Job No: 523509
Work type: Management (MPP)
Categories: MPP, At-Will, Custodial/Facilities, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location) Job Summary:

The Landscape and Fleet Manager provides leadership and oversight for all landscaping and vehicle maintenance at the California State University, San Bernardino campus, and the Palm Desert satellite campus.

Major duties and responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• Works to ensure that the Landscape and Fleet group is implementing best management practices on campus. Sets landscape maintenance expectations. Supports and moves new initiatives forward. Identifies current and future challenges and proposes solutions. Facilitates an environment that motivates, empowers, and inspires commitment from employees. Demonstrates commitment to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. Works with a spirit of collaboration, inclusion, respect, and collegiality. Makes a team environment where employees are recognized individually and as a team for their accomplishments and success. Builds competence in others through effective coaching, performance management and mentoring. Provides outstanding customer service to campus partners. Understands the importance of the outdoor environment in student success.

Strategic Planning

• Recommends, creates, and implements long and short-term strategic and operational plans for Landscape and Fleet. Develops strategies and programs to improve campus sustainability efforts through water conservation, sustainable landscape practices, and vehicle and equipment replacement programs. Ensures goals align with the overall mission of the University. Effectively communicates goals and objectives and trains employees on campus expectations.

University and Community Partnerships:

• As a member of the University community, ensures a community-focused approach to landscape management. Identifies and anticipates campus community needs. Builds effective relationships both internally and externally. Initiates and develops strong working relationships with the community. Specifically works to find opportunities to create "living labs" within the campus landscape. Supports the existing conservation garden and the Water Institute in their mission to educate the community. Works with outside groups to bring recognition to the campus for our efforts in grounds maintenance, tree care, and sustainability.

Functional oversight and Operations

• Oversees the effective management and daily operations of assigned staff, including lead grounds workers (3), grounds workers (11), equipment operators (3), irrigators (2), and Mechanics (2). Supervises, coordinates, assigns, and directs grounds and automotive activities. Helps define priorities of work and communicates this information to all staff involved. Monitors work progress and completion utilizing a computerized maintenance management system. Manages landscape projects and new landscape installations. Reviews construction projects for compliance with campus standards and requirements. Assists in the formulation, development, interpretation, implementation, and development of policies, procedures, standards, and programs related to Landscape and Fleet Maintenance. Oversees and exercises control over University budgets pertaining to Landscape and Fleet. Manages landscape contracts and notifies the Union of contract work as appropriate. Serves as the on-campus arborist and Certified Pesticide Application. Performs 24/7 call-in duties.

Minimum Qualifications: Required Education and Experience

• Five years of progressively responsible automotive and grounds management, horticulture, or arboricultural experience.
• Three years leading or supervising the work of others.
• California Driver's License Class C
• Qualified Applicator Certificate (QAC)/Qualified Applicator License Category B Landscape Maintenance.

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of the grounds and automotive trades, including but not limited to landscape maintenance and installation, integrated pest management, irrigation maintenance, installation, and irrigation controller programming, arboriculture, landscape equipment operations, athletic field maintenance, small equipment and automotive fleet maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing a grounds department in a higher education environment is desirable.
• Certified Arborist - International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)

Compensation and Benefits:

Anticipated Hiring Range:$3750- $7715 per month

Classification Salary Range: $3,750 - $11,146 per month

The CSU system provides a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), sick and vacation time, and 14 paid holidays a year. Eligible employees are also able to participate in the fee waiver education program. A summary of benefit information can be found here.

Position Information:

Work status: Full-time/Exempt/At-will

Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:00 am - 3:00 pm.

This is a full-time management (MPP) position. MPP employees serve at the pleasure of the campus President. MPPs do not serve a probationary period and never receive permanent status.

This position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed beginning February 25, 2023

Conditions of Employment

Background Check

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Drivers License Check

Possession of a valid Driver's License is required. Employees in this position will be enrolled in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Government Employer Pull Notice Program which confirms possession of a valid driver's license and reflects driving record.

Mandated Reporter

The person holding this position is considered a `mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

I-9

CSUSB hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. See Form I-9 Acceptable Documents at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents.

COVID-19 Vaccination

CSU requires faculty, staff, and students who physically access campus facilities or programs to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, which includes obtaining a COVID-19 booster dose, or declare a medical or religious exemption from doing so. Any candidates advanced in a currently open search process should be prepared to comply with this requirement. See policy at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/11030468/latest.

Statement of Commitment to Diversity

In our commitment to the furthering of knowledge and fulfilling our educational mission, California State University, San Bernardino seeks a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the entire variety of human experience. We welcome people from all backgrounds, and we seek to include knowledge and values from many cultures in the curriculum and extra-curricular life of the campus community. We will create, promote, and maintain activities and programs that further our understanding of individual and group diversity. We will also develop and communicate policies and promote values that discourage intolerance and discrimination.

California State University, San Bernardino is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, caste, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, protected military or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. This position adheres to CSU policies against Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Violence, including Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking. This requires completion of Sexual Violence Prevention Training within 6 months of assuming employment and on a two-year basis thereafter. (Executive Order 1096) For more information about Diversity & Inclusion at CSUSB, please visit https://www.csusb.edu/human-resources/diversity-inclusion

Closing Statement:

Reasonable Accommodation

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact the ADA Coordinator by email at jeanne.durr@csusb.edu

Smoking

CSUSB is a smoke and tobacco-free campus. See policy at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/6591951/latest/.

Clery Act

In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, California Education Code section 67380, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the Cal State San Bernardino Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available at: https://www.csusb.edu/clery-act