Landscape Worker- 5 positions available

General Duties

• Performs regular and directed grounds and landscape maintenance by mowing lawns with riding or push mowers; trimming and edging around trees, shrubs, ground cover, flowers, sidewalks and buildings; weeding, thinning and cleaning flower beds and other grounds by hand or utilizing proper tools and equipment.
• Water lawns, shrubs and ornamental gardens as needed.
• Leaf removal, mulching, spreading of topsoil.
• Planting and maintaining seasonal plants, flowers, grass, shrubs, bushes, trees, etc.
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged limbs, branches, or twigs.
• Removes tree limbs that are posing a danger.
• Removes trash and debris from public areas by regularly inspecting grounds, drains, manhole covers, etc., for debris.
• Empties outside trash receptacles.
• Sweeps and cleans main entrances to buildings, sidewalks, plazas and streets with broom, blower or mechanical means.
• Operates various types of equipment, hand and power tools such as: backhoe, single axle dump truck (Non CDL ), pickup truck, fork truck, farm tractor, ATV’s and UTV’s, salt spreaders, dollies, hand-trucks, sod cutters, rototillers, jackhammers, blowers, vacuums, riding mowers, spreaders, brooms, edging tools, walk-behind mowers, power trimmers, chainsaws, pole saws, rakes, picks, etc.
• Installs and performs construction with asphalt, concrete, blacktop, cement, sculpture stone, brick, etc., as required in normal road and grounds maintenance.
• Performs minor repairs and maintenance procedures on equipment utilized in grounds-keeping.
• Responds and participates in storm clean up or other emergencies either natural or man made.
• Performs event work (loading, transportation, unloading and set-up) and rearrangement of tents, tables, chairs, podiums, etc. campus-wide (both on and off campus) using a vehicle (pickup, flatbed, box truck, etc), powered industrial truck, dolly/hand cart or by physical means.
• Remove snow/ice via mechanical (ie; blade/brush), manual (ie; shovel/broom) and chemical (ice melt) means from sidewalks, campus walkways, building entrances and plazas up to exterior doors.

Requirements

• Valid driver’s license.