Job Description

Location

450 Sycamore Avenue Mill Valley, 94941

Description

The City of Mill Valley is pleased to welcome applications for Maintenance Worker II - Parks. 

As a Maintenance Worker II in our Parks Division, you will play a hands-on role in keeping Mill Valley’s beautiful outdoor spaces safe, clean, and welcoming for the community. Working under general supervision, you will take on a variety of skilled tasks, including pruning trees, mowing lawns, maintaining park structures, and supporting restoration efforts.

Your daily work may take you from trail maintenance in the scenic foothills of Mt. Tamalpais to creek restoration projects along the historic Corte Madera Creek to caring for athletic fields with stunning views of Richardson Bay. This is active, outdoor work that keeps you moving and involves bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, and navigating varied terrain across both developed parks and natural open spaces.

If you enjoy working outdoors and making a visible difference in your community, this could be a great opportunity for you.

Examples of essential duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

• Regularly inspects and addresses assigned park and playground facilities, fields, and medians for safety, repair, clean-up, maintenance, replacement, or other needs. 
• Regularly mows, weeds, trims, edges, aerates, gardens, and otherwise caretakes fields, trees, and landscapes. 
• Frequently plants, transplants, fertilizes, cultivates, and waters fields, trees, medians, and other landscaped areas. 
• Frequently trims, cuts, shapes, and prunes shrubs and trees with tools. 
• Maintains, cleans, repairs, and constructs/installs park structures including but not limited to playground equipment, fences, railings, steps, lanes, paths, water fountains, irrigation, and related features. 
• Performs general grounds maintenance including but not limited to raking, sweeping, spraying, blowing, and picking up organic materials, debris, and trash. 
• Ensures personal safety and that of the team while working in a variety of conditions with a wide assortment of equipment and functions. 
• Repairs and cleans vandalism to parks facilities. 
• Picks up litter and trash in parks, landscapes, medians, and other areas. 
• Properly cares for, maintains, and safely stores equipment such as hand tools, power tools, mowing equipment, etc.
• Frequently works in/among vehicular traffic to perform maintenance and other activities in the City medians, storm drains, and sidewalks. 
• Assist with pest control operations utilizing the City's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program.
• Assists with storm preparation, storm clean up, and other public safety needs.  
• Installs, adjusts, repairs, and maintains sprinkler and irrigation systems, and other related plumbing. 
• Operates a variety of mowers, edgers, chainsaws, and other specialized equipment. 
• Operates trenchers, dump trucks, backhoes and loaders, and other tractor attachments. 
• Occasionally responds to emergencies from on-call status. 
• Occasionally participates in emergency Public Works repairs and maintenance including working collaboratively with other Divisions (Streets, Sewers, etc.) or Departments (SASM, Arts & Recreation, etc.). 

Please note: The Job Description for Maintenance Worker II – Parks (formerly titled Groundsworker) is currently under review.

INTERVIEW SCEHDULE

Round 1| Wednesday, September 17 (in-person)
Round 2| Wednesday, September 24 (in-person)

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Ideal Candidate

The person who will excel in this position is responsible, safety-conscious, and brings a positive attitude to hands-on, outdoor work. They should enjoy working with their hands and contributing to the care and maintenance of parks, trails, and landscaped areas.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and at least three (3) years of experience in grounds maintenance or gardening involving the care of flowers, ornamental shrubs, and trees. Candidates must also be able to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks such as bending, lifting, stooping, pushing, and pulling in varied terrain and weather conditions.

Additional skills such as pruning and trimming, irrigation repair, and basic carpentry or masonry work are highly valued.

Benefits

The City of Mill Valley prides itself in its workforce and is pleased to offer a generous benefits package. This position is represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Association (AFSCME).

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Mill Valley and Local 2167, Mill Valley Employees' Association, AFSCME is available on the City website. Please review the MOU for detailed information on benefits offered for this position. 

• Leave – the City provides a generous leave package:
  • 15 holidays and floating holidays/personal days
  • 2 to 5 weeks of vacation leave based upon years of service
  • 320 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) of Paid Family Leave for the purpose of bonding with a new child or for use related to the birth of the child.
• Health Insurance – City provides the full premium for the Kaiser Family Plan or the equivalent thereof for employees who elect Western Health Advantage HMO
• Dental Insurance – City provides the full premium for Delta Dental PPO
• Retirement
  • New employees with no prior CalPERS service or have a break in CalPERS service of 6 months or more: 2% @ 62
  • New employees who are “classic” CalPERS members and do not have a break in service of more than 6 months: 2% @ 55
• Retirement Health Savings Account (RHSA) - mandatory 1% employee contribution (1.5% after 5 years of service); City matches after year 1
• 457 Deferred Compensation – the City offers up to $600/year in matching contributions toward deferred compensation
• Other
  • City pays the premium for Long-Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance ($50,000)
  • Free pool/gym membership at the Mill Valley Aquatics & Fitness Center
  • Discounts on classes, facility rentals, and camps provided by Mill Valley Recreation

Special Instructions

The City of Mill Valley utilizes CalOpps.org to accept and process employment applications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the City's official application form, but should accompany the application. All applications and resumes will be reviewed to select those applicants whose qualifications appear to most closely match the requirements of the position. A limited number of qualified applicants may be invited to participate in the subsequent phase(s) of the recruitment process, which may include one or more of the following: written examination, performance examination, assessment exercises, oral interviews, and complete background checks. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee advancement in the selection process.

Paper applications may be obtained from the City of Mill Valley at City Hall, 26 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941 or by calling (415) 388-4033 x4835.

Recruitment Contact

Contact phone: 

(415)384-4835

Contact email: 

[email protected]

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