Position Number: 009936

Department: Facilities Management (Adm)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 12

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Make decisions that affect the campus landscape maintenance and landscape improvements focused on a more formal and manicured campus landscape.

• Grade, prepare and renovate lawn areas for grass and seed/sod; install sod, reseed established lawn areas and newly developed lawns as required.

• Plan daily or weekly work to meet established objectives.

• Meet with supervisor formally on a daily basis to schedule and plan work activities.

• Plan daily or weekly work to meet established objectives.

• Observe, inspect, and monitor quality and quantity of work while in process and upon completion.

• On-site direction of Grounds Workers and General Utility Workers as well as skilled labor contractors.

• Provide operational support and continuous onsite Leadership for the zone maintenance effort at the crew level.

• One year plant and bed maintenance after planting projects

• Plant production of annuals and perennials

• Responsible for budgeting over $300,000 annually on new and renovated landscape installs and projects.

Minimum Experience / Education:

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from high school or possession of a GED , and one year of experience in the area assigned; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

University Preferred Qualifications:

Graduation from high school and five years experience in the area of work assigned, three of which were in a supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to make decisions that affect the campus landscape maintenance and landscape improvements focused on a more formal and manicured campus landscape.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to grade, prepare and renovate lawn areas for grass and seed/sod; install sod, reseed established lawn areas and newly developed lawns as required.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to plan daily or weekly work to meet established objectives.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to collaborate with a supervisor formally on a daily basis to schedule and plan work activities.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to plan daily or weekly work to meet established objectives.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to explain and observe, inspect, and monitor quality and quantity of work while in process and upon completion.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to or can demonstrate on-site direction of Grounds Workers and General Utility Workers as well as skilled labor contractors.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to demonstrate operational support and continuous onsite leadership for the zone maintenance effort at the crew level.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to explain how they would maintain planting beds for one year & plant and bed maintenance after planting projects are completed.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to explain how to plant or show how to grow the production of annuals and perennials.

• During the interview, demonstrates they have the ability to and / or have the experience to show how they would be responsible for assisting in managing & budgeting over $300,000 annually on new and renovated landscape installs and projects.