Landscape Technician (37.5 Hour) EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY #260625-9060TC-001

About the role

This specialized trade position is critical to the Grounds Department. This position will be responsible for maintenance of the University grounds, which include snow removal, events and the athletic fields.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, installs and maintains decorative landscaping features to include flowers, plants, shrubs, ornamental grasses, trees, waterscapes, lighting and decorative and synthetic or natural materials in formal gardens, plant containers, borders and island beds;
• Hauls materials, fills, grades and slopes work sites;
• Pulls weeds, mulches, repairs drip lines, waters and fertilizes;
• Installs and maintains turf by seeding or siding, repairing, mowing and fertilizing;
• Clears brush, debris and leaves from lawns and catch basins;
• Installs, maintains and regulates irrigation systems;
• Installs and maintains recreational sports fields;
• Operates and maintains various large and small power and construction equipment including bucket/boom truck, front loader, backhoes, bulldozers, forklifts, tractors, dump trucks of five (5) ton or greater capacity, plow and pickup trucks and trailers, street sweepers, leaf vacuums, wood chippers, mowers, leaf blowers, weed whackers and chain saws;
• Maintains and repairs small gas engine power equipment and large equipment to include, but not limited to, oil and spark plug change, blade sharpening, tire change or repair, fluid change and battery replacement;
• Uses and maintains various hand tools;
• Aids with the set up and dismantling of, but not limited to, plantings, fences, chairs, tents, bleachers and tables for special events;
• Installs and maintains fences, bollards and signage campus wide;
• Installs, maintains and repairs asphalt pavement and other materials on travelled surfaces;
• Performs pre-treatment and snow and ice removal;
• Aids arborists with tree pruning or felling operations;
• Maintains orderliness and efficiency of landscape work sheds and surrounding areas;
• Removes trash and changes bins daily;
• May apply pesticides under direct supervision;
• May paint poles and other structures within the landscape;
• May travel to work at regional campuses;
• Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

• Knowledge of various plants used in landscape features;
• proper care of plants for sustenance;
• turf grass management practices;
• pesticides and application methods and techniques;

Skills

• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communications skills;

Ability to

• operate, maintain and repair hand tools;
• operate, maintain and repair small gas engines;
• operate, maintain and repair large power equipment;
• operate, maintain and repair heavy construction and commercial landscaping equipment and vehicles;
• use personal protective equipment;
• follow written and oral instructions;
• utilize computer software.

Qualifications

• Two (2) years of experience in landscape maintenance including the operation, maintenance and repair of small and large power/motor equipment and heavy construction and/or commercial equipment and vehicles used in landscaping.
• One (1) year of the General Experience must include plant selection and installation, pruning, fertilization and seeding of turf grasses.
• For state employees two (2) years of landscaping experience at the level of Maintainer may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

Benefits

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

Pay

• $51,878.00 - $67,748.00/year (Employees new to state service start at minimum of the pay plan)

Schedule

• Full-Time: 37.5 hours per week, First Shift
• Schedule: Monday - Friday: 7:00am - 3:00pm