Join the City of San Bruno Community Services Department, Parks Division as a Parks Maintenance Technician I/II (Tree Maintenance Technician I/II)
The Community Services Department is committed to providing quality programs, services, and spaces to benefit the health and well-being of the community. Within Community Services, the Parks Maintenance Division is responsible for the maintenance of all City’s outdoor recreation sites, including 20 parks covering 68 acres, 6 baseball fields, 128 acres of open space, all City owned facilities, over 7 miles of medians, and one dog park.
Under the supervision of the Parks Field Supervisor, the Parks Maintenance Technician
performs semi-skilled, skilled and administrative work within Parks Division in areas such as general carpentry, electrical or plumbing repair, irrigation system installation, tree trimming, tree removal, root removal, the planting and care of new trees, and the care and maintenance of all related equipment.
CORE DUTIES
Examples of duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Plans, carries out and evaluates preventive maintenance schedules for all designated mechanical equipment, either personally, or through outside vendors.
- Inspects, diagnoses, and performs major and minor repair work on motors, hydraulic equipment, compressors, controls, valves and related equipment.
- Operates a variety of diagnostic instruments and a variety of hand, electric, and air- driven tools. Tests, troubleshoots, services and repairs mechanical equipment.
- Inspects, adjusts and replaces necessary units and related parts in the performance of repair and maintenance work.
- Fabricates and modifies parts and equipment as necessary.
- Evaluates status of mechanical equipment, and performs or schedules needed repairs. Provides emergency field assistance to disabled equipment as needed and appropriate.
- Assists in the preparation of bid specifications for equipment.
- Maintains records, prepares reports and other specialized maintenance records of equipment.
- Operates aerial lift truck, brush chippers, stump grinders and chainsaws and related hydraulic pruning equipment.
- Identifies tree pests, disease and structural weakness, removes diseased, dead or excess limbs, branches or trees.
- As required, trims trees from the ground and with the use of aerial lift devices, picks up trimmings or wood and loads into truck, debris box or brush chipper for disposal.
- Climbs and trims trees using ropes and saddle or other equipment.
- Sets up rigging, slings and lines for lowering cut limbs and branches. Plants, stakes and installs new trees.
- Performs lamp replacement on sports field lighting fixtures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities would be: Parks Maintenance Technician I Graduation from high school or GED equivalent with possession of technical training in a specialized field of maintenance. Two (2) years of increasingly responsible repair and maintenance experience. Parks Maintenance Technician II Graduation from high school or GED equivalent with possession of technical training in a specialized field of maintenance. Four (4) years of increasingly responsible repair and maintenance experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Possession of a valid Class "B" Commercial Driver's License, or ability to successfully obtain prior to completion of probationary period; and Specialized certifications for functional work areas required:
When assigned as a Tree Maintenance Technician I/II:
Utility Line Clearance Certification, or ability to successfully obtain prior to completion of probationary period.
Tree Worker Certification from the International Society of Arboriculture, or ability to successfully obtain prior to completion of probationary period (Tree Technician II only).
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED
Motorized vehicles such as pick-up, utility van, aerial and/or dump trucks; traffic control devices; mobile or portable radio; telephone; personal computer; hand tools; power tools; ropes, pulleys, winches; safety apparatus.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requires the maintenance of physical conditioning necessary to operate motorized equipment and vehicles. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel and operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently
is required to stand; talk and hear; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell.
The employee may be required to free climb in tall trees or to perform work in underground trenches. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work either indoors or in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The employee may be required to work night, early morning, or weekend hours, depending on workload factors, in addition to normally scheduled work hours.
Employee is subject to call back after hours, weekend assignment and to respond to emergency situations on a 24-hour basis, seven days per week in addition to normally scheduled work hours.
The noise level in the work environment can range from moderately quiet to loud.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications must be submitted online at the City’s BambooHR page. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on January 2, 2026. If you are interested in applying, you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible before the January 2, 2026 deadline.
The City of San Bruno utilizes a merit-based selection system that is competitive and based on broad outreach efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to take part in a process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness, and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position.
What happens next?
- We will review your application and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. Screening will include a review of minimum qualifications, application appraisal rating of education, training and experience and relevance of background qualifications related to the target job as well as supplemental questions if applicable.
- Applicants selected to move forward in the process may be asked to participate in any combination of the following (at any phase of the selection process): a written examination, job related exercise, physical test or job simulation, phone interview, in-person or video interview(s), and/or web-based testing.
- The final phase of the selection process is the probationary period, which in most cases is one year, depending on your classification.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The City of San Bruno is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws in its employment actions, decisions, policies and practices.
The City of San Bruno Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the selection process to accommodate disabled applicants. Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the process must inform the Human Resources Department by the final filing date by emailing hr@sanbruno.ca.gov.
