Grounds Aide (Part Time)

About the Department

Carlsbad – The Community

The City of Carlsbad is ideally situated in north San Diego County where a great climate, beautiful beaches and lagoons, and abundant natural open space combine with world-class resorts, family attractions, well planned neighborhoods, excellent schools, and a charming village atmosphere to create the ideal California experience. Covering nearly 40 square miles, the City of Carlsbad is currently home to about 115,000 residents. The city sets the standard for high-quality local government services and is home to corporate headquarters in technology, life sciences and action sports, supported by a thriving tourism market and nearly 40 percent preserved open space. Thanks to an award-winning growth management plan, the city's infrastructure and services keep pace with development and promote an excellent quality of life. 

You belong in Carlsbad

The City of Carlsbad embraces and recognizes the vital relationship of an inclusive, engaged work environment and innovative excellence. An equitable and inclusive work climate comprises personal experiences, values, and views shaped from differences of culture and circumstance. Our organization appreciates belonging, creativity, recognition and retention of its employees and is committed to hiring and developing motivated, productive and talented employees who provide services and enhance our quality of life. We work to embrace open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our responsibility and goal. 

Position Duties

• Dig trenches; prepare holes for plants, trees, or irrigation installation and perform basic unskilled manual labor
• Assist in parks, trees, roadsides and trails maintenance activities.
• Place traffic cones and assist with traffic control
• Water, mow, weed, trim, renovate, and fertilize grass
• Rake leaves, clean walks or streets, fields, sports courts, and other facilities
• Load trimmings on trucks
• Spade and otherwise prepare ground around plants and shrubs, including mixing and applying fertilizers
• Plant trees, flowers, shrubs and turf
• Pick up rubbish and paper and perform general grounds and restroom cleaning
• Perform routine cleaning of parks and recreation buildings, and other areas of parks
• Operate basic power equipment, light trucks and/or hand tools
• Assist in preparation and maintenance of parks, village planters, walkways, beach accesses, and recreational facilities
• Expose/cover and assist in the repair of sprinkler valves, heads and lines
• Perform routine maintenance of city trails
• Perform trash collection service and transport materials as needed
• May assist in other areas or complete other tasks as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Basic methods, tools, materials, and equipment used in grounds maintenance and construction work.
• Safe work practices.

• Use the hand and light power tools required in general grounds and public works maintenance work
• Perform heavy manual labor
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships in the course of work

Other Qualifications

• Possession of a valid California driver's license
• Ability to consistently work weekend schedules

• Must possess sufficient strength and stamina to lift, carry and manipulate objects weighing up to 75 pounds 
• Perform sustained heavy physical labor
• Must be willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Work to knee level in irrigation trenches and with exposure to potentially hazardous conditions
• Must be available to work overtime and respond to emergency calls 
• Work varying hours
  • Including weekends, holidays, days off and perform "stand-by" duty as needed