Maintenance Worker, Groundskeeper, Building Maintenance

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS (one or more of the following):

• One year experience working with concrete and/or asphalt
• One year landscape maintenance experience
• One year general maintenance experience (painting, graffiti removal, fence repair, custodial, sandblasting, etc.)

For more details, view the complete job description: Maintenance Worker I

We are seeking motivated and dependable individuals to join the City of Upland's Operations and Utilities teams in supporting essential maintenance, repair, and service activities throughout the community, including general maintenance and repairs at City water facilities, such as water treatment plants, reservoirs, wells, and booster stations.

Successful candidates will be hands-on, safety-conscious, and team-oriented, with a strong work ethic and a willingness to take on a variety of assignments based on departmental needs.

We are looking for individuals who take pride in their work, value public service, and are committed to keeping Upland's streets, public spaces, and utility services safe, reliable, and well maintained.

Experience the rewards of your hard work—comprehensive benefits, including upcoming COLAs, that support your well-being, growth, and success!

3% increase in base effective 6/20/2027

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

Positions at the Maintenance Worker I level may perform some of these duties and responsibilities in a learning capacity.

• Performs a variety of semi-skilled and skilled horticulture, arboriculture, and turf maintenance duties using a variety of power and hand tools in the development, maintenance, and repair of landscaped areas, parks, athletic fields, and public facilities; plants sod; spreads seeds and fertilizer; plants, removes, prunes, and/or trims trees, bushes, flowers, and shrubs; operates, maintains, and repairs in-ground sprinkler systems.
• Rakes leaves and loads trimmings on trucks; transports supplies, green waste, mowers, and other equipment;orders supplies as directed;performs general grounds cleaning.
• Operates power mowers, chain saws, stump grinder, hydraulic lopper, pole pruner, blowers, sweepers, edgers, hedge trimmers, clippers, sprayers, and other equipment or vehicles; performs minor repairs such as sharpening blades; performs routine maintenance and equipment safety inspections.
• Maintains athletic fields; assists in setting up and breaking down furniture and equipment and performing general maintenance for City sponsored events.
• Performs custodial work which includes sweeping, cleaning, and sanitizing restrooms, and stocking restrooms with supplies; cleans walkways, fields, parking areas, and other facilities; picks up and discards trash and debris, including hazardous materials; strips/refinishes floors; cleans carpets.
• Maintains horse trails; repairs and/or replaces fences; installs, removes, and repairs guard rails and barricades.
• Picks up and discards trash, brush, leaves, debris, deceased animals, discarded furniture, and trash from homeless encampments; performs weed abatement.
• Paints interior and exterior surfaces; performs plumbing and minor electrical repair; repairs locks; performs minor carpentry and metal work.
• Removes, grinds, and patches concrete; sets forms; pours and finishes concrete to repair curbs, gutters, driveways, and sidewalks.
• Removes asphalt and installs temporary asphalt repairs and overlays; repairs potholes; uses hand tools, jackhammers, rollers, and other equipment to prepare and finish surfaces; clears City right-of-way by cutting brush, raking, and hoeing; sprays chemicals, under direction.
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