What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician I - Horticulturalist – Special Improvement Maintenance District position at City of Colorado Springs?
In this position, you will perform a variety of landscape duties in landscaped/irrigated right of ways and medians in the Briargate, Norwood, and Stetson Hills Special Improvement Maintenance Districts (SIMD). In this position, you will also perform a variety of semi-skilled maintenance tasks encompassing the repair and management of commercial irrigation systems, turf/grass management, tree work, shrub bed maintenance, and snow removal. You will also assist/lead the work of seasonal staff and contractors responsible for providing maintenance/repair services. This position will be responsible for maintaining all the enhanced planting areas within the districts. Specialized duties include planting, weeding, mulching, watering, fertilizing, pruning, deadheading, clean-ups, greenhouse propagation, landscape design, plant identification, mapping.
- Adjust irrigation schedules based on system data and manage annual water allotments
- Coordinate with maintenance technicians to service irrigation components and perform winterization/startup
- Diagnose and address turf and landscape plant health issues
- Perform seeding, topdressing, aeration, and maintain landscape beds with proper herbicide use
- Pick up trash across assigned areas
- Remove snow from sidewalks using ATVs and other equipment
- Inspect, maintain, and complete minor repairs on landscape equipment
- Conduct regular grounds, facility, and playground inspections to ensure safety compliance
- Review contractor work and direct hourly or seasonal staff
- Propagate, grow, maintain, and protect plant material from seed to installation, including fertilizing, pesticide application, bed planting, designing xeric beds, and operating mid-sized machinery and seasonal cleaning of plastics
- Other Duties as assigned
We are looking for candidates who demonstrate:
Knowledge of
- Basic irrigation repair / management of systems.
- Basic greenhouse experience
- Plant Identification
- Turf and bed maintenance
- Safely operate a variety of tools, equipment, machinery, and assigned vehicles and trailers
- Recognize and respond appropriately to issues
- Develop and maintain positive, effective working relationships
- Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade (high school diploma or GED).
- Possess, or obtain upon hire, and maintain a valid, non-probationary driver’s license not subject to restrictions.
- One year of full-time, professional experience in a related field
- Any applicable horticulture certifications or documented CEU’s
- Knowledge of CAD (computer-aided design) or GIS (Geographic Information System) Systems
Please contact Katie McLaughlin at katie.mclaughlin@coloradosprings.gov for any questions about this position.
Salary : $20 - $24