Description

Join TriMet as a Lead Landscaper!

As the Lead Landscaper, you will perform landscape and irrigation maintenance and minor installations in the overall care and maintenance of TriMet grounds. In addition, you'll perform a variety of landscape maintenance including plant, lawn, bed, swale and irrigation care.

Duties include ensuring work quality and adherence to established TriMet policies and procedures and performs a variety of tasks relative to the assigned areas of responsibility as required. You will also operate motor vehicles and a variety of construction and maintenance equipment, and perform related work as required.

Working as a TriMet employee includes:

·;;;;Top pay!

·;;;;Excellent benefits including retirement, vacation, health insurance, and a transit pass.

·;;;;Serving our community.

·;;;;Union membership.

This role requires being onsite five (5) days per week.

Ensure a commitment to safety through consistent and professional behaviors in performance of job requirements that demonstrate safety is a fundamental value that guides all aspects of our work. Perform related duties as required.

Serve as a good steward of TriMet by regularly utilizing our transit system to maintain a strong and current understanding of customers’ experiences and of TriMet’s product and service offerings.;

Forbes Magazine recently ranked TriMet as one of the top five places to work in Oregon! TriMet is ranked the number one Oregon-based employer in the state, as well as the top “Transportation and Logistics” employer in the state.

Essential Functions

1. Maintain landscape including but not limited to lawns, beds, swales, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and wetland plantings.;

2.;Insure lawn and plant health by identifying plant diseases and harmful insects and treat accordingly.

3.;Repair damaged landscape beds, plants, and irrigation to original conditions.

4.;Maintain, prune, plant, transplant, fertilize, irrigate and hand water Trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.

5.;Safely operate and perform light maintenance on a variety of riding and handheld gas/electric power and non-powered tools in the execution of duties.

6.;Perform landscape and irrigation maintenance work as assigned as directed by the Assistant Manager, Landscape.

7.;Maintain and manage preventive maintenance. Provide work status reports. Inform Assistant Manager, Landscape of potential changes in work schedules, equipment or system malfunctions, and labor production concerns. Carry out all assigned work in a timely manner.

8.;Order and maintain parts and material inventory. Initiate purchase requisitions and document purchases in reports to the Assistant Manager, Landscape.

9.;Monitor maintenance activities to ensure compliance with work schedules, safety, quality, and standard operating procedures.

10.;Respond to emergencies as needed per WWA.

Position Requirements

A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Licensed Landscape and Irrigation Professional in the state of Oregon with good standing and ability to maintain annual requirements of training is required.;

Three (3) years of employment with a licensed commercial landscape and irrigation company in foreperson capacity or above are required.;

Licensed with the Department of Agriculture to safety perform spray duties is preferred.

Selection Criteria

1. Demonstrated knowledge of standard practices, materials, and tools used in the planting and care of trees, plants, flowers, shrubs, and lawns.

2. Demonstrated knowledge of landscaping design and maintenance including common names plant names, soil types, weed and pest control practices, and stages of growth in a variety of plants.

3. Ability to understand and comply with the District's safety rules, standard operating procedures, and rules and regulations.

4. Ability to maintain a safe work environment including within right-of-way areas.

5. Ability to operate radio and telephone communication systems in compliance with regulations and procedures.

6. Ability to work independently.

7. Operations, services, and activities of a landscape maintenance program.

8. Advanced methods and techniques of planting, transplanting, cultivating, pruning,and maintaining a variety of lawns, ground covers, plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees. Soil preparation and enrichment principles and techniques.

9. Principles and practices of arboriculture, including species identification, planting,

pruning, and maintenance methods and pesticide application.

10. Advanced methods and equipment used in weed, pest and insect control and;treating plant diseases.

11. Advanced principles and practices used in the installation, maintenance and repair of

irrigation systems.

12. Basic office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and

applicable software applications.

13. Principles and practices of record keeping.

14. Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.

15. Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.

16. Ability to operate power and hand tools and assorted equipment.

17. Ability to maintain acceptable performance, dependability, and attendance standards.;Continued employment contingent upon successful completion of certification and recertification training.

18. Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms.

19. Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with employees, supervisors, and the general public.

20. Ability to work in all types of weather conditions, walk and work on irregular surfaces, and bend and stoop for extended periods of time.

21. Ability to lift up to 90 pounds, pass the physical examination required for the position, including a drug screen.

22. Recognize common plants, plant diseases and insect pests in the Northwest.

23. Read and interpret plans, maps, specifications, manuals, drawings, and blueprints.

24. Successfully operate various software programs as required using computers or

other types of hand held devices.

Type of Position/Grade/FLSA

Union, Non-Exempt, Regular full-time, Wage: $38.84 per hour. Wage will be in accordance with the current Working and Wage Agreement.

Selection Process

Candidates will be selected based at a minimum on the result of:;

1. ;Application Review/Work Record Review;;
2. ;Driving Record Review - Upon submitting your application, you are required to submit a DMV report from every state (except Oregon) where you have held a driver's license in the past ten (10) years. Refer to online instructions to download and attach documents to your application or fax documents to (503) 962- 3477 or (503) 503-962-7440.
3. ;Verification of High School diploma or GED;;;;
4. ;Supplemental Tests;;;;
5. ;Panel Interview;;;

Supplemental Information

Make sure you describe in detail how your education, training and work experience fit with this role. You are encouraged to attach a resume, cover letter, training certificates and/or letters of recommendation with your application. You are permitted five attachments of less than 5MB each.

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Internal applicants: Employees who meet the minimum qualifications are welcome to apply. Information in your personnel file will not be used in lieu of information requested on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

If you are a qualified veteran and would like to apply for veterans' preference points, you will need to reflect your status on the application and attach supporting documentation at the time of application submission.

If you need accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for any part of the application process, contact our Human Resources staff at 503-962-7505, or the TTY line at 7-1-1. Note that we require a minimum of two workdays' notice prior to the need for accommodation.

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TriMet is an equal opportunity employer, committed to developing an organization that is reflective of and sensitive to the needs of the diverse community we serve, including veterans, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.;;

ADA Statement

As applied to the workplace, applicants and employees must be qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Essential functions may include required job functions performed infrequently as well as production standards related to the quality and quantity of work.

If a person with a disability could meet job qualifications with a reasonable accommodation, TriMet will work with the employee to accommodate the need. If TriMet's accommodation is effective in allowing the employee to perform the essential functions of the job, it need not be the employee's preferred accommodation.