Summary:

The role of Landscape Maintenance worker mow, edge, and fertilize lawns. Landscape maintenance worker install and maintain landscapes, prune trees or shrubs, and do other tasks to ensure that vegetation is attractive, orderly, and safe.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plants grass, shrubs, trees and flowers
• Installs and maintains fences, gates, retaining walls, rock gardens, outdoor lighting and other design features.
• Digs trenches and levels ground.
• Keeps outdoor furniture in good repair.
• Applies mulch, fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
• Maintains green spaces by weeding, trimming and pruning.
• Removes unwanted or unhealthy plants, shrubs and trees, as well as downed limbs.
• Operates hand tools and power equipment including mowers, leaf-blowers, snow blowers, tillers and small tractors.
• Provide direction to SEIC and affiliate leadership.
• Waters lawns and gardens where needed.
• Rakes leaves and other vegetation from lawns and flower beds
• Removes trash and other debris from outdoor areas.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position does not oversee staff.

Qualifications:

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

• High School diploma preferred.
• Landscape maintenance experience preferred.
• Driver’s license
• High School diploma preferred.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong Communication skills, speaking, and active listening.
• Great customer service skills.
• High degree of attention to detail and trustworthiness.
• Good problem-solving and critical thinking.
• In-depth knowledge of industry best practices.
• Self-motivation and the ability to work autonomously.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work with manager and team when needed.
• Ability to manage multiple locations.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work is typically performed outdoors, with a moderate noise level.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Movements including but not limited to prolonged periods of operating small equipment outdoors. Lifting, walking, bending, and reaching are required.
• Regularly required to use hands to handle or feel; talk; see; and/or hear.
• Must be able to always lift a minimum of 25 pounds.