LANDSCAPE CREW LEADER

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties employees perform in the class. Specifications do not reflect all duties performed within the job.

Position Overview :

This position supervises and works alongside a crew that beautifies the Effingham County Board of Commissioners' Parks and landscape.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Assigns work to the crew.
• Reviews the work of the crew.
• Picks up paper and cigarette butts; empties garbage cans; hauls trash to dumpsters; puts new garbage bags into trash cans.
• Transports leaf litter and branches to the transfer station.
• Cuts grass; blows sidewalks; disperses killing granules; treats edges of fields with grass killers; aerates; weed eats; fertilizes fields and landscapes; trims branches; spreads seed; edges lawn and planting beds.
• Drives truck; hooks trailers to trucks; loads and unloads tractor from trailers; operates tractor and lawnmower, weed eater, and various hand tools.
• Cleans and maintains equipment daily : oil, blades, tires, etc.
• Repairs and adjusts sprinkler heads; sets sprinkler times.
• Pressure washes sidewalks and pavilions.
• Unloads shipments from trucks.
• Makes minor building repairs and works on beautification projects throughout the county.
• Supervises, instructs, directs, and evaluates assigned inmate labor, processing concerns and problems, directing work and completing performance appraisals.
• Regular and routine attendance at work is required.

Additional Functions

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or GED, supplemented by 5 months of previous experience and / or training involving grounds maintenance or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver's license.

Performance Aptitudes

Data Utilization

Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and / or analyze data. This includes exercising discretion in determining data classification and referencing such analysis to established standards to recognize actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction

This position requires the capacity to act as a Work Lead, including overseeing work, solving employee problems, and assigning the work of others.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization

Requires the ability to start, stop, operate, and monitor the functioning of equipment, machinery, tools, and / or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude

Requires utilizing various reference, descriptive, and / or advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude

Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning

Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Situational Reasoning

Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving evaluating information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

We are an equal opportunity / drug-free workplace employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants with a known disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act may request an accommodation in the recruitment or selection process but must request this accommodation no later than 48 hours prior to the need.

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