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Are you passionate about maintaining beautiful outdoor spaces? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a love for working in nature?OSUFacilities Management Landscape Department is looking for a dedicated and hardworking Landscape Maintenance Technician to join our team. As an LS Maintenance Tech, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our grounds are pristine, safe, and welcoming for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors. If you enjoy hands-on work and take pride in creating well-maintained landscapes, we want to hear from you!\ \ Responsibilities include performing timely routine labor to support turf and garden maintenance, including mowing, string trimming, edging, blowing, fall leaf removal, landscape bed mulching, manual weed control, and daily litter pickup. Maintaining equipment, supplies, and tools to ensure they remain safe and in proper working order and reporting all repairs and needs to the crew leader. Additional responsibilities may include the ability to identify various turf species, directional mowing, aeration, inspections of irrigation, and identifying and reporting of plant and foliage stressing environmental hazards.\ \ The employee in this position may be required to work overtime after 3:30 p.m. and/or shift work when management deems necessary. The ability to perform snow and ice removal tasks and respond at any time of the day or night when scheduled by management, regardless of weather, will be required, deeming you essential personnel.\ \ This position regularly stands, bends, stoops, and lifts above the shoulders, is heavy in manual labor, and requires the physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds frequently and in excess of 50 pounds occasionally.\ \ This position is required to work outdoors during extreme heat and cold, high levels of dust; operating hazardous equipment, hazardous noise levels and handling hazardous odoriferous chemicals.\ \ Ability to become proficient in the use of AiM Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software and the use of mobile technology.\ \ Must use appropriate personal protective equipment as required (hard hat, vest, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection,etc.). These items are provided and are not for personal use.\ \ In addition to joining a dedicated team, we offer many incentives, some of which include promotional opportunities, career development plans, employee and dependent tuition waivers, and a generous benefits package that offers optional medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Paid sick and annual leave, retirement benefits, 13 paid holidays per year, and paid parental leave. Other benefits include free gym memberships, confidential employee assistance programs, and more!\ \ Promotional opportunities may be available through an established career development plan.

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