Frontline Applicant Tracking - City of Bowling Green

Openings as of 3/31/2025

Landscape Gardener

JobID: 994

Position Type:
  City of Bowling Green Jobs/Full Time Positions


Date Posted:
  3/6/2025


Location:
  Parks & Recreation - Landscape


Closing Date:
  open till filled


  APPLICATION DEADLINE: open till filled
  
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                             Love working outdoors?
                     Join us as a Landscape Gardener!

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
• Lead the charge in maintaining beautiful landscapes by managing watering, weeding, mowing, pruning, and fertilizing tasks.
• Oversee greenhouse operations, ensuring healthy growth through planting, watering, fertilizing, pesticide spraying, and transplanting.
• Operate a variety of equipment including small gardening tools, lawn mowers, tractors, trucks, rakes, garden tillers, and shovels, all while following safety regulations.
• Contribute to landscape design for City properties, selecting and planting trees, plants, and flowers, while strategically planning and purchasing plant materials and supplies.
• Serve as the lead worker, guiding and managing a team while keeping track of hours worked.
• Handle essential clerical tasks, such as completing work orders, maintaining logs and records, and preparing routine reports.

REQUIREMENTS:
• Education: High School diploma, GED, or vocational school completion.
• Experience: At least one year of groundskeeping, landscaping, or related experience (or a combination of education, training, and experience that provides the necessary skills).
• License Requirements: Valid Driver’s License required.
• Certification: Must obtain a Pesticide Applicator’s License within the first 12 months of employment.
SALARY:  
• Grade G1; $41,600 yr. ($20/hr), plus a full benefit package.
  
HOURS:
• 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Monday through Friday, with occasional overtime expected.



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• Job Description



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