Job description
Campus Location Main Campus (Memphis, TN) Position Number 001965 Category Staff (Hourly/Monthly) Department PP Landscape Minimum Position Qualifications
High School diploma or GED and two years experience operating heavy equipment and landscape work experience. Relevant experience may substitute for appropriate education or experience. Must posses a valid driver’s license.
Special Conditions
Hiring multiple hires from this posting.
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday
6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
May need to work/travel beyond normal work schedule.
Posting Date 04/24/2023 Closing Date 05/08/2023 Open Until Screening Begins Hiring Range $17.00 - $18.50 per hour Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time: Benefits Eligible Working Conditions
6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
May need to work/travel beyond normal work schedule.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds and push or pull up to 250 pounds with appropriate tools or moving equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and humid conditions, fumes and airborne particles, toxic chemicals, animals, close spaces and is required to climb ladders to access high and/or precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Additional Working Conditions Special Instructions to Applicants
All applications must be submitted online at workforum.memphis.edu.
Applicants must complete all applicable sections of the online application to be considered for a position. Please upload a cover letter, resume, and reference list after completing your application, if required by the system. Required work experience is based on full time hours. Part time work experience will be prorated as listed.
Applicants must complete all applicable sections of the online application to be considered for a position. Please upload a cover letter, resume, and reference list after completing your application, if required by the system. Required work experience is based on full time hours. Part time work experience will be prorated as listed.
Candidates who are called for an interview must notify the Department of Human Resources in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.
Is this posting for UofM employees only? No Positions Supervised Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Applicant has skills in operation of a backhoe, driving a dump truck and other heavy equipment.
Additional Position Information Benefits of Employment (Applies to full-time employees only)
Job Duties
Duties & Responsibilities
Cleans work area; keeps roll off dumpsters and piled materials areas clean;
cleans and maintains tools and equipment. Monitors equipment operation;
checks gauges; listens for abnormal sounds; corrects or reports problems.
cleans and maintains tools and equipment. Monitors equipment operation;
checks gauges; listens for abnormal sounds; corrects or reports problems.
Duties & Responsibilities
Inspects job site; determines appropriate method of doing project.
Duties & Responsibilities
Maintains 100 tree arboretum and their signs.
Uses chainsaw to cut up large fallen limbs and haul away debris.
Uses chainsaw to cut up large fallen limbs and haul away debris.
Duties & Responsibilities
Operates heavy equipment to accomplish assigned task.
Duties & Responsibilities
Performs general landscape project work such a, mulching, laying sod, and planting trees, shrubs, and other plants. Waters and maintains newly planted trees, shrubs and lawns as needed.
Duties & Responsibilities
Transports equipment and any needed materials or supplies to and from job site.
Duties & Responsibilities
Performs other duties assigned.
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