Landscape Crew Leader - City of Birmingham

Landscape Crew Leaders

Landscape Crew Leaders play a crucial role in enhancing and maintaining green spaces through effective planning and coordination. They oversee projects involving the planting and care of various plants, flowers, and shrubs, aiming for beautification and environmental benefits like erosion control. In this role, Landscape Crew Leaders guide a work crew, ensuring that all work adheres to established criteria and practices. Employees in this job class are responsible for developing detailed plans, executing tasks, and troubleshooting any issues that arise during the project. Assignments come from multiple sources, including work orders and meetings, and successful completion is reviewed by a supervisor for quality and adherence to policies.

Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency. Birmingham $21.48 - $33.32 USD Hourly

Minimum Qualifications

• Class B Commercial Driver's license (CDL).
• Ornamental and Turf Pest Control Permit (Custodial or Supervisor)
• Experience in operating landscaping equipment and tools including but not limited to : tillers, mowers, hedge shears, chainsaws, edger, string trimmers, shovels, and rakes, skid steer loader, tractor, backhoe, etc.
• Experience in planting and cutting trees, shrubs, hedges, ground cover, and turf grass on the basis of a landscape design.
• Experience training new personnel on the proper use of landscaping equipment and tools.

Job Duties

Job involves physical exertion required for sustained periods of moderate activity such as digging holes, loading / unloading materials, or extended standing. May involve frequent lifting of items or objects weighing up to 50 lbs.

Work is performed primarily in outdoor settings such as gardens, grounds, and parks year-round. Work involves the use of gardening / landscaping tools (e.g., pruning shears, shovels, rakes) as well as the use of various types of heavy equipment (e.g., bobcat, gator, backhoe).

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city / agency operates its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city / agency website.

To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at accommodationrequest@pbjcal.org or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. Central Time.

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This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.