Landscape Technician I Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51444)

Description

The Landscape Technician I in Open Space Inspection Services, Parks and Roads Services will be responsible for inspecting Infrastructure Operations inventory and ensuring City of Edmonton assets are maintained to the current approved service levels, quality maintenance standards and City of Edmonton best practices.

As a Landscape Technician I, you will also support the Landscape Technician II in ensuring Capital and stakeholder landscaping construction and restoration projects are completed and built to the current City of Edmonton Design and Construction Standards.

What will you do?

• Inspect, comment and report on the current state of Open Space Operations inventory requiring a vast working knowledge of current approved service levels and quality standards as outlined in Open Space Operations Task Standards Manual. 
• Provide information to aid in qualitative and quantitative data to assess the current state of Open Space Operations deliverables
• Monitor internal maintenance programs and identify and interpret deficiencies in program delivery including, but not limited to Turf, Horticulture,
• Sports Fields, Integrated Pest Management, Landscape Services, Open Space Sanitation Services and Overland Drainage
• Make decisions based on your knowledge of a number of different City of Edmonton best practices and maintenance methods.
• Inspect overland drainage concerns on Parkland to determine if drainage could create short or long-term impacts that would require immediate or future mitigation.
• Act as a technical resource and support role for the Landscape Technician II and impact decisions. It is a highly independent role encompassing a variety of landscaping disciplines, maintenance practices and projects of small to large scope. 
• Review constructed landscaping from a safety, vegetation health (vigor) and ease of maintenance perspective
• Mitigate long term maintenance liabilities 
• Perform site visits related to internal or external inquiries, notifications, complaints, etc.
• Provide technical support, advice, information and detailed reports
• Design drawing review, provide comments on landscape design circulations from internal and external sources
• Other duties as required