The Friends of the Urban Forest’s Water Crew provides essential watering support for new street trees to build San Francisco's urban forest. This team is responsible for the watering of up to 4,500 young trees each week for their first three years as they establish. This is a supervisory role with the Water Crew Manager responsible for managing, training, onboarding, and supervising up to seven Water Technicians to support the needs and goals of the Tree Care program. The Water Crew Manager will balance supervisory responsibilities while also performing watering duties on a daily basis. This is primarily a field-based role with watering duties performed in two-person teams. Driving is a critical responsibility as this role operates a low cab forward light duty commercial truck with a 750 gallon tank across San Francisco’s neighborhoods.
This role includes field work, administrative duties, some heavy lifting (40lbs), and driving company vehicles. Regular Saturday availability is required. The Water Crew Manager is part of FUF’s Tree Care and Watering Program and reports directly to the Tree Care Program Manager. This position will play a key role in the planned expansion of Friends of the Urban Forest’s watering operations.