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Job Title:Landscape Technician

Department:61020-Facilities Management Admin

Location:Farmington

FTE%:1

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Search #:2024-920

Closing Date:03/24/2024

Recruiter:Alexander, Donna

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This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.

This position is covered by the NP-2 Services & Maintenance Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current NP-2 Contract.

This position is in salary group TC-14; click here to review the current NP-2 TC Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top rated organization is looking to add a Landscape Technician to our growing Facilities Operations-Grounds team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this position is accountable for independently performing a full range of landscaping tasks to beautify and maintain the cleanliness and visual appearance of the campus. Incumbents working in this position will operate and maintain large construction and landscaping equipment such as front end loader, backhoe, a boom/bucket truck, street sweeper truck, or trucks with a capacity of five (5) tons or greater including snow removal equipment, install, maintain, and regulate irrigation systems, assist arborists with tree pruning or felling operations, this position is located in Farmington, CT.

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS OFFERED: https://h.uconn.edu/benefits-classified

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the general supervision of a Maintenance Supervisor 1 (Grounds) or other employee of a higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May lead lower level employees as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Prepares, installs and maintains decorative landscaping features to include flowers, plants, shrubs, ornamental grasses, trees, waterscapes, lighting and decorative and synthetic or natural materials in formal gardens, plant containers, borders and island beds; hauls materials, fills, grades and slopes work sites; pulls weeds, mulches, repairs drip lines, waters and fertilizes; installs and maintains turf by seeding or siding, repairing, mowing and fertilizing; clears brush, debris and leaves from lawns and catch basins; installs, maintains and regulates irrigation systems; installs and maintains recreational sports fields; operates and maintains various large and small power and construction equipment including bucket/boom truck, front loader, backhoes, bulldozers, forklifts, tractors, dump trucks of five (5) ton or greater capacity, plow and pickup trucks and trailers, street sweepers, leaf vacuums, wood chippers, mowers, leaf blowers, weed whackers and chain saws; maintains and repairs small gas engine power equipment and large equipment to include, but not limited to, oil and spark plug change, blade sharpening, tire change or repair, fluid change and battery replacement; uses and maintains various hand tools; assists with the set up and dismantling of, but not limited to, plantings, fences, chairs, tents, bleachers and tables for special events; installs and maintains fences, bollards and signage campus wide; installs, maintains and repairs asphalt pavement and other materials on travelled surfaces; performs pre-treatment and snow and ice removal; assists arborists with tree pruning or felling operations; maintains orderliness and efficiency of landscape work sheds and surrounding areas; removes trash and changes bins daily; may apply pesticides under direct supervision; may paint poles and other structures within the landscape; may travel to work at regional campuses; performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY:

Knowledge of various plants used in landscape features; knowledge of proper care of plants for sustainment; basic knowledge of turf grass management practices; some basic knowledge of pesticides and application methods and techniques; interpersonal skills; oral and written communications skills; ability to operate, maintain and repair hand tools; ability to operate, maintain and repair small gas engines; ability to operate maintain and repair large power equipment; ability to operate, maintain and repair heavy construction and commercial landscaping equipment and vehicles; ability to use personal protective equipment; ability to follow written and oral instructions; some ability to utilize computer software.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Two (2) years of experience in landscape maintenance including the operation, maintenance and repair of small and large power/motor equipment and heavy construction and/or commercial equipment and vehicles used in landscaping.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE:

One (1) year of the General Experience must include plant selection and installation, pruning, fertilization and seeding of turf grasses.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS SUBSTITUTION:

For State Employees, two (2) years of landscaping experience at or above the level of Maintainer may substitute for the General and Special Experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain appropriate current licenses, permits and/or certifications.

Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

Incumbents in this class must be available to work as needed for emergency or snow removal duties.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility, and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties of the class.

A physical examination may be required.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Incumbents in this class may be required to lift moderate to heavy weights; may be exposed to extreme weather conditions, significant levels of dust and noise and risk of injury from equipment.

Incumbents in this class may be required to use personal protective equipment.

SCHEDULE: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, must be available for snow removal, in urgent/emergency situations must be able to work other mandated shifts including weekends and holidays, 30 minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

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