Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 2
Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 2
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Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public masters-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
Performs skilled gardening and groundskeeping tasks as part of a comprehensive outdoor maintenance program for University grounds. Responsibilities include safely maintaining modifying and repairing campus landscapes trees athletic fields walkways and other outdoor facilities to ensure an attractive functional and safe environment.
Duty: Landscaping and Gardening
Tasks include:
- Utilize manual tools and equipment such as rakes pruning shears loppers shovels and wheelbarrows.
- Amend soil i.e. fertilize mulch.
- Install and maintain landscaping i.e. plant weed transplant trim and water.
- Additional duties as needed.
Duty: Equipment Operation
Tasks include:
- Operate power equipment such as weed trimmers backpack blowers rototillers lawn mowers snow blowers aerators sod cutters etc.
- Operate trucks and small tractor as needed.
Tasks include:
- Operate power equipment such as weed trimmers backpack blowers rototillers lawn mowers snow blowers aerators sod cutters etc.
- Operate trucks and small tractor as needed.
Duty: Trash Removal
Tasks include:
- Litter pick up.
- Empty trash cans.
Duty: Ice and Snow Removal
Duty: Pesticide Application
Tasks include:
- Utilize sprayers and application tools.
- Apply pesticides and herbicides as needed.
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Two years of work experience involving grounds maintenance planting plant care and landscape construction in a commercial and/or institutional setting
- Ability to operate gas powered machinery and small tractors
- Ability to read and understand written information and instructions.
- Ability to communicate clearly.
- Ability to maintain and use hand and power tools safely as required for the trade.
- Valid drivers license or the ability to obtain one prior to starting work in order to drive a state-owned vehicle for travel to work locations.
- Physically perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to work with computer hardware and software required to track work orders and record time worked.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a friendly and cooperative manner with students staff and faculty at all levels of the organization and in contacts with the public.
- Ability to manage time well and work under pressure situations with tight schedules and deadlines to complete projects.
- Five years or more of maintenance experience in a commercial and/or institutional setting including proficiency in mowing edging pruning and general lawn maintenance and plant care.
- Applicable experience working at Western Washington University and knowledge of the campus landscape.
- Knowledge of plant identification and their characteristics.
- Certified Integrated Pest Management license.
- Master Gardener certification.
- Knowledge of arborists practices including training to promote tree health discern tree problems and take measures to correct them.
- Knowledge of WISHA/OSHA rules and regulations.
Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.
Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity compliance with applicable laws WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race ethnicity color national origin age citizenship or immigration status pregnancy use of protective leave genetic status sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status creed religion veteran or military status disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal (including a service animal in training) by a person with a disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policies onProhibiting Discrimination Based on A Protected Class and Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sex. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MS 9021) 516 High Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);
WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation please contactHuman Resources Disability Services 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).
Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Westerns campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual assault and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at . The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires which includes a sexual misconduct background check.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
