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Overview

The Grounds Equipment Mechanic position involves maintaining and repairing gasoline-powered grounds maintenance equipment under direction. This role is open to the general public and district employees, with a starting salary of $7,288 and opportunities for annual step increases.

Responsibilities

  • Repairs and maintains push and riding mowers, yard vacuums, root cutters, stump grinders, tree chipper, trenchers, tractors, back hoe, edgers, backpack blowers, hedge trimmers, sweepers, and other equipment as needed.
  • Repairs and replaces tires.
  • Performs major diagnostic and repair work on low horsepower gasoline engines.
  • Repairs hydrostatic and gear-driven transmissions.
  • Changes seals and hoses on hydraulic pumps.
  • Performs tune-ups, including replacing parts and adjusting carburetors.
  • Changes oil and filters.
  • Sharpens mower blades, root and stump grinder teeth, power hedge clippers, and chain saws.
  • Maintains stock; orders and picks up replacement parts.
  • Cleans, adjusts, and replaces worn parts on equipment.
  • Performs minor welding and fabricating to repair broken parts.
  • Operates machine shop equipment such as a drill press, lathe, arc welder, cutting torch, surface grinder, and hand tools.
  • Sharpens and repairs hand gardening tools.
  • Advises and demonstrates proper techniques for operation and servicing of grounds equipment.
  • Maintains maintenance records and records of repairs performed.
  • Drives heavy grounds equipment and pickup truck and trailer to transport broken and repaired equipment.

Requirements

  • High school graduation or equivalent.
  • Two years of experience in the general repair and maintenance of combustion engines, including gasoline powered grounds equipment.
  • Valid Class C California Driver License.
  • Ability to operate machine shop equipment.
  • Knowledge of repair and maintenance of two and four cycle engines and hydraulic systems.
  • Ability to read and understand electric wiring diagrams.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Applications must be completed online.
  • The eligibility list will be valid for six months.
  • Candidates must submit a recent DMV driving record.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Garden Grove, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 35% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $27–$38/hr middle band drawn from 313 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Garden Grove, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Garden Grove, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 207 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (20), Aerotek (17), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $48/hr, Los Angeles at $38/hr, and Hawthorne at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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