Environmental Services Worker

2 months ago

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States Commonwealth of Virginia Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Landscape Specialist to join our team at the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a key member of our facilities management team, you will be responsible for performing a variety of technical and skilled tasks to maintain safe, functional, and attractive grounds and landscaping.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform a variety of landscaping tasks such as mowing, trimming and pruning of trees and shrubs, edging, adding gravel, weed eating, sodding, grading, mulching, planting, care, and removal of trees, flowers, and shrubs.
  • Apply and monitor herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers.
  • Lead the work of assigned wage and summer employees.
  • Employee is required to work all home football games.
  • The employee in this position will be considered designated, meaning the work performed is essential to university operations and the employee will be required to work during periods of authorized closings.

Requirements:

  • Working knowledge of plants, shrubs, flowers, turf maintenance, and installation, and general landscaping practices and procedures.
  • Ability to operate tractors, trucks, backpack blowers, tractors, edgers, mowers, chainsaws, snow-blowers, backhoes (to load mulch), turf sweepers, seeders, fertilizer spreaders, aerators, deep-tine equipment, and a variety of hand tools.
  • Ability to lift up to 100 pounds and do physically demanding work for extended periods of time in a variety of environmental conditions with or without an accommodation.
  • A Pesticide Registered Technician's License is required within one year of hire into the position.
  • Must meet eligibility requirements to drive JMU vehicles within 2 years of hire.

Working Conditions:

The regular schedule is Monday – Friday, 6:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., with an altered summer schedule and overtime as required to cover special events and inclement weather.

Benefits:

  • Excellent comprehensive benefits, including paid vacation, sick, parental, and community service leave.
  • 19 paid holidays a year, including one week off for Thanksgiving Break and almost two weeks off for Winter Break.
  • Affordable health insurance and retirement through the Virginia Retirement System.
  • A work-life balance and integration program, Balanced Dukes, that is designed to support and enhance the overall wellbeing of our employees.
  • A Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU.

About Us:

James Madison University is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff. We are committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. We promote access, inclusion, and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents, and programs.

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