Maintenance Worker - Landscape Vegetation Management

Performs intermediate semiskilled work maintaining vegetation in parks and on city properties, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the supervision of the Crew Coordinator.

• Mixes and applies herbicides; removes weeds from parks, right of ways, and around city buildings.

• Prunes bushes, vines, and trees; plants flowers and other vegetation.

• Collects and removes leaves from parks and other city property; collects and removes other landscape debris from paths and sidewalks.

• Loads mulch into vehicles; places mulch around trees in parks and on city property; plants and waters trees.

• Maintains athletic fields; lays sod, fertilizes, seeds, and applies insect repellant to assigned areas.

• Maintains equipment; makes minor repairs to equipment as necessary.

• Performs emergency maintenance duties after severe weather including snow removal.

• Assists with traffic control measures.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough knowledge of related industry, organization, and department policies, practices, and procedures; thorough knowledge of related industry organization, and departmental legal guides, recommendations, best practices, ordinances, and laws; comprehensive knowledge of various landscape maintenance equipment; general knowledge of work orders; general knowledge of city geography; some knowledge of standard office software; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions or decimals; ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, vendors and the general public.

Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED and minimal experience maintaining grounds and landscaping and operating landscape maintenance equipment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements
This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires using hands to finger, handle or feel, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions, frequently requires standing, walking, reaching with hands and arms and lifting and occasionally requires sitting, speaking or hearing, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and tasting or smelling; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm’s length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to wet humid conditions (non-weather), exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to vibration and frequently requires working near moving mechanical parts; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).

Possession of a valid North Carolina driver's license.

Within 6 months of hire:
Flagging Certification

Requires occasional overtime/weekend work