field. 

OR PATTERN II:

Experience: One-year maintaining, repairing and constructing park grounds, facilities, commercial landscaping, or similar areas. 
 

AND FOR BOTH PATTERNS:

License: Possession of a valid California driver’s license.

Please click the following link to be taken directly to our OPEN JOBS page and scroll down to "Park Worker:"

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