Laborer II - Seasonal

Description

Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you interested in an opportunity to develop your skills in landscape maintenance while also making a visible and meaningful impact on the attractiveness and livability of our community and neighborhoods? If so, then consider applying to be a Seasonal Laborer II for 2025.

Our Seasonal Laborers are limited-term positions in the Forestry Section of the Public Works Department. Positions are available from April 21 – October 5, 2025. Employees in this position are eligible for paid sick, personal, and vacation leave, and City holidays. Additional benefits include health, life, dental, and vision insurance.

Responsibilities of Position

Seasonal Laborers perform landscape maintenance activities on City properties, such as litter control, turf establishment and maintenance, annual and perennial plant and bulb installation, weeding, edging landscape beds and sidewalks, mulching landscape beds and around trees, power washing sidewalks and hardscape amenities, watering plant material, installation of landscape stone and timbers, and minor pruning of perennials and shrubs. They use various hand tools, weed eaters, blowers, push mowers, walk behind mowers, edgers, zero turn riding mowers, power washers, small dump trucks, and various trailers. Equipment training is available, if needed.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid current driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
• Physical condition necessary to perform the duties of the job, including bending, climbing, and lifting, loading, unloading, and maneuvering a variety of materials such as brush, limbs and mulch weighing up to 70 pounds, with or without accommodation.
• Ability to perform duties effectively in extreme temperatures and adverse weather conditions.
• Experience in landscape and turf maintenance.
• Experience in the use of common equipment and tools, such as mowers, trimmers, trailers, shovels, and rakes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Planting experience with a variety of plant types; annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, and bulbs.
• Experience operating a variety of vehicles related to landscape maintenance such as one ton dump trucks and skid steers.
• Experience with operating pressure washers and water pumps.
• Customer service experience.

Drug screening will be required. The salary is $18.87 per hour, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Applications should be submitted online no later than Sunday, February 23, 2025.

Other Information

The City of Champaign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The City of Champaign is committed to promoting a work environment and a community that values and supports diversity and inclusion. Contact the Human Resources Department at (217) 403-8770 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. if you require an accommodation to complete this application or during any phase of the application, interview, or employment process.

The following locations offer free Internet access and assistance: Champaign Public Library, the Illinois WorkNet Center and the City of Champaign City Building.

Our mission is to provide responsive, caring, cost-effective service in partnership with our community.

These values guide our work:

Personal Integrity

We act in the best interests of the City

We behave in an ethical and legal manner

We are open and honest

We follow through on commitments

We are loyal to the City

Responsibility

We anticipate issues, problems, and opportunities

We take initiative

We act to prevent and solve problems

We take responsibility for the outcome of our actions and decisions

We hold ourselves and others accountable

Respect

We treat others in a fair, courteous, and equitable manner

We actively listen and seek understanding

We provide a direct response

We embrace ethnic and cultural diversity in the community and our workplace

We are positive and cooperative

We are willing to apologize

Teamwork

We know and respect our roles and responsibilities

We ask who needs to be involved and we involve others appropriately

We define and agree upon the goals

We collaborate to achieve organizational goals

We help others accomplish their goals

We share authority, responsibility, and credit

Results

We take pride in our work

We complete assignments and projects on time and within budget

We evaluate outcomes and seek feedback on our performance

We learn from our mistakes

We innovate

Some temporary job classes are eligible for certain City benefits. Please see the job posting for details about a particular position.