State Capitol Park Consultant

Responsibilities

• Manage the State Capitol Park service contracts.
• Establish, confirm, and certify that the work meets the terms of the contracts.
• Landscape and grounds maintenance management;
• Provide for observation, appraisal, survey, investigation, assessment, testing, review and evaluation of the landscape turf and ornamental plantings, trees and shrubs, turf, and flowers.
• Irrigation systems management;
• Manage operation of systems, precipitation monitoring and adjustment to systems.
• Utilize computerized systems such as Rainbird IQ4 irrigation control and water conservation software.
• Administers and enforces all park rules outlined in OAC 260:60 Facilities Management Administrative Rules, including State Capitol Park events and reservations.
• Manage / coordinate events and reservations that include an outdoor element.
• Provide management assistance over landscaping construction projects or other projects that may impact existing landscape within the park boundaries.
• Inventory management of outdoor assets.
• Retain inventory of assets to continue in a specified condition.
• Make recommendations to leadership for the planned repair or replacement of park assets so that appropriate funding can be budgeted.
• Maintain monuments/commemorations maintenance management of dedicated commemorative trees, water features, plazas, beds and raised planters and other outdoor hardscape assets as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of an Associates degree in Agriculture or Applied Science in Horticulture
• Minimum of five (5) years working in Agriculture, Landscaping or Horticulture environments.
• Minimum of five (5) years in Park Management, Public Administration or a related fields.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

None specified.

Pay

Up to $35 per hour.

Schedule

Full/Part-Time Part time.