Landscaping & Horticulture Laborer
Landscaping & Horticulture Laborer
Salary: $32,157.00 - $33,987.00 Annually
Location: 968 Meyer Rd., Wentzville
Job Type: Full-time
Department: PARKS & RECREATION
Job Number: 00532
Closing: 11/30/2020 5:00 PM Central
Summary
Do you prefer the great outdoors over being chained to a desk? If so, this may be the job for you! The Wentzville Parks and Recreation Department is searching for hardworking, dependable and coachable individuals. As part of our Landscaping and Horticulture Team, you will play a key role in keeping our City looking its best by performing a variety of semi-skilled and skilled landscaping maintenance work. To be a successful applicant, you must possess strong plant care, organizational, and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and routinely use independent judgment. Preference will be given to those with prior knowledge of how to safely and efficiently operate motorized equipment, such as mowers, tractors, skid loaders, etc. as well as those with prior knowledge of landscaping installations and bed maintenance including related growing methods, materials and equipment.
Essential & Ancillary Job Duties
Essential Job Duties
- Maintain and prepare athletic fields including mixing and applying fertilizers.
- Maintain, trim, plant, water, cultivate, fertilize, rake, and care for lawns and grounds; remove shrubs and trees; prepare soil for planting and transplanting.
- Repair fences, tree stakes, playground equipment, and other parks facilities.
- Prepare ground for concrete or asphalt work; assist with this work.
- Perform housekeeping tasks to ensure that floors, ceilings, walls, woodwork, furniture, light fixtures, and windows are clean and sanitary.
- Empty, clean, and line waste receptacles and dispose of trash.
- Clean and disinfect restrooms; restock restroom supplies as necessary.
- Remove graffiti, paint, and patch walls.
- Perform minor maintenance and repairs on vehicles, including gasoline, oil, and fluid checks, replacement of spotlights and headlights, and cleaning.
- Set up for special events, arrange meeting rooms, and operate lighting and sound systems.
Ancillary Job Duties
- Assist other departments and respond to inquiries from the general public as the need arises.
- Remove snow ensuring that parking lots, public streets, and sidewalks are safe for vehicles and people.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications & Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Job Qualifications - Education, experience and training that are required or desirable in order to effectively perform the job at the time of hire. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered. Additional requirements and/or substitutions may be requested and require the approval of HR.
- High school diploma or equivalent desired.
- Minimum of one year experience in landscaping, groundskeeping, native plant care, forestry, or related field required.
- Prior experience with maintenance and custodial work desired.
- Valid Class B CDL within 120 days of employment required. A valid driver's license is required upon hire.
- Minimum of 18 years of age.
- First Aid and CPR certification desired.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities – May be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those knowledge, skills and abilities commonly associated with this position.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule including days, evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime when necessary.
- Knowledge of or ability to learn cleaning, maintenance, and gardening methods, materials, and equipment.
- Knowledge of or ability to learn the safe and efficient operation of motorized equipment such as push and riding mowers, tractors, skid loaders, etc.
- Knowledge of or ability to learn proper use of hand tools such as hammers, wrenches, picks, shovels, spades, rakes, loppers, saws, or similar tools.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to communicate verbally with co-workers and the general public in a one-to-one setting.
- Must have strong mechanical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and routinely use independent judgment.
- Ability to judge distances accurately and to read and interpret maps, manuals, and schematics is required.
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential job duty.
Work Environment & Physical Abilities
Work Environment – Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of the duties of this job.
- Primarily an outdoor work environment; exposure to all types of weather conditions is expected.
- Frequently exposed to heavy machinery and loud noises.
- Occasionally required to wear protective gear to limit exposure to dusty chemicals and environmental toxins.
Physical Abilities – The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.
- Manual labor including lifting and carrying heavy objects weighing up to 100 pounds is expected.
- Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch or bend; reach with hands and arms; use hands to use objects, tools or controls; stand; and walk.
- Occasionally required to sit as well as climb or balance.
- Must be able to speak and hear clearly.
- Must be able to operate mechanical equipment.
- Must have clarity of vision and the ability to adjust focus, judge distance and spatial relationships, identify and distinguish colors.
- Must have finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination in order to work on related equipment.
DOT (CDL) DRIVER SUPPLEMENT
This supplement in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Certain job duties described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
Background Information
All DOT regulated positions are considered safety sensitive by regulation. Safety-sensitive employees are those employees who discharge duties so fraught with risks of injury to self or others, environmental injury and/or property damage that even a momentary lapse of attention can have disastrous consequences. It is an essential job function safety rule applicable to every employee working in a safety sensitive classified position to be able to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
Essential License, Certifications, Registrations and Insurability
All Drivers must have a current commercial driver's license (CDL) in accordance with the standards set forth in 49 CFR PART 391. Federal regulations require random testing of Drivers for drug or alcohol use. Drivers must be insurable at standard rates.
FMCSA Driver Fitness for Duty Statements
- FMCSA Driver Fitness for Duty Statement: The DOT regulations make clear that the City, as a DOT regulated employer, makes the final determination of who is a qualified individual to drive a commercial motor vehicle. The City shall not permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person meets all DOT minimum qualifications and such other more stringent qualifications and requirements relating to safety of operation and employee safety and health. The City may use the services of independent Medical Examiners, Medical Review Officers and Occupational Physicians to make its final determinations.
- FMCSA Driver Clearinghouse Certification: Drivers must be currently cleared without restriction in the FMCSA Clearinghouse to immediately perform FMCSA Safety Sensitive duties as a DOT regulated Driver.
- FMCSA Driver Safety Rule: Requires mandatory reporting by Drivers of off-duty DUI and Drug Offense Arrest and/or Conviction. In accordance with the authority granted to the City by the DOT to impose other requirements to prevent alcohol misuse by Drivers, it is mandatory that Drivers disclose to their supervisor and/or Human Resources by the end of the business day arrest and/or convictions for all alcohol and/or drug related offenses committed while operating any motor vehicle. This will allow the City to immediately remove from safety sensitive functions, Drivers who have engaged in off-duty unsafe behavior related to alcohol or drug misuse (which is directly related to their safety sensitive functions performed for the City) to make determinations as follows:
- If the Driver is fit for duty
- If the Driver is still qualified under DOT regulations to operate a CMV for the City;
- If the Driver is still insurable at standard rates under the City's insurance plan; and
- If the Driver can still meet the essential job functions for the position. It is an essential job function of every DOT regulated Driver that they be qualified and licensed to operate a CMV without the use of a judicially ordered interlocking device, or similar device as part of a diversion or conviction for an alcohol related offense.
Essential Physical Demands
- Hand-eye coordination. Driving a CMV requires that controlled use of multiple limbs on the basis of what a person observes. Federal regulations require drivers to have normal use of their arms and legs.
- Hearing ability. Drivers need good hearing. Federal regulations require the ability to hear a forced whisper in one ear at five feet (with or without the use of a hearing aid).
- Because of possible traffic congestion Drivers are put in stressful situations and must be able to continue to calmly operate their CMV.
- Physical Health. Federal regulations do not allow people to become a Driver if they have a medical condition that may interfere with the operation of a CMV, such as high blood pressure or epilepsy.
- Visual ability. Drivers must be able to pass vision tests. Federal regulations require at least 20/40 vision with a 70-degree field of vision in each eye, and the ability to distinguish colors on a traffic light.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear, see and inspect, and bend.
Essential Emotional Demands
- Demonstrated past and present ability to safety operate a CMV
- Can read, understand, hear and apply written and spoken directions
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safety awareness
- Ability to work in an unfatigued state
- Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
- Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one's short term memory
- Ability to concentrate
- Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
- Demonstrated caring, committed and concerned attitude about safety
- Ability to rapidly respond to stimuli
- Possess fast reflexes and unimpaired coordination
- Ability to perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgement
- Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the DOT regulated functions
- Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
- Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the DOT regulated functions
Agency: City of Wentzville
Address: 1001 Schroeder Creek Blvd, Wentzville, Missouri, 63385
Phone: 636-639-2190, 636-639-2007
Website: http://www.wentzvillemo.org