HUD Housing-Landscaper

Puyallup Tribe of Indians • Tacoma, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the general supervision of the Maintenance & Rehab Manager, performs a variety of outdoor lawn and maintenance activities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must pass a criminal background check.
• Grounds maintenance, gardening and landscaping techniques.
• Ability to ensure proper handling and disposal of chemicals as required by the Material Safety and Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out routine written or oral instructions.
• Must have and maintain a valid and unrestricted Washington State driver’s license and proof of insurance.
• Driver’s License must not contain any restrictions that would otherwise prevent the employee from operating a Tribal vehicle or complying with the Tribe’s Vehicle Use Policy.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Part-time work is prorated in crediting experience (e.g., if you work 20 hours per week for a 12-month period you will be credited with 6 months of experience).

Responsibilities

• Routine duties include mowing, edging and weeding.
• Prunes trees and shrubs as needed.
• Removes moss and fertilizes lawns and flower beds.
• Picks up and removes yard debris.
• Hauls debris to dump.
• Trims and removes trees.
• Assists with the laying of gravel, topsoil or sod delivered to project sites.
• Clears properties of invasive bushes/shrubs, ivies and other weeds.
• Uses a variety of power and motorized equipment such as weed trimmers, chain saws, backpack blowers, rototillers, riding lawn mowers, sweepers, aerators, sod cutters and snow blowers, pressure washer, brush hog, scissor lift, etc.
• Performs irrigation repairs; to include changing out new heads, line leak repairs, valve replacements, low voltage, timer adjustments etc.
• Gutter cleaning and moss removal on roofs
• Maintains yard equipment; sharpening blades, oil changes, filter replacement, spark plugs, weed eater head replacement, pull string mechanism replacement
• When needed this position will help in light duty maintenance activities on Housing maintained units
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• employer paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement/401(k) plan with profit sharing, paid holidays, and paid time off including birthday leave.

What This Job Offers

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