Lead Arborist; Landscape​/Nursery Service Sup

Department

FACILITY OPERATIONS-IUB (BL-PHYP-IUBLA)

Capital Planning and Facilities (CPF) works to ensure that IU campuses are beautiful, functional, and sustainable supporting excellence in teaching, learning, research, and community engagement across the entire university. Aunit within CPF, Facility Operations, maintains our physical campus to support research, teaching, and learning at Indiana University Bloomington.

As a unit of Capital Planning and Facilities, Facility Operations provides wide-ranging services all with the goal of creating a beautiful, well-functioning campus.

• Maintains woody, perennial, and annual plants to ensure their healthy, safe, and attractive condition including weeding,mulching, pruning, transplanting, fertilizing, and removal of anydead, diseased, or declining plant stock. Inspects campus landscapes for issues, hazards, and risks and works with supervisor to determine solutions.
• Plans work schedules. Organizes daily activities ofnursery/greenhouse workers and monitors project completion.
  
  Approves time sheets and time off requests of Nursery personnel.
  
  Provides appropriate counseling and discipline if necessary.
• Provides training to employees on proper tree, shrub, andannual installation methods, including modern planting protocols,staking, watering, mulching, weed prevention, etc.
• Propagates, maintains and nurtures young plant stock. Monitors nursery and greenhouse stock for pests and diseases. Applies appropriate treatments and chemicals as necessary. Coordinate straining for staff related to modern greenhouse production standards.
• Installs mulches and planting schemes in accordance with blueprints, drawings, sketches, or design specifications in collaboration with Horticulture Supervisor and University Landscape Architect. Assists Arborists in maintaining tree inventory database and donor tree database.
• Prunes and shapes trees, shrubs and other plants for most desirable appearance and health. Waters, fertilizes, and mulches plants. Performs grounds maintenance work including weeding,seeding, mowing, snow removal and other seasonal tasks.
• Operates standard nursery and grounds keeping equipment,including trucks, tractors, skid-steers, rototillers, edgers,pruners, sheers, and mowers.
• Monitors and maintains nursery equipment and supplies inventory. Assists Horticulture Supervisor with sourcing and ordering of plant materials.
• Provides emergency response for grounds related campus emergencies, including weather emergencies. Performs preventative maintenance on nursery care equipment such as shovels, rakes,trucks, tractors, rototillers.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED).

• Associate's degree in landscape horticulture or landscape design.

• 3 years of nursery, greenhouse, and/or landscape work

• Experience in leadership.

• Possesses a valid driver's license and ability to be insured by Indiana University upon date of hire.

• Ability to work safely and efficiently.
• Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
• Ability to lead, plan, and organize the work of nursery/greenhouse workers.
• Ability to stay current with Best Management Practices (BMPs) regarding integrated pest management practices.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of plant identification andpest control.
• Demonstrated nursery/greenhouse grower skills and ability to train nursery personnel on all aspects of greenhouse production.
• Knowledge of maintaining and planting ornamental trees,flowers, and shrubs.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and blueprints and provide estimates.
• Ability to determine the appropriate tools and equipment neededand use them safely.
• Ability to operate technology including electronic work orders,emails, and GIS based tree inventory.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions, including heat and freezing temperatures.
• Ability to build and maintain a team environment between Groundskeeping teams.
• Knowledge and experience in landscape design.

This role requires the ability to remain in a stationary position as well as the ability to move about the workplace for longdurations. It requires effective communication, the ability tooperate machinery, tools,…