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Landscape Operations

Landscape Operations Supervisors directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping and groundskeeping assignments. Supervisor responsibilities include hiring, training, and evaluating personnel; scheduling, prioritizing, inspecting, and monitoring work; providing technical expertise/consultation; developing and administering budgets; monitoring inventory; communicating and enforcing standards; ensuring a safe work environment; adhering to and enforcing policy, regulatory, and bargaining unit requirements.

• Hire, train, evaluate and supervise staff and technical service employees engaged in landscaping and groundskeeping activities
• Prioritize, schedule, and assign work crews and equipment; inspect hardscape and softscape
• Monitor landscape construction projects; ensure design guidelines and job specifications are met
• Coordinate work with outside vendors, contractors, and subcontracted workforce; provide informal estimates for services
• Consult with engineers, designers, architects, etc.; provide turfgrass, agronomy, arboriculture, horticulture, and hardscaping consultation
• Monitor programs in assigned area; analyze problems; recommend/implement solutions
• Direct composting and snow removal operations
• Schedule and monitor equipment repair and maintenance
• Administer work unit budget; identify cost containment measures; monitor inventory; research, recommend, and order equipment/materials
• Communicate, enforce, and make recommendations for work rules, policies, and procedures
• Ensure a safe work environment and regulatory compliance; participate in emergency planning and response; investigate accidents and prepare reports; seek and implement improvement opportunities
• Follow Collective Bargaining Agreement provisions; participate in grievance procedures, hearings, and arbitrations as required

Level:

– Supervisor

Base Description:

– Supervises direct reports, but primarily completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates appropriate knowledge to perform own work; spends majority of time on tasks related to own job responsibilities. Demonstrates baseline planning, organizing, directing, and facilitating skills. Reviews completed work of others to verify accuracy and quality. Follows recommended approaches to assigned work. Supervises assigned staff and coordinates routine work activities. Monitors employee interactions and facilitates a productive working environment. Communicates instructions and policies in a consistent, effective and timely manner. Identifies and addresses concerns appropriately. Makes recommendations for possible solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Typically oversees at least 2 full–time direct reports or equivalent team of part–time and/or student workers (for Support track, performs work at Senior Support level or higher; for Professional track, performs work at the Advanced Professional level or higher)

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– May validate and pay invoices
– May monitor/track budgets for specific area and/or grant(s)

Problem Solving:

– Encounters generally routine problems with progressively more complex and/or varied problems
– Typically follows standard operating procedures to resolve problems
– May apply specialized knowledge and skills to resolve complex and/or varied problems
– Applies proven and tries new approaches when solving problems

Independence of Action:

– Works with minimal supervision on difficult work assignments, conferring with manager on unusual matters
– Follows precedents and procedures
– Organizes work of direct reports and may set priorities within general guidelines established by manager
– Reviews the work of others to verify accuracy, quality, and conformance to required procedures and special instructions

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and the University
– Communicates with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– May communicate with external audiences for business purposes
– Collaborates closely with team members; may interact with other staff outside of area
– Utilizes a communication style that is appropriate for a given situation
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly and accurately both verbally and in written materials

• Comp Grade – 9
• Minimum – $56,200.00
• MidPoint – $68,800.00
• Maximum – $81,500.00