The Parks Streetscape Horticulture Worker is a skilled position where you’ll work outdoors assisting with horticultural maintenance of the annual flowerpots and shrub beds throughout the City owned properties as well as streetscapes, medians, and parkways in a traffic-controlled environment. You’ll be able to hone your skills in horticulture maintenance, green industry standards, landscaping, xeriscaping, plant health care and irrigation practices which are practical and in demand career skills. 

Incentives:

Hourly employees are highly valued team members that the Parks Department and the City of Fort Collins recognize by providing the following perks:

• Potential for paid personal leave and paid holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal and financial assistance.
• Wellness program, workout facilities.
• Personal and professional learning opportunities plus potential for career mobility.
• Collaborative work environment.
• Gift card drawings for participating in Safety and Wellness programs.
• Discounted Golf Green Fees. $3.00 per player/nine holes (non-primetime only).
• Discounted Passes to City Recreation facilities (including initial 5 free visits).
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided such as gloves, hard hats, safety glasses, boots, ear protection, etc.
• Safety boots and Parks Division logo work attire provided.
• Mentoring by world-class, knowledgeable, and experienced Park professionals.
• Training opportunities to expand educational background.
• $100.00 gift card for referring a newly hired employee through the Employee Referral program.

Essential Duties:

• Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties in a timely and efficient manner.
• Assist with horticultural maintenance, Integrated Pest Management best practices, and plant health care in medians, rights-of-way, shrub beds, annual flowerpots, and general transportation areas throughout the City.
• Perform horticulture maintenance along heavily traveled streets and parkways, with and around heavy equipment under conditions that require intense situational awareness.
• Perform general median maintenance including, but not limited to, weed and trash removal, pruning, deadheading, mulching, planting (shrubs, perennials, and annual flowers), and performing soil amendments.
• Assist with irrigation maintenance and repairs.
• Assist with snow removal and special events.
• May assist in maintenance of City parks, trails, City buildings, recreational areas, and downtown public spaces.
• May apply chemical pesticides and herbicides after required training.
• Assist with additional tasks to help other Park divisions in Cemetery, Forestry and Golf if needed.
• Work successfully in a team environment, as well as autonomously, in all weather conditions.
• Engage with team members in a considerate and helpful manner and project a positive attitude in the workplace.
• Maintain a positive, helpful, and solution-oriented attitude while assisting others.
• Interact with the public in a professional and courteous manner.
• All other duties as assigned.