Grounds Maintenance Worker 4 Minimum Qualifications Waived

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

The Division of Public and Behavioral Health Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services in Sparks NV is recruiting for a Grounds Maintenance Worker 4 Position. The Grounds Maintenance Worker 4 position performs a wide variety of landscape garden and greenhouse duties such as planting pruning mowing tree trimming watering fertilizing pre and post emergent utilization removal of brush foliage trimmings leaves trash and all types of debris. This position maintains campus ground areas per seasonal requirements including turf irrigation systems and xeriscape areas ensuring clear and safely accessible paths through sweeping raking shoveling plowing deicing and disposing of debris utilizing a variety of power equipment and hand tools.

Grounds Maintenance Workers perform a wide variety of landscape garden and greenhouse duties such as planting pruning mowing trimming watering fertilizing and weeding; operate hand and power tools and light mechanized equipment such as power mowers tractor mowers trenching devices forklifts and hoists.

PER EXECUTIVE ORDER 2026-001 ALL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN WAIVED FOR THIS POSITION UNTIL JUNE 30 2026. Please refer to the link for more information: years of experience performing grounds maintenance work using a variety of tools and techniques; OR one year of experience as a Grounds Maintenance Worker III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Maintain grounds areas clean and free of trash fallen leaves and snow and ice by sweeping raking shoveling picking up debris and operating light medium and heavy equipment such as pickup trucks dump trucks trash compactors and loaders.

Prepare new landscape sites by reviewing plans with supervisor purchasing necessary supplies and installing sprinklers topsoil decorative material and appropriate plantings according to instructions and/or landscape design plans.

Perform periodic maintenance and make minor repairs on tools equipment and vehicles to maximize efficiency and life span.

Operate repair and install sprinkler systems and drip systems including pipes valves sprinklers and timing devices to provide effective and economic watering cycles. Identify plant diseases undesirable pests and noxious weeds associated with landscaping and apply corrective measures to eradicate them using hand and power tools and application of appropriate chemicals.

Perform specialized horticulture tasks such as plant propagation transplanting climate control and irrigation in a greenhouse on a university campus.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general supervision incumbents assist in a specialized phase of grounds service to a Grounds Supervisor at a large facility such as a main college campus. They plan and schedule some routine activities and oversee a small permanent subordinate staff including work assignment work review and training or under general supervision of a Grounds Supervisor perform technical work on facility irrigation systems on a full-time basis including assisting higher level Grounds Maintenance Workers in laying out new construction or modifications to existing systems; inspect system for proper function and diagnose malfunctions; and schedule irrigation according to campus events seasonal demands and adverse weather addition incumbents may perform preventive maintenance and make repairs by maintaining and cleaning wells and storage tanks and repairing controllers valves lines sprinklers and backflow preventors.

Positions in this class are distinguished from those at the lower level by responsibility for other permanent staff to include the timely and accurate completion of tasks assigned to the work unit; or by the technical knowledge required to construct maintain and repair a complex network of irrigation systems that have a greater impact on the grounds service budget and the overall landscape program. Some positions may be required to have specialized training and experience in horticulture tree care or greenhouse gardening.

This class specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

Working knowledge of: efficient irrigation methods; landscape methods materials equipment and techniques; automatic irrigation systems and related equipment; sprinkler systems and related equipment.

General knowledge of: the principles and practices of supervision.

Ability to: supervise and direct the work of subordinate staff.

Recruiter Contact Information: Jennifer Kauble -

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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