Park Maintenance Worker - Temporary​/Part-Time

Position Summary

If you are a park maintenance or streetscape professional with a passion to serve the community, the City of La Mesa’s Department of Public Works invites you to apply for the part‑time position of Park Maintenance Worker I! The position is limited to a maximum of 1,000 hours per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30).

Note:

selected candidates may work up to 2,000 hours during the period of January 2026 to December 2026, provided they do not exceed 1,000 hours per fiscal year (a full‑time equivalent schedule is 2,080 hours per calendar year). This is a temporary, non‑benefited position. The typical schedule is 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (9/80 schedule) with alternate Fridays off. Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates may be notified immediately for an interview.

The Dept. of Public Works currently has two part‑time positions available: one in the Park Maintenance unit and one in the Streetscapes unit.

The Park Maintenance unit position focuses on keeping parks, playgrounds, and facilities safe and beautiful by performing groundskeeping such as mowing, planting, and cleaning within the 14 city parks. The Streetscapes unit position focuses on keeping public areas clean and attractive by removing trash and weeds, performing minor street and sign maintenance, and other assigned tasks. Workers may need to lift up to 50 lbs.

Proficiency with a weed whip, hedger, or blower, and working safely around traffic is desired. This recruitment will remain open until the needs of the City are met.

• Perform a variety of semi‑skilled and skilled grounds, gardening, and turf maintenance duties involved in the development, maintenance, and repair of landscaped areas, parks, playgrounds, and public facilities.
• Perform routine maintenance duties such as mowing and edging grass, operating a weed eater, blowing leaves on sidewalks and parking lots, removing and trimming shrubbery, raking leaves and debris, and removing graffiti/vandalism.
• Perform a variety of duties in the maintenance and repair of irrigation systems; adjust and maintain timers and controllers; repair sprinkler heads and lines; locate and repair water breaks; refer problems to higher‑level park maintenance staff as required.
• Plant, water and maintain landscaped areas consisting of turf, bushes, trees, flowers, and shrubs; trim and prune bushes, trees and shrubs; water, mow, weed, renovate, and fertilize lawns.
• Identify turf, shrub, and tree diseases, parasites and other problems.
• Perform maintenance and repairs on various equipment including playground equipment, picnic tables, gates, fences, and tree stakes.
• Assist in moving and installing park and recreation equipment such as bleachers, backstops, and playground equipment.
• Perform routine maintenance and repair activities for park facilities; clean restrooms and stock materials and supplies; assist in building repairs including carpentry, painting and plumbing repairs.
• Perform general grounds cleaning; clean and maintain assigned areas; pick up and discard trash and litter.
• Respond to public inquiries in a courteous manner; provide information within the area of assignment; resolve complaints in an efficient and timely manner.
• Operate and maintain a variety of landscaping equipment including sprayers, edgers, blowers, hedge trimmers, weed eaters and related equipment.
• Operate a variety of hand and small power tools and equipment such as push mowers, riding mowers, shovels, rakes, chainsaws, and other equipment in support of parks maintenance and repair operations.
• Maintain records of time spent performing various maintenance functions; provide assistance in preparing records and files.
• As assigned perform grounds maintenance chemical application duties; store, mix and spray herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides; ensure proper application of all materials; ensure equipment is operating properly; perform all duties in compliance with City and other mandated health and safety rules and regulations.
• Drive vehicles used to transport materials, tools, and equipment as required.
• Assist and train less experienced personnel.
• May be assigned a variety of duties to assist in…