Job Description
Title:
Landscape Supervisor
Job Class Code:
5420
Summary:
Function & Scope: To provide supervision and skills in the care and culture of plants, flower, and the maintenance of grounds. Responsible for supervising, planning, and assigning work for gardening areas.
Essential Functions:
Typical Essential Functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Plans, schedules, assigns, and supervises the landscaping, seeding, weeding, cultivating, and general care of the grounds.
- Plans and supervises cultivation, pruning, spraying, and transplanting of a large variety of shrubs and trees.
- Prepares working sketches for the development, improvement, or expansion of landscaped areas.
- Requisitions and distributes materials and equipment for grounds maintenance work.
- Plans and supervises operation of a greenhouse.
Marginal Functions:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Interviews and recommends suitable applicants for employment.
- Prepares and controls annual budgets.
Supervision:
Received: General instruction and review by Director of Physical Plant.
Given: Detailed instructions and supervision of subordinates.
Education:
Required: Bachelor’s degree in horticulture, landscaping, or a related field.
Preferred: N/A
Experience:
Required: Three years of experience in horticulture or landscape architecture.
Preferred: N/A
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
N/A
Special Job Requirements (such as hours, accuracy, special equipment and/or working conditions):
Knowledge of the operation, maintenance, and minor repair of tractors, cultivators, edgers, and power lawn mowers. Accuracy in developing and maintaining an efficient and workable landscaping program. Exposure to weather. May occasionally lift heavy objects.
Other:
If this is a supervisory position, the incumbent is expected to complete required supervisory training; orient, train and develop subordinates; provide appropriate coaching, guidance and supervision to subordinates; and complete annual performance evaluations.
Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification may render the position security sensitive; thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215 Texas Education Code.
Responsible for duties as assigned relating to internal controls including safe-guarding of department assets, reliability of department financial information, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior written approval of the Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Management.
Last Updated: July 24, 2007
