Lead Horticulture Tech — Parks & Irrigation

City Of Wentzville; Wentzville (MO); Vor Ort; USD 43.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Zusammenfassung

City of Wentzville is seeking a Senior Horticulture Technician to lead and perform advanced landscape maintenance across city parks, facilities, and gateways. This full-time, day-shift role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge, and hands-on supervision of crews.

You will oversee irrigation systems, plant health, and routine renovations, train crew members, and coordinate tasks with external contractors to ensure high-quality results and safe operations.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of five years of experience in tree care, landscaping, or irrigation maintenance required, two years in a leadership role preferred.
• Job-related certification/license, vocational/technical program completion, or completion of apprenticeship required. College-level coursework that includes business, sport turf management, or a related field preferred.
• Journey-level experience in landscaping, tree maintenance or related trade required.
• Experience in interpreting and working from landscaping blueprints and/or specifications required.

Aufgaben

• Train, guide, and direct crew members in daily maintenance tasks and proper equipment operation.
• Assign work, coordinate field operations, and ensure tasks are completed safely and efficiently.
• Provide coaching, support, and skill evaluations for crew members.
• Develop and implement maintenance plans for annual/perennial beds, bioswales, urban tree canopies, and facility grounds.
• Plan schedules for fertilizing, irrigation, and herbicide/pesticide/fungicide applications.
• Diagnose tree injuries and plant diseases; prescribe and apply appropriate treatments.
• Plan, oversee, and manage major landscape renovations and capital improvement projects, including managing external contractors and quality control.
• Oversee general grounds maintenance for city parks, recreation areas, and public spaces.
• Manage and maintain park irrigation systems, including installation, routine maintenance, and repairs.
• Oversee playground equipment maintenance and safety repairs.
• Operate vehicles and heavy equipment, including dump trucks (11,000 lbs GVW), pickup trucks, vans, skid loaders, tractors, front‑deck mowers, and towed trailers.
• Safely operate and perform minor maintenance on power tools and small machinery (chainsaws, string trimmers, hedge clippers, leaf/snow blowers, generators, air compressors, etc.).
• Maintain tool inventories, ensuring special tools and equipment are available and well‑maintained.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Crew supervision

Irrigation maintenance

Tree care

Landscaping

Communication

Safety procedures

Reading blueprints

Equipment operation

Ausbildung

Technical certification in horticulture or landscape maintenance

College coursework in business/sport turf management

Tools

Toro irrigation system

Rain Bird irrigation

Hunter irrigation

Irrigation controllers

Dump trucks

Skid loaders

Front-deck mowers

Jobbeschreibung

City of Wentzville is seeking a Senior Horticulture Technician to lead and perform advanced landscape maintenance across city parks, facilities, and gateways. This full-time, day-shift role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge, and hands-on supervision of crews.

You will oversee irrigation systems, plant health, and routine renovations, train crew members, and coordinate tasks with external contractors to ensure high-quality results and safe operations.