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APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL: YARD - NON-EXEMPT CITY OF FONTANA PARKS TECHNICAL CREW CHIEF DEFINITION: Under general direction, assists in supervising, maintaining, and improving the City’s parks and landscaped areas. Position is responsible for leading and participating in complex technical services. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: This position is responsible for the performance and coordination of complex technical work. Work is performed independently and requires the ability to exercise independent judgement in dealing with the public and following safety procedures. This position oversees the work of assigned lower level positions and contractors. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The employee must have the ability to: Operate a central irrigation computer; analyze and resolve drainage, electrical, irrigation, and traffic problems as they relate to landscape maintenance. Coordinate the City’s technical services program. Coordinate the City’s aquatics maintenance program. Evaluate work requests and schedule work in priority order. Repair, alter, install and test irrigation systems. Check continuity and voltage of electrical leads. Operate all associated equipment required in a technical services program. Repair lights and timers. Make required carpentry repairs. Repair and replace pumps and motors. Maintain and update records, logs and reports. Supervise, train and evaluate assigned personnel. Understand and carry out oral and written instructions. Read and interpret technical manuals. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. Exercise judgement in troubleshooting problems. Work under adverse conditions such as underground trenches, pits, vaults, etc., and at high levels. Determine cause of irrigation system failures. Interpret and work from plans and specifications. Employee must perform any other tasks or functions deemed necessary to the daily operations of the employer. THE ABOVE LIST OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED AS NECESSARY BY THE EMPLOYER. WORKING CONDITIONS: Position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking on level and slippery surfaces, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, grasping and making repetitive hand movement in the performance of daily duties. Incumbents may be required to lift, carry and/or push objects weighing 25 pounds or more. The position requires near and far vision when ---PAGE BREAK--- PARKS TECHNICAL CREW CHIEF Page 2 inspecting work. Incumbents work in all weather conditions, use cleaning and lubricating chemicals which may expose the employee to fumes, dust and air contaminants, drive motorized vehicles, heavy equipment and work around moving traffic and often works with constant interruptions. The incumbent is also required to climb ladders, use power and noise producing tools and equipment. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING GUIDELINES A combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. The employee must have knowledge of: The operations of the Toro Network central computer. Operations of the Toro Network 8000 satellites. Electrical codes and regulations. Appropriate safety policies and procedures. The safe and effective use and operation of hand tools, mechanical equipment and power tools required for the work. Plumbing Codes and regulations. Principles of personnel supervision and training. Irrigation problem diagnosis and management. Trench shoring. Swimming pool codes land maintenance. Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible experience in park construction and maintenance. Education: Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade. Licenses and/or Certifications: Possession of, and continuously throughout employment, a Valid Class License with Air Brake, Tank and Passenger endorsements. A trench shoring certificate, certified landscape irrigation auditor, backflow prevention assembly certificate and a certified pool operator is desirable.