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Colorado Department Of Human Services Landscaping Lead in Denver, Colorado
Description of Job This position provides care of lawns, shrubs, flowers, and trees within the guidelines of all regulatory state and federal requirements and provides assistance to other area departments, i.e., demolition crew, underground services such as steam lines, electric lines, water and sewer lines by digging, shoring, insulating, backfilling and compacting.
This position exists to serve as a grounds department lead worker to plan, lead and perform grounds maintenance to all of the northern district CDHS grounds areas. This position will also utilize grounds and landscape equipment, perform snow removal and perform other work as necessary. This position exists to respond, troubleshoot and correct building issues during normal working hours and during any emergent situation 7/24/365. This position serves as Lead Worker.
Primary Job Duties Include: Grounds and maintenance work: - Performs grounds maintenance work, including but not limited to, snow removal, mowing, trimming, landscaping, irrigation start up and repair, etc. -Provides assistance in emergency and non-emergency situations. -Responds to after hours call back for any of the facilities. -Sprinkler system troubleshooting and repair to a variety of different types of sprinkler heads, piping, time clocks and control valves. -Sprinkler system start up, adjustment and winter shutdown requirements. -Digging in the soil to repair systems as required. -Replacing and repairing backflow preventers as required ensuring proper operation. -Tuning systems to optimize the performance for the area affected. -The ability wire control valves, time clocks and other sprinkler system related components as required. -Spraying weeds as required.
Lead Worker -Leads and is partially accountable for the Grounds & Nursery I positions in the Northern District. -Supports and provides guidance to the Grounds & Nursery I positions. -Supports and assists in training new staff.
