The Arc of San Diego is the largest, most comprehensive provider of services to children and adults with disabilities in San Diego County. We are a diverse team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about serving and empowering children and adults to live their most fulfilling and independent lives.

We live by our Person First, Person Centered value system to create meaningful days for our clients and each other. In hiring, we look for candidates that are a strong addition to our culture, as well as bring the talent and experience required by the position. We offer a positive, team-oriented work environment with opportunity for professional growth and continuous learning, and the chance to make an impact on someone’s life in a meaningful way.

We are actively seeking a Commercial Gardener at Miramar Military Base. You will play a vital role in maintaining the large scale landscape and contributing to the overall aesthetics of the base. Your responsibilities will include mowing, edging, hedge trimming, tree trimming, minor irrigation repairs, and other assigned landscape tasks. Building positive relationships with military representatives, vendors, and sub-contractors is essential to the success of this role.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $22.58 to $22.58.

Status: Full Time

Schedule: Mon- Fri 7a-3p

Who you are:

• A dedicated and skilled gardener who is knowledgeable in grounds keeping.
• A proactive and self-motivated person who takes the initiative to complete assigned tasks
• Strong problem solver who able to address landscape issues and respond to emergency repairs in a timely and effective manner.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Completes various landscape and grounds maintenance tasks including but not limited to mowing turf and field areas using power equipment, edging, blowing, cutting, pruning, weeding, sweeping, and watering
• Operates various pieces of power equipment including riding lawn mowers, tractor, chain saw, pruner
• Identify and repair irrigation issues such as replacement of irrigation nozzles, heads and valves
• Fill in for Landscaping Crew Leader as requested

WHAT YOU NEED FOR SUCCESS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 2-years’ experience in landscape or grounds maintenance work, including operating power equipment.
• Must have a valid California Driver’s license, current auto insurance, and acceptable DMV driving record

We’d love it if you:

• Have proven landscape maintenance skills
• Are proficient in using various landscape power tools and mowers
• Bi-lingual English-Spanish

The Arc of San Diego is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We have a strict policy against harassment and retaliation of any type and are dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

Our goal is to provide a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation as well as other disrespectful or other unprofessional conduct based on any protected class: race (including natural hairstyles), color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including language use restrictions), age (40 and over), legally protected medical condition (including cancer and AIDS/HIV), physical or mental disability, marital status, sex (including sexual harassment, sex stereotypes and pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, reproductive health decision making, ancestry, genetic information/ characteristics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, military and veteran status, known status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or of certain violent crimes, or whose covered family member is a homicide victim, enrollment in a public assistance program, off duty and off-site cannabis use or any other characteristic or activity protected by law.

We also prohibit discrimination, harassment, retaliation, disrespectful or unprofessional conduct based on the perception that anyone has any of the above characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived to have any of those characteristics.

The Arc of San Diego is a federal subcontractor and shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60- 300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

The Arc of San Diego will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified candidates with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If candidates need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition, they should contact the Head of Human Resources.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.58 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person