Turf & Irrigation Assistant

Brooklyn Bridge Park CorporationBrooklyn, NY
9h$22

About The Position

Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) is looking to hire a Seasonal Turf and Irrigation Assistant who will support the upkeep of park landscapes and green spaces with a primary focus on turf health and irrigation systems. This role assists with daily turf maintenance tasks, operation and basic repair of irrigation systems, and ensuring park areas remain clean, safe, attractive, and functional for public use. Reporting to the Director of Horticulture, the role contributes to the high standards of landscape quality expected at a premier urban waterfront park.

Requirements

  • Passionate about a career in public horticulture
  • Hardworking, self-motivated and dedicated to details
  • Ability to perform heavy, physical labor daily in all weather conditions

Responsibilities

  • Perform daily turf maintenance including push mowing and string trimming
  • Hand pull broadleaf invasive plants on lawns
  • Assist with daily lawn closures and reopening
  • Perform detail-oriented tasks such filling holes in lawns, hand seeding, watering and mulching along lawn trees
  • Assist in parkwide leaf clean-up
  • Maintain and clean turf equipment
  • Assist in drip and sprinkler irrigation repair
  • Assist in troubleshooting of irrigation systems failures
  • Assist in irrigation flagging for aerification and slice seeding operations
  • Assist in other horticulture operational tasks as needed such as event preparation
  • Assist in data tracking of maintenance programs on digital software

Benefits

  • affordable healthcare
  • retirement plans
  • tuition reimbursement
  • prioritize the importance of work-life balance
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