Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 2

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 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 90,000 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 master's-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. Western's 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 thrive. In 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.

Provides skilled gardening work for university grounds in a comprehensive outdoor maintenance program. This includes, but is not limited to, safely maintaining, modifying, and/or repairing grounds facilities such as landscapes, trees, athletic fields, walkways, and grounds.

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.

Duties: Ice and Snow Removal / 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 driver’s 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 arborist’s practices including training to promote tree health, discern tree problems, and take measures to correct them.
• Knowledge of WISHA/OSHA rules and regulations.

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