Landscape Technician; Facilities, Real Estate, and Planning

Wake Forest University; United States; On-site; USD 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Wake Forest University is seeking a Landscape Technician to maintain Reynolda campus grounds, drives and walks, and related facilities. You will operate mowers, edgers, and power blowers, and assist in preparing fields for events while keeping campus areas clean and safe.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED and the ability to follow English instructions, with up to four years of related experience and a focus on safety and teamwork.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, with up to 4 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to meet the University’s automobile insurance requirements.
• Basic understanding and knowledge of techniques, tools, equipment, and safety precautions.
• Ability to understand and follow English instructions to perform duties.
• Ability to relate to others and work with diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Keeps campus grounds, walks, and drives clean by removing trash, garbage, and other debris.
• Seeds, fertilizes, plants, waters, weeds, trims, and grooms lawns, shrubbery, and trees.
• Operates grounds maintenance equipment (mowers, edgers, power blowers).
• Loads and unloads furniture and other materials; transports to designated locations.
• Assists in preparing fields for special events.
• Follows safety precautions and reports safety issues to supervisor.

Skills

Grounds knowledge

Team communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Grounds equipment operation

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Landscape Technician performs various manual duties in developing and maintaining the grounds, drives, walks, and parking areas of the Reynolda campus and certain designated off-campus properties.

Essential Functions

• Keeps campus grounds, walks, and drives clean by removing trash, garbage, and other debris.
• Seeds fertilizes, plants, waters, weeds, trims, and grooms the lawns, shrubbery, and trees.
• Operates and handles various types of grounds maintenance equipment (i.e. power mowers, edgers, and power blowers).
• Operates light or medium-weight trucks to pick up and deliver materials and supplies; operates light or medium-weight tractors and attachments used to maintain grounds, as required.
• Loads and unloads furniture and other materials; transport to designated locations utilizing various equipment.
• Assists in the preparation of fields for special events.
• Performs a variety of semi-skilled manual duties requiring a basic understanding and knowledge of techniques, tools, equipment, and safety precautions.
• Inspects equipment and vehicles daily to ensure safe and proper working order; ensures proper preventative maintenance measures are being implemented.
• Works in an efficient productive manner; reports all matters of safety to the appropriate Landscape Foreperson and the Safety Director, if necessary.
• Experience working and communicating with a diverse group of students, faculty, staff and visitors.

Other Functions

This position may be designated as essential personnel to support business continuity during campus emergencies, disasters, or other special needs as directed by management. Essential personnel are subject to recall inside/outside their normal schedule. Additional details can be found in the Wake Forest University Policy on Weather and Other Unusual Conditions.

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• High school diploma or GED, with up to 4 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to meet the requirements of the University’s automobile insurance.
• Basic understanding and knowledge of techniques, tools, equipment, and safety precautions.
• Ability to understand and follow specific instructions and procedures in English sufficient to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to follow all University and departmental policies and procedures.
• Ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving of instructions, can get along with colleagues or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, and respond appropriately to critiques (good and bad) from a manager or foreperson.

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of grounds maintenance and turf equipment operations.

Accountabilities

Responsible for own work only.

Physical Requirements

• Medium work, exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Climbing, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Crawling, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling, Lifting, Fingering, Grasping, and Repetitive Motions.
• Possess visual acuity to operate motor vehicles, heavy equipment, and machinery and to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of work assigned.

Environmental Conditions

Activities occur both inside and outside, subject to both environmental conditions. Subject to noise, vibrations, hazards, atmospheric conditions, and oils.

Additional Job Description

• Time Type Requirement: Full time.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified candidates to apply without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, disability and military or veteran status.

Accommodations for Applicants

If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact [e-mail] or [phone].

Background and Safety Checks

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.

About WFU

Wake Forest University, formed in 1834, has experienced decades of growth and innovation. WFU is a distinctive university that combines a liberal arts core with graduate and professional schools and innovative research programs. The University embraces the teacher-scholar ideal, which prizes the personal interaction between students and faculty. It is a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in the classroom and the laboratory are paramount. Wake Forest University is a community that seeks the enlightenment and freedom which come through diligent study and learning. Its higher goal, however, is to give life to the University motto "Pro Humanitate," as members translate a passion for knowledge into compassionate service. The community shares a tradition that embraces freedom and integrity and acknowledges the worth of the individual. The heritage, established by the school's founders and nurtured by succeeding generations, promotes a democratic spirit arising from open-mindedness and discourse. Wake Forest fosters compassion and caring for others. Its collective strength and character are derived from the values and distinctive experiences of each individual; therefore, it affirms the richness of human intellect and culture and its contribution to knowledge, faith, reason, and dialogue. Furthermore, it strives toward a society in which good will, respect, and equality prevail. To that end, Wake Forest University rejects hatred and bigotry in any form and promotes justice, honor, and mutual trust. The University is comprised of: the undergraduate college, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, and School of Medicine (located on the Bowman Gray campus with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) and today enrolls about 4,846 undergraduates and 2,823 students in graduate programs at its principal location, the Reynolda campus. Students at Wake Forest University enjoy a great deal of access to and interaction with world‑class faculty both in and out of the classroom setting with a student‑faculty ratio of 11:1. Wake Forest employs approximately 2,772 full and part‑time faculty and staff. Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant, intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and a strong athletics program competing in the fifteen‑team Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since its founding, the university has adopted the motto “pro humanitate,” which is exemplified by a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world. Wake Forest has a strong commitment to holistic, eight‑dimensional well‑being for students, faculty and staff as evidenced in the Thrive initiative. Winston‑Sen

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