What are the responsibilities and job description for the Landscape Technician I - Maintenance - Baldwin County Sheriff's Office position at Baldwin County?
Performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled tasks to maintain the Sheriff's Office grounds, including the installation, renovation and maintenance of landscaped areas (parking lots, fences, and sidewalks). The position requires physical labor (mowing, edging, weeding, pruning) and administrative skills related to maintaining work orders, obtaining materials, and maintaining supplies. An employee in this position may be responsible for security and supervision of inmate work crews. Performs other related duties in the Maintenance Division as assigned.
Successful applicants must pass a criminal background check and will be subject to a pre-employment drug screen.
JOB LOCATIONS
- Maintenance Division (Fort Henry) - Bay Minette, AL
- All satellite offices of the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office
WORKING CONDITIONS
Landscape Technician I position involve exposure to and require the employee to function in the presence of the following:
- Inclement weather, to include extreme heat/cold, rain, etc.
- Light conditions associated with day and night
- Travel throughout the county to various Sheriff's Office locations
- Working inside the Baldwin County Corrections Center and Sheriff Offices buildings as needed.
- Works with and in-close proximity to inmates
- Works with and applies pesticides, fertilizers, other chemicals.
- Mows and maintains lawn areas.
- Maintains sprinkler systems and assist in the repair and installation of sprinkler lines and heads.
- Performs routine maintenance of lawn and power equipment.
- Plants grass, trees, shrubs, flowers; installs sod; installs erosion control materials and/or landscape materials such as rock, mulch, dirt.
- Applies chemicals such as fertilizer, pest control, weed control throughout the grounds.
- Maintains and adjusts specialized landscaping care equipment and tools including electric motors, pumps, sprinklers, lawn mowers, washers and other equipment as needed.
- Operates zero turn mowers, trucks, trimmers, weed-eaters, hedge clippers, chain saws, leaf blowers and other equipment.
- Maintains current skills and knowledge in the proper and safe techniques of building and grounds maintenance operations.
- Performs custodial and other maintenance work as assigned including: changing light bulbs, painting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, power washing, emptying trash cans, liter control, cleaning gutters.
- Hauls, stores, and disposes various materials and items as needed (lawn debris, files, furniture)
- Opens, closes, locks and unlocks facilities needed.
- Performs clerical work relating to routine reports, evaluations, inventory, and work orders.
- Performs physical activities that require considerable use of one's arms and legs and moving the whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning and moving materials, and manipulating things.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Maintains a safe and clean work environment /equipment
- Attends training as required
- Other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with a qualified disability to perform the essential functions of a job, on a case-by-case basis.
The work is generally medium work exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently. Activities could occasionally require heavy to very heavy work, exerting up to 100 or more pounds of force. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Possess sufficient body strength to perform normal duties of the position
- Crouching: Bending the body downwards and forward by bending leg and spine
- Dexterity: Primarily with fingers and in picking, pinching or typing
- Grasping: Applying pressure with the whole hand
- Handling: Picking, holding or otherwise working with the whole hand
- Lifting: Ability to lift and move objects
- Reaching: Ability to frequently extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions
- Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers
- Speaking/Talking: Ability to communicate clearly, accurately, and concisely through speech
- Hearing: Ability to hear and understand at normal speaking levels with or without correction
- Visual Acuity: Ability to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer screen/terminal; and /or extensive reading, with or without correction
- Walking: ability to move about on foot to accomplish tasks or moving from one work site to another
- Required: : Must have a current, valid Driver’s License; Must be insurable. Minimum one year of landscape technician experience.
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, arithmetic and modern office practices and procedures
- Knowledge of computer programs, to include operation of Microsoft Office) and various other office equipment including phones, faxes, scanners, printers and copiers
- Ability to perform routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Ability to watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Ability to compose effective and accurate correspondence
- Ability to deal with non-routine matters
- Ability to complete work with minimal instructions
- Ability to meet and deal with the public in an effective and courteous manner
- Ability to exhibit a high degree of loyalty and integrity as a trusted confidant of the unit
- Ability to assume responsibility and execute the supervisor's orders and instructions
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly
- Ability to read, write, and speak and interpret the English language
- Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted
- Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed.
- Ability to pull and utility trailers safely.
- Ability to work overtime and respond to service calls during non-standard work hours.
Salary : $17
