Seas Horticulturist Worker

SEASONAL HORTICULTURIST WORKER

HIRING RANGE: $17.50 PER HOUR

The City of Grand Junction is accepting applications for a parks horticulturist to help implement our landscape renovations, our greenhouse program, and maintain landscapes city-wide. This is an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly growing parks maintenance team. These landscapes are part of our larger parks system of 121 acres of Horticulture areas, 350 acres of developed parks, 111 acres of cemetery, 55 acres of school grounds, and more than 598 acres of open space.

At the City of Grand Junction, we lead the way with continuous improvement, collaborative partnerships, and exemplary service. Our core values are demonstrated by our willingness to challenge the status quo, ability to work together using all areas of expertise to achieve a common goal, and our commitment to fulfilling the needs of our community through thoughtful interactions. Any role you select to be a part of in our system, you will be exposed to everything our parks department offers and the services we provide to our community.

• Maintain city landscapes including medians, right of ways, gardens, annual beds, hardscapes, perennials, and shrub plantings.
• Apply and record the needed chemical applications, including herbicides, PGRs, bio controls, pesticides, algaecides, rodenticides, insecticides, and fertilizer.
• Assist with watering, pruning, seeding, weeding, propagating, fertilizing and maintaining plants grown for city landscapes.
• Assist in keeping the cleanliness of the downtown corridor. This includes trash removal, power washing, graffiti removal, snow removal, fountain cleaning, and other duties as assigned.
• Operate equipment including skid loaders, backhoes, street sweepers, tractors, hedge trimmers, and other small engine equipment such as mowers and string trimmers.
• Update, improve, and renovate properties assigned by the Horticulture crew leader.

* This position is a safety-sensitive position and may be subject to random drug screens due to the nature of the work performed.*

• Must be 18+ years or older.
• Ability to successfully pass a drug screen, background check, and, if required for the specific position, a physical examination.
• Ability to maintain a strong work ethic while working outdoors all day.
• Experience with yard maintenance tools and equipment is helpful, but training will be provided.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Colorado driver's license.
• High school diploma or G.E.D. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.

Grand Junction, Colorado is the gateway to the mountains and canyon lands of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Centrally located between Denver, CO (250 miles east) and Salt Lake City, UT (270 miles west), Grand Junction is surrounded by 1.2 million acres of public land. Residents enjoy world-class whitewater rafting on the Colorado and Green Rivers, golfing, fishing, skiing and snowboarding, and exploring mountain bike and hiking trails through the Colorado National Monument and the Grand Mesa National Forest.

Grand Junction has a robust downtown and hosts multiple art, music, food, and market events annually. With a population of over 150,000 in Mesa County (65,000 within the City limits) there are many of the big town amenities without the big town stresses such as traffic and trail congestion. With an average of 245 days of sunshine, Grand Junction is a great place to work and play.

Learn more about our area on Visit Grand Junction’s website and social channels.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At the City of Grand Junction, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, intentionally building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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