The following examples of duties and accountabilities illustrate the general range of tasks assigned to the position but are not intended to define the limits of required duties. Other essential duties may be assigned consistent with the general scope of the position. Employee must comply with all County and department policies, procedures, WAC’s, or other regulatory bodies.

• General Service: Ensures that work assignments are accomplished; reports reasons for any delays; reports the time and tasks performed and materials used through a computerized maintenance management system.
• Landscaping: Waters, fertilizes, mows, weeds, edges, and replaces turf pursuant to established maintenance schedule or after assessment of needs. Plants, waters, and maintains ornamental plants, shrubs, hedges, and flowers. Prepares soils for various kinds of planting and cultivates around plants, shrubs, and trees. Will move and place rock products, dirt, sand, and other landscape materials when required.
• Equipment Operation: This work requires the use of power equipment including power mowers, trimmers, trucks, backhoes, and tractors, cars, light trucks, side by sides, forklift, skid steer, mini ex etc. must have a good driving record, must be a safety-first minded team member. Tasks also include routine maintenance and repair of irrigation systems.
• Grounds and General Maintenance: This involves mowing, raking, sweeping, irrigating, pulling of weeds, and trimming lawns, trees, flowers, and shrubs. Snow and Ice removal during the winter, keeping pathways free of ice. Incumbents perform preventive and general maintenance of vehicles and grounds maintenance equipment as well as assisting in setting up platforms, tents, displays, seating, and other arrangements for events. Assigned work also includes trash collection, Cleaning of public areas, sanitizing of public areas.
• Maintenance Support: This position will assist higher level maintenance personnel as required and performs other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Any combination of education and experience may be substituted as long as it provides the desired skills, knowledge, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required

Required within first six months of employment

These skills and abilities typically are acquired through a combination of experience and training, which would include experience in building maintenance, or repair involving the use of carpentry and basic electrical and plumbing repair or installation for a total of not less than two years of related experience and training.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed outdoors and in a variety of buildings. The work involves substantial physical efforton a regular basis. Typical work week is Monday through Friday 7am-3pm. However, due to weatherconditions and/or the needs of the County, particularly in the winter months due to snow and ice andsummer months due to heat may vary.

Physical Requirements

The physical abilities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee tosuccessfully perform the essentialfunctions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, theemployee is regularly required to walk, sit, write, hear, speak, and lift up to 50 lbs. of unequal weight.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision, peripheral, depthperception. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities toperform the essential functions.