Horticulture and Landscape Specialist

Boys Town • Omaha, NE

6d

About The Position

Maintains horticulture, outdoor floriculture, and greenhouse plants. Completes landscape design and installation, and maintains pathways, green spaces and performs minor tree maintenance. SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday 6:30a-3:00p. On-call as needed

Requirements

• Previous experience in grounds maintenance, landscape installation, and/or agriculture required.
• Minimum 18 years if age required.
• Possess a valid driver’s license with a good driving record required.
• Pass an annual Motor Vehicle Registration (MVR) check required.
• Ability to be on-call (continuously or rotationally) to provide support required.
• Available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays if needed required.
• State of Nebraska certified pesticide and herbicide applicator license is required within 6 months of transfer or hire required.
• Knowledge of a broad range of landscaping practices, techniques, tools, equipment, and safety procedures.
• Knowledge of an extensive variety of regional plant life.
• Ability to understand and interpret written and verbal instructions.
• Skills in installation and maintenance of landscaping plants and materials
• Ability to communicate productively and to organize assigned tasks for completion.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists with horticulture, floriculture, greenhouse, landscape and grounds activities.
• Operates, maintains, and repairs a variety of environmental control systems.
• Plants and maintains outdoor display areas for aesthetic and functional purposes using approved organic and biologic control measures.
• Determines appropriate propagation methods and raises floricultural crops.
• Maintains greenhouse facilities and utilizes indoor area for winter care of exotic and non-hardy plants.
• Removes and replaces substandard plant materials as needed; conducts annual autumn cleanup.
• Determines equipment and supplies needed, helps control inventory.
• Uses a variety of horticultural and grounds maintenance equipment; utilizes a Boys Town vehicle as needed to complete the duties of the job.
• Participates in snow removal and other weather cleanup as needed.
• Maintains properties (turf & flowerbeds).
• Responsible for landscape design and installation (plant material, trees, mulch, sod, dirt work).
• Controls growth of unwanted species of weeds and grass by weeding, cultivating, pruning and weed trimming

Benefits

• A unique feature for employees and their dependents enrolled in medical benefits are reduced to no cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location.
• Additional costs savings for the employee and their dependents are found in our pharmacy benefits with low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs.
• Boys Town takes your mental health seriously with no cost mental health visits to an in-network provider.
• We help our employees prepare for retirement with a generous match on their 401K or 401K Roth account.
• Additional benefits include tuition reimbursement, parenting resources from our experts and professional development opportunities within the organization, just to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED