Seasonal Landscaper

Seasonal Landscaper General Description

The Landscaper, under general supervision, performs a wide variety of grounds maintenance and landscaping tasks, including the operation of mobile and mechanized equipment employed on such tasks; individually to perform tree trimming, removal and maintenance crews on routine assignments, and to perform related work as required.

The Landscaper will support, both publicly and privately, the principles of the Detroit Zoological Society, maintain a professional manner when dealing with all constituencies, and always preserve a high level of confidentiality.

This job description is by no means all-inclusive and may be subject to change during a performance period due to the needs of the Detroit Zoological Society and its leadership. This document will be reviewed on a continual basis and will be modified as needed.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

* Subject to general assignments, working both alone and with a crew, with responsibility for proper operation and care of equipment and for the quality of results, performs a wide variety of landscape maintenance tasks including the operation of mobile and mechanized labor-saving equipment employed therein. * Maintains landscape beds using proper plant care techniques including weeding, pruning, watering and mulching. * Performs spring and fall cleanups including but not limited to: raking or blowing of leaves into piles, collecting leaf debris, raking or picking up of stems or branches or any other natural debris not fit for the area. * Mulches landscape beds to help with weed control, moisture control and aesthetic appearance being careful to not bury plants or any infrastructure related elements inside the beds (manholes, valve boxes, etc). * Grades, seeds and fertilizes with approved materials turf areas in need of re-establishment. * Sod cuts, bed edges and rototills landscape beds under direction of landscape manager. * Waters plants to en...