Nursery Forester/landscape Technician Ii

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada City of Edmonton Full time

**Nursery Forester/Landscape Technician II - 8hrs**

**Job Number***:
**45407**

At the City of Edmonton - Parks and Roads Services, the long-term success of serving our citizens is implemented by the actions of exceptional employees who exemplify our Cultural Commitments of being Safe, Helpful, Accountable, Integrated and Excellent. As an employee in our branch, this position’s role will be to cultivate our vision and cultural commitments while championing continuous improvement.

Your success will be measured by your ability to achieve results in a respectful, inclusive and service-minded way.

Duties as the Nursery Forester include:

- Conducting regular surveillance of the Nurseries plant inventory for pests, diseases, and abiotic problems and prepare records of any discoveries and develop management/control strategies
- Liaise with the Pest Management Lab or other specialists (both internally and externally) to confirm identities of surveillance findings in all plant material at the Nursery
- Support other Forestry units in pest and disease identification and management strategies upon request
- Maintain a database for any pest occurrence that is updated continually and/or as issues are found
- Prepare appropriate reports for Supervisors on pests
- Assess all field trees annually for health
- Maintain and manage GIS inventory of field trees
- Communicating plant material expectations with vendors and inspecting plant material received for pest and disease and compliance with the City of Edmonton Landscape Design and Construction Standards
- Reviewing and Approving of invoices
- Coordinating contract tree watering onsite
- Facilitate any other contract work onsite (including assignment, inspection and closeout of the work)
- Inspecting contract tree watering work (including work, safety and Enviso inspections)
- Reviewing and approving contract tree watering invoices
- Liaising with Forestry Water Truck Coordinator
- Facilitating spring digging of trees, including coordinating with an external vendor, inspecting work, reviewing and approving invoices
- Prepare bid forms for RFQs to be sent to external vendors
- Support in evaluating RFQs
- Prepare and maintain tree renewal schedule of trees needed and ensure trees are available at the Nursery
- Support Planting Leader with year end closeout
- Inspect trees post pruning and report any deficiencies to the Nursery Crew Leader and ensure deficiencies corrected
- Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Completion of a 2 year technology diploma in landscape or horticulture technology, forestry, pest maintenance, or a related field OR Journeyman Landscape Horticulturist
- A minimum of 5 years experience in landscape construction. ISA certification is an asset
- Knowledge of insect, disease, and plant identification Proficiency working with databases for pest logs, tree inventories, weather summaries
- Ability to assess pest populations for management options Ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions
- Ability to interpret landscape plans and specifications related to the work assigned
- Ability to interpret contract documents and oversee contractors Experience using GIS software (ie ArcGIS) is an asset
- Ability and experience using Google sheets is an asset
- Ability to work out-of-doors for extended periods and in unfavourable weather conditions as required by the work assigned
- Compliance with the City of Edmonton's safety standards for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a requirement for this position
- Valid Alberta Class 5 driver's licence (or provincial equivalent). Obtaining and maintaining a City Driver's permit is a requirement for this position
- Demonstrate alignment with the Cultural Commitments of Safe, Helpful, Accountable, Integrated and Excellent, fostering an environment for others to do the same. For more information on the City’s Cultural Commitments, please visit edmonton.ca/our-culture
- Demonstrate the foundational competencies, key behaviours and attributes of the City’s six leadership competencies: Courage, Inclusivity, Values-Based Influencer, Collaborative Networker, Systems Thinker and Creative Innovator. For more information on the City’s leadership competencies, please visit edmonton.ca/our-culture
- Applicants may be tested

For more information, please refer to our COVID-19 Vaccination Policy (bit.ly/3lKwb6j) and COVID-19 Vaccination Procedure (bit.ly/39BICMt).

**_Up to 1 permanent full-time position_**

**Hours of Work**: 40 hours per week.

The weekly hours of work for this position are currently under review and may change at a future time. Any changes will be made in accordance with the City of Edmonton/Civic Service Union 52 collective agreement and the incumbent will be notified in advance.

**Salary**: $36.577 - $45.697 (Hourly); $76,372.780 - $95,415.340 (Annually)

**Talent Acquisition Consultant**: PL / SK

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**Classification Title***: Landscape Technician II

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