Parks Maintenance Worker I (Part-Time)
Job Description
Transformative Opening
Position: Parks Maintenance Worker I (Part-Time)
Company: Confidential
Company: Confidential
Job Brief
About galt the city of galt, located in the heart of california’s central valley, offers the perfect blend of small-town charm and modern convenience.
Salary Detail
$21.36 – $26.22 an hour
Experience
Job Tenure is required
Job Detail
- Participates in the work of a crew that maintains, repairs, and cleans parks, facilities, and other City rights-of-way, including the trimming, seeding, planting, weeding, watering, irrigation checks and repairs, pruning and cultivation of trees, shrubs, and other landscaped areas.
- Performs shrub and flower bed maintenance, including planting, watering, fertilizing, and maintaining landscaped areas such as bushes, trees, flowers, and shrubs. performs weed abatement using a chemical sprayer.
- Trims and prunes bushes, trees, and shrubs to provide clearance of sidewalks and signs, as well as to ensure the continued health of the bush, tree, or shrub.
- Removes fallen trees, stumps, fallen limbs, and related debris resulting from storm damage and general conditions.
- Monitors City swimming pool system. verifies pool chemistry and adds chemicals or adjusts system as necessary to meet standards. ensures the pool remains clean and safe for public usage.
- Picks up and removes debris from parks. maintains athletic fields and landscape areas throughout the City.
- Maintains, replaces, repairs, and installs, recreation equipment in parks.
- Prepares department memos, presentations, and reports as needed.
- Maintains accurate logs, reports, and records of work performed and materials and equipment used.
- Receives and acts upon complaints, referrals, and concerns from the public. responds to and performs work in emergency situations as required.
- Operates a standard vehicle to travel to multiple locations in order to perform assigned tasks. transporting equipment as needed, and performing assigned tasks at each worksite.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Typical Qualifications
- QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Basic principles, practices, tools, and materials as they relate to the maintenance and repair of infrastructure, facilities, systems, and appurtenances similar to those in a municipal environment.
- Basic mathematics.
- Basic computer software related to work.
- English usage, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation.
- Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
- Safe driving rules and practices.
- Ability to:
- Perform semi-skilled modification, maintenance, and repair work to City facilities, swimming pools, park sites, and equipment.
- Troubleshoot maintenance problems and determine materials and supplies required for repair.
- Use and maintain tools and equipment related to the work skillfully and safely.
- Make accurate arithmetic calculations.
- Perform routine equipment maintenance.
- Learn applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
- Maintain accurate logs, records, and basic writ10reports of work performed.
- Understand and follow oral and writ10instructions.
- Organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines.
- Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the teleph1or radio, and in writing.
- Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Supplemental Information Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
- Education and Experience: Equivalent to graduation from high school AND One (1) year of experience in park construction, maintenance, or repair work. Licenses and Certifications: Possession of a valid Class C California driver’s license and have a satisfactory driving record.
- Possession of Adult, Child, Infant First Aid/CPR/AED Certification, within 1(1) year of date of hire.
- Licenses and certificates listed below are desirable, but not required at the time of appointment. However, at the discretion of the City and depending upon business necessity, certain persons in this class may be required to obtain any of the below listed licenses, certificates, or specialized education and training within a specified timeframe. Possession of a Pool Operator Certification (CPO).
- Possession of Playground Safety Inspector Certification.
- Possession of Pesticide Qualified Applicator Certification.
- Possession of Tree Trimming Certification.
- Possession of Horticulture Certification – Turf Grass.
- Possession of Horticulture Certification – Landscape Management.
- Possession of Electrical Technologies Certification.
- Possession of Irrigation Technician Certification.
- Possession of Traffic Control Technician Certification from American Traffic Safety Services Association.
- Possession of Backflow Device Tester Certification. Medical – The City of Galt participates in the CalPERS Health Program. Part Time employees have a wide variety of choices of HMOs and PPOs and receive a set dollar amount for benefits(cafeteria plan). City’s contribution for medical benefits for part-time employees shall be in accordance with the California Government Code Section 22892 of the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) which establishes the City’s minimum health premium contribution.
- 2025 – Maximum City Medical Contribution City pays $158 towards the medical premium. Employee pays the remaining medical premium. Retirement Plan The City’s retirement program through the California Public Employee’s Retirement System (“CalPERS”) is available to employees as provided in the contract between the City and PERS and in Government Code Section 20300, et. seq. Social Security Program The City participates in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) for full time and part-time employees. The FICA tax consists of both Social Security and Medicare taxes, which are paid both by the employee and the City of Galt. Employees pay half through payroll deduction and the City of Galt pays the other half totaling 15and 3tenths percent (15.3%.)
- Deferred Compensation – Voluntary deferred compensation plan through TIAA. The employee may elect to have any amount of money up to the legal limit withheld from their regular paycheck and placed in a deferred compensation plan in accordance with Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) -Part time employees accrue (PTO) beginning their first day of employment with the City in accordance with the chart below:
- Hours Worked in Pay Period PTO Hrs. Earned in Pay Period 00-10 0.3846 11-20 0.7692 21-30 1.1538 31-40 1.5385 41-50 1.9231 51-60 2.3077 61-70 2.6923 71+ 3.0769
- State Disability Income Insurance The City participates in the California State Disability Insurance (SDI) and is funded through employee payroll deductions.