Job Description and Duties

PARK MAINTENANCE CHIEF III – GREAT BASIN DISTRICT / DISTRICT OFFICE / LOS ANGELES COUNTY

The reporting location for this position is the Great Basin District Office in Lancaster, CA. This position will work under the general direction of the District Superintendent I.

This position is responsible for the administration of the District’s Maintenance Program in all Parks and OHV units. Oversight is including but not limited to buildings: category I & II; public use buildings; state employee housing; offices; facility housekeeping; kiosks; and maintenance buildings. Grounds: landscaping, irrigation, and tree services; road maintenance and trail maintenance; parking areas; gates and fences. Equipment: all state equipment: heavy equipment; district assigned vehicles; district assigned off-highway vehicles; and property inventory, capital outlay development review, and implementation of all maintenance equipment. In addition, the District Park Maintenance Chief works with the Administrative Chief to maintain assigned budgetary dollars to coordinate the entire District maintenance program needs and provides technical staff services, equipment, budgeting special programs such as ADA, Project Agreements, and Schedule 9 - fleet management. The incumbent is responsible for the ordering of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and supplies to maintain each Sector’s maintenance program and to assure safety. This position supervises and plans, directs, organizes, and schedules the maintenance program for the District which consists of the District Water and Sewer Supervisor, Park Maintenance Supervisors and Park Maintenance Chiefs, State Park Equipment Operators, and all other maintenance staff throughout the district.

Training and Development Assignments may be considered.

Possession of a valid Class C driver’s license is required. You must answer the questions addressing your driver’s license on your application. Ensure you provide your driver’s license number, class, expiration date, and any endorsements and/or restrictions on your application.

The selected candidate is required to submit to a background investigation process utilizing Live Scan fingerprinting prior to appointment.

This position is designated as not telework eligible.

Employees who work to support State Vehicle Recreation Areas (SVRA) utilize the OHV Trust Fund and are responsible for appropriate use of the fund and to help ensure program transparency, accountability, and compliance (TAC) goals are met.

State housing may be required. For further information regarding this position, please contact Russ Dingman at (661) 369-1141 or at Russ.Dingman@parks.ca.gov.

This recruitment may be used to fill identical vacancies which may occur within 180 days of the Final Filing Date of this job posting.

Effective July 1, 2025, the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) implemented the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025). PLP 2025 directs that each employee receives a temporary reduction in pay in exchange for PLP 2025 leave credits. The percentage of the temporary salary reduction and the number of PLP 2025 leave credits are determined by the position’s assigned bargaining unit. The salary range(s) included in this job advertisement do not reflect the temporary salary reduction. For additional information regarding PLP 2025, please click here.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.