Grounds & Landscape Supervisor

The Grounds & Landscape Supervisor creates new landscaping plans, manages voting equipment, provides logistics for County Fair, and communicates with other County departments, government agencies, and contractors in order to recommend new solutions to problems and generate new ideas.

• Provides training as needed and coordinates daily work activities;
• Performs a variety of grounds maintenance activities including mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, pruning, planting, grading, seeding, etc.;
• Operates vehicles, grounds-keeping equipment, power and hand tools;
• Performs snow removal for all County facilities;
• Maintains certification for application of herbicides, fertilizers, and certain insecticides;
• Supervises others in the safe application of herbicides and fertilizers when necessary;
• Maintains gravel roads and parking surfaces;
• Assists in the setup of County and parks and recreation special events;
• Surveys County grounds to determine the condition of grass, shrubs, trees, etc and facilitates appropriate corrective action as necessary;
• Makes recommendations for the landscaping of County grounds, as requested;
• Serves in the functional areas of park operations and athletic field maintenance as required;
• Prepares and/or processes purchase orders;
• Performs inventory/property management;
• Makes recommendations that impact the budget;
• Manages the budget within assigned unit/division;
• Exercises purchasing authority up to $5,000 without approval from supervisor;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Supervise and train subordinate employees in proper procedures, work practices and safe methods, and promote and maintain a safe and healthy work environment free of recognized hazards in accordance with County policy.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is very heavy work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Requires the use of fingers, balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, visual acuity, and walking.

Education and Experience:
Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent, Associate’s degree preferred, and two (2) years of related work experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Licenses or Certifications:
A valid Commercial Driver’s License preferred – Class A and prefers Registered Pesticide Technician License.
 
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  

• Ability to use or repair small/light equipment, such as power tools;
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle, and a variety of machinery and equipment including: lawn mowers, bed edger, weed eaters, chain saws, pole saws, tractors, skid steer, loader, fork lift, shovels, hoes, rakes, pruning equipment, and hand tools.
• Ability to use or repair medium equipment and machinery, such as vehicles or commercial mowers;

Position open until filled.

You have applied for employment with Isle of Wight County in a position requiring a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) to operate a Commercial Motor Vehicle defined as a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more lbs., or with the capacity to carry 16 or more passengers (including the driver), or of any size that is used to transport hazardous materials which require the vehicle to be placarded.  As such, you are subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing procedures.  In accordance with DOT regulations, Isle of Wight County will conduct a fully query of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse to verify your eligibility to perform safety-sensitive functions, such as operation commercial motor vehicles.

Please Note:  All County employees may be required to report to serve our customers during emergency conditions. While some will perform their regular duties, others may be assigned to report at a different time and location and to perform different duties from their regular jobs.  Employees will either be deemed essential personnel and provide services that must continue regardless of or pursuant to a state of emergency or will be deemed nonessential personnel that will be required to report to work in an emergency if they receive an assignment to shelter duty or other duty.

Salary : $43,191 - $57,228