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 6/21/2026
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.
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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.
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Rakes leaves and loads trimmings on trucks; transports supplies, green waste, mowers, and other equipment; orders supplies as directed; performs general grounds cleaning.
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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.
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Maintains athletic fields; assists in setting up and breaking down furniture and equipment and performing general maintenance for City sponsored events.
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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.
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Maintains horse trails; repairs and/or replaces fences; installs, removes, and repairs guard rails and barricades.
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Picks up and discards trash, brush, leaves, debris, deceased animals, discarded furniture, and trash from homeless encampments; performs weed abatement.
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Paints interior and exterior surfaces; performs plumbing and minor electrical repair; repairs locks; performs minor carpentry and metal work.
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Removes, grinds, and patches concrete; sets forms; pours and finishes concrete to repair curbs, gutters, driveways, and sidewalks.
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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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Unloads hazardous waste from participants’ vehicles; sorts waste and inventory by established protocol into appropriate shipping containers for recycling or disposal; assists with public education activities at designated community events.
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Removes, replaces, and repairs street signs and streetlights; paints traffic markings on streets, crosswalks, parking lots, and curbs; sandblasts or paints for graffiti removal.
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Participates in the control of traffic; sets up traffic safety control devices, cones, and barricades as necessary; directs traffic at the work site, as required.
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Operates a variety of equipment and vehicles including pickup and dump trucks, tractors, trenchers, loaders, boom sprayers, back hoes, clamp truck, aerial towers and bucket trucks, cement grinding, and air pressure equipment; performs routine preventive maintenance on equipment and vehicles, as assigned.
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Answers emergency calls from the public and other agencies taking appropriate action such as placing barricades, removing fallen trees and limbs, replacing street signs, emergency patching of streets, and repair of storm drain systems; assists with storm drain cleaning and maintenance; performs emergency street, sewer, storm drain, or other public works infrastructure maintenance work.
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Utilizes proper safety precautions related to all work performed.
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Drives vehicles to transport materials, tools, and equipment; assists in moving and installing equipment and supplies.
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Responds to hazardous material incidents.
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Trains employees in how to use tools and all types of equipment.
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Complies with City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
Work is primarily outdoors and may involve exposure to loud noise, extreme temperatures, weather, road hazards, vibration, confined spaces, chemicals, fumes, dust, and mechanical or electrical hazards.
Employees may interact with the public, staff, and private representatives while interpreting and enforcing departmental policies.
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May be required to work extended hours and rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays.
Examination Process:
A competitive records review of applicants' experience and qualifications will be conducted.
Based on that evaluation, a limited number of applicants whose qualifications best meet the current needs of the City of Upland will be invited to participate in the qualifications appraisal and interview process.
Qualified candidates will be provided with more details prior to the start of the examination process.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
