Groundskeeper

Please note: 3 months temporary full time position (Day Shift)

Our 30acre landscape at main campus is unlike what youll find at other hospitals or large properties. We have a densely planted extremely diverse botanical garden style landscape with a wide variety of trees shrubs perennials grasses and ferns. Our collection includes over three thousand plant species including many rare and uncommon plants making it an interesting environment to work in. We also have a lot of different types of spaces including a childrens play garden rain gardens a fully planted roof garden wildflower meadow natural areas green roofs beds with mixed perennials and grasses and lots and lots of trees. The spaces we take care of are appreciated and enjoyed by patients families and staff who can be experiencing very difficult situations so it can be really fulfilling place to do horticulture.

The Groundskeeper will maintain natural environments landscaping and outdoor hardscapes including shrubs trees lawns irrigation and sidewalks. Work is performed outdoors in all types of weather at the main campus of Seattle Childrens Hospital and at various clinical and nonclinical offsites as assigned. Essential duties include weeding pruning grooming raking mulching planting digging plant removal blowing mowing edging string trimming pressure washing litter/garbage pickup snow/ice removal and ensuring walkways stairs and other outdoor spaces remain safe and clear of hazards.

Required Education and Experience
High school diploma or equivalent experience.A minimum of two (2) years practical groundskeeping or landscaping experience in a public or institutional the drivers license requirement noted below must have a driving record acceptable to Risk Management.

Required Credentials
Current Washington State Drivers License to operate hospital vehicles.

Preferred
A Bachelors degree in a horticulture related field or AA horticulture experience doing the following: weeding raking grooming pruning blowing mowing string trimming pressure washing using a chainsaw and driving a experience using the following tools and equipment: hand pruners loppers hedge shears hand saws backpack blower mower string trimmer pressure washer and chainsawWork experience driving trucks skid steers and small utility using repairing installing and designing irrigation plant identification skills particularly of plants that grow in the Pacific experience pruning a variety of different types and species of woody plants.

Compensation Range

$22.58 $33.87 per hour

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on fulltime employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity skills experience and expertise and may vary within the range provided.