Grounds & Landscape Supervisor

Isle of Wight County; Carrollton (VA); Vor Ort; USD 42.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Isle of Wight County is seeking a Grounds & Landscape Supervisor to lead landscaping planning, oversee grounds maintenance, and coordinate with county departments and contractors to implement innovative solutions. The role involves managing daily activities and supervising staff.

You will train crews, ensure safety, handle budgeting and purchasing up to $5,000, and support event setups while maintaining grounds to county standards.

Qualifikationen

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent; an Associate’s degree is preferred.
• Two years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Aufgaben

• Provides training and coordinates daily work activities.
• Performs a variety of grounds maintenance activities (mowing, edging, trimming, pruning, planting).
• Operates vehicles and grounds-keeping equipment; performs snow removal for county facilities.
• Maintains certification for herbicides, fertilizers, and certain insecticides; supervises safe applications.
• Assists in setup of county and parks events; processes purchase orders and manages inventory.
• Manages budget within assigned unit; provides budget recommendations and purchasing authority up to $5,000.
• Supervises and trains subordinate employees; promotes safe work environment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Supervisory leadership

Grounds maintenance

Budgeting & purchasing

Training & safety

Communication with departments

Ausbildung

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate’s degree preferred

Tools

Commercial Driver’s License – Class A

Jobbeschreibung

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:

Requires a valid Commercial Driver’s License – Class A and prefers Registered Pesticide Technician License.

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.