at City of Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States
Job 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 2024.
Our Seasonal Laborers are limited-term positions in the Forestry Section of the Public Works Department. Positions are available from July 1 – December 15, 2024. 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 maintenance, annual and perennial plant installation, weeding, mulching landscape beds and around trees, power washing sidewalks and hardscape amenities, watering plant material, and minor pruning of trees 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.
The salary is $18.14 per hour, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Applications must be submitted online to champaignil.gov/jobs. For first consideration, apply no later than Sunday, April 21, 2024. Position will remain open until filled.
The City’s mission is to provide responsive, caring, cost-effective service in partnership with our community. The following values guide our work: Personal Integrity, Responsibility, Respect, Teamwork, Results. The City of Champaign is committed to promoting a work environment and a community that values and supports diversity and inclusion. The City of Champaign is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Valid state issued 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 90 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 and driving abstract will be required.
