Parks Manager

Under administrative direction supervises and participates in the maintenance and daily operation of the City's public landscape areas. Performs a variety of duties essential to the daily maintenance of parks, street landscape, trails, Civic Center and Old Town including planning and coordinating work, supervision, scheduling and training of new personnel, budgeting, and reviews proposed design documents and performs related work as required.

Under the direction of an Assistant Public Utilities Director, this single position class is responsible for the management of the City's landscaped areas and assigned staff. This incumbent acts with a high degree of independence of action in the assigned area of responsibility to attain objectives according to policy guidelines. Methods and procedures are expected to be developed to resolve problems encountered. Except where a deviation in policy is involved, most work is not reviewed; the review is directed towards final outcome and results. Work hours vary and include being subject to 24-hour emergency callback working holidays and weekends.

LICENSE REQUIRED

• Possession of a valid Class C California Driver's License and a good driving record.
• Also requires a Qualified Applicators Certificate issued by the State of California and an Arborist Certificate issued by the International Society of Arboriculture within one year of appointment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Education:

• Graduation with a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major study in horticulture, public or business administration or a related field.

Experience:

• Five years of experience in the maintenance of landscape facilities, with two years at a lead or supervisory level.
• No more than two years of education may be substituted by additional related experience.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• State and local laws pertaining to the operation of motorized equipment on public rights-of-way;
• Planting, cultivating, fertilizing, watering and care of lawns, flowers, shrubs and trees;
• Methods and procedures of preparing soils for planting;
• Various kinds of fertilizers and their proper usage;
• Common plant diseases and pests of the area and means for their eradication and control;
• Building maintenance methods;
• Basic math;
• Record-keeping;
• Proper methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the parks maintenance and construction trade;
• General principles of supervision and training;
• Appropriate safety precautions and procedures;
• Landscape irrigation system design.

Ability to:

• Estimate and organize personnel, material and equipment requirements for parks maintenance and construction projects;
• Perform and train others in the performance of skilled parks maintenance duties and equipment operation;
• Prepare reports;
• Read, write and perform mathematical calculations at the level required for successful job performances;
• Maintain records;
• Supervise the work of others;
• Operate a vehicle observing legal and defensive driving practices;
• Establish record-keeping systems;
• Formulate and administer budget;
• Formulate long range strategic plans for parks section;
• Ability to operate personal computer including word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and other associated software;
• Administer contracts related to park section activities;
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions;
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

• The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Environment: May be required to work in inclement weather, including sun, cold and rain; wear protective apparel, including goggles, face protectors, noise insulator, apron and shoes; work around hazardous material and substances. Some assigned areas are exposed to extreme heat, humidity, and noise; explosive hazards of gasses; traffic, mechanical and electrical hazards of machinery; fumes, odors and dust from construction and maintenance equipment.
• Physical: FREQUENT walking, standing, sitting, downward flexion of neck, side-to-side turning of neck, lifting below and at waist level of tools weighing up to 50 lbs., including carrying of these tools up to 300 feet.
• OCCASIONAL bending and stooping, squatting, reaching above and at shoulder height, kneeling, balancing above ground, pushing/pulling, twisting at waist, upward flexion of neck; lifting objects weighing 26-75 lbs. from below waist to above shoulder level either with or without assistance and transporting for distances up to 25 feet; lifting of objects weighing over 75 lbs. and with assistance transporting for distances less than 10 feet; manual dexterity to operate computer keyboard, grasp writing materials; strength to grasp hand and power tools.
• INFREQUENT crawling, climbing, lifting of objects weighing 26 lbs. to over 100 lbs. from below waist to chest level either with or without assistance and transporting for distances less than 10 feet. Action as appropriate; participates in budget preparation and performs related work as required.