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Senior Landscape Technician

Salary

$46,762.00 - $72,570.00 Annually

Location

Durham, NC

Job Type

Full time with benefits

Job Number

25-05511

Department

General Services

Opening Date

07/21/2025

Closing Date

8/18/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $46,762 to $78,853

Hours: 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m./M-F

The General Services Department's (http://durhamnc.gov/733/General-Services) innovative, highly qualified, service-oriented individuals support the City we love. Building and maintaining city facilities and public spaces is what we do. Promoting our enviable quality of life and serving as a foundation of a healthy economy is why we do it. If you're interested in applying your unique skills to meaningful work while growing in your career, our team is for you!A Sr. Landscape Technician is devoted to maintaining and enhancing lawn, beds and landscaped areas along roadways and on City property through the performance technical work and supervision of staff performing semi-skilled and skilled labor. Incumbents perform semi-skilled labor requiring technical repairs, operation of light-duty equipment and power tools and specialized equipment in the application of herbicides, mulch, irrigation, soil amendments and turf improvement inputs (aeration, seeding and bed preparation) and/or leading the work of others performing work related to the field of Landscape Maintenance. This support role may include driving a truck with a trailer and loading, unloading and securing equipment on trailers, and setting up work zones. Incumbents may also assist with general maintenance tasks in addition to their primary assignment. In the growing season (March-November), duties are mostly limited to following an established operational routine. Decisions are limited primarily to carrying out duties, operating assigned equipment and performing work efficiently to meet established standards and deadlines. In the dormant season (December-February), incumbents will participate in snow and ice removal, snow-plow operation, landscape bed, retaining wall, unit paver, and tree installation, mulching, turf improvement activities, tree and shrub pruning, skills training and litter collection.

The Sr. Landscape Technician is responsible for participating in the work assigned to a crew, to include; performing technical work (mowing, edging, trimming, blowing, spraying), following care and custody protocols on equipment and vehicles; operating light-duty equipment and power tools; fueling equipment, and filling/rinsing and properly storing spray-units; maintaining assigned PPE and supplies; reporting daily work metrics to a supervisor (including pesticide logs); and performing related duties.

Duties/Responsibilities

+ Performs mowing operations including deployment of necessary equipment and gear, adheres to use of PPE and proper work zone setup in a roadside environment, performs mowing and litter collection operations as assigned; picks up litter along service area, operates zero-turn, walk behind and ride-behind mowers, hedge trimmers, blowers, edgers, string trimmers (“weed-eaters”), vehicle-mounted tank sprayers and backpack sprayers, salt spreaders, and tractor-mounted brush cutters, brooms, and plows.

+ Performs vegetation management operations using specialized tools and equipment and techniques to clear sightlines, traffic signs, barriers and wooded edges.

+ Drives heavy, mid and light-duty trucks equipped with standard beds, lift gates and dump beds pulling standard landscape trailers and dump trailers.

+ Performs technical work, service checks, and preventative maintenance on applicable equipment, systems, and vehicles; performs and documents care, and custody protocols associated with assigned gear; and operates light-duty equipment, power and hand tools.

+ Gathers and reports information on work metrics to supervisor

+ Provides customer service; responds to customer questions and concerns; understands and stays current on policies and procedures.

+ Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

+ High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)

+ Three years of equipment operation/driving or specialized maintenance experience in the field of Landscaping or applied horticulture.

+ A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License

+ A North Carolina Pesticide Applicators License, (or willingness and ability to obtain one within 6 months of hire)

Additional Preferred Skills

+ North Carolina Commercial Driver’s License CDL (A or B)

+ MUTCD Roadside Environmental Safety Certification

+ Education or coursework in landscaping, applied horticulture, arboriculture, irrigation, autonomous mowing systems, plant health care or integrated pest management.

+ Knowledge of plant, shrub and tree maintenance.

Benefits – General Full-Time Employees

+ 12-13 paid holidays per year

+ 13 standard work days of vacation per year

+ 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement

+ 2 weeks paid military leave per year

+ Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans

+ State and City retirement plans

+ Short and long term disability plans

+ Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions

+ City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System

+ Paid funeral leave

+ Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling

+ Paid life insurance equal to annual salary

+ 48 hours for volunteer work each year*

+ 4 hours parental leave each year

+ Workman's Compensation Insurance

+ 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

+ 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)

+ State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

+ 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)

+ State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire

+ Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire

+ Dental and life insurance, after one year of service

+ Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

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Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

+ City of Durham Website

+ Walk in

+ Job fair

+ Employee referral

+ Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***

+ Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***

+ Craig's List

+ Facebook

+ LinkedIn

+ GlassDoor

+ governmentjobs.com

+ Monster.com

+ Indeed.com

+ Employment Security Commission

+ Magazine/Newspaper

+ Other

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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.

03

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

+ Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

+ High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

+ Associates Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree

+ Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04

How many years of related experience do you have in Landscaping or applied horticulture?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 3 years of related experience

+ 3 years but less than 7 years of related experience

+ 7 or more years of related experience

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Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a valid license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire).

+ I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.

+ I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.

+ I do not have a valid, unrestricted driver's license.

06

How would you rate your experience level with plant, shrub and tree maintenance?

+ No experience

+ Beginner level

+ Intermediate level

+ Advanced level

+ Expert level

07

Do you have a current and valid North Carolina Commercial Driver's License (CDL)?

+ Yes, I have a current and valid CDL

+ No, I do not have a current of valid CDL

08

Do you have a North Carolina Pesticide Applicators License with Ornamentals and Turf Categories? (or the willingness and ability to obtain one within 6 months from start date)

+ Yes I have a North Carolina Pesticide Applicators License with Ornamentals and Turf Categories.

+ No, I do not have a North Carolina Pesticide Applicators License with Ornamentals and Turf Categories, but I AM willing and able to obtain them within 6 months of my start date

+ No, I do not have a North Carolina Pesticide Applicators License with Ornamentals and Turf Categories. and I am NOT willing or able to obtain one within 6 months of my start date

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Do you have a MUTCD Roadside Environmental Safety Certification?

+ Yes

+ No

10

How many years of related experience do you have working in roadside environments?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience

+ 2 years but less than 6 years of related experience

+ 6 or more years of related experience

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How many years of related experience do you have driving a 1-ton truck with trailer (or equivalent) and operating a suite of Landscape Equipment (zero-turn mower, edger, trimmer, blower, tractor)?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 3 years of related experience

+ 3 years but less than 7 years of related experience

+ 7 or more years of related experience

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How many years of related experience do you have performing outdoor year-round work?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience

+ 2 years but less than 6 years of related experience

+ 6 or more years of related experience

13

Choose the answer that best describes your work history and experience in landscaping and horticulture:

+ I’ve worked informally in the field, off and on, to supplement my primary income.

+ I’ve worked on property management teams that do painting, repair and light construction along with mowing and trimming.

+ I am responsible for maintaining the grounds at my office where I have other duties

+ I’ve worked in a professional capacity for several years.

+ Landscaping or Horticulture is my career. I’ve taken classes and received certifications.

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Please list any education or coursework or training you have had in landscaping, applied horticulture, arboriculture, irrigation, autonomous mowing systems, plant health care or integrated pest management: If no education/training in this area, please put N/A

Required Question