Status: Part-time, hourly. Approximately 20 hours per week, flexible scheduling.
Reports to: Maintenance Manager
Job Summary:
In alignment with the Museum’s mission, vision, and values, the Landscape Services Intern helps ensure a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor environment for the guests of the Children’s Museum of South Dakota. The ideal candidate will be a responsible, self-directed, creative individual who enjoys working in a playful, team-oriented environment.
Essential Functions:
Assist with the upkeep of all outdoor landscaping by:
- Cutting grass, trimming edges, and blowing trimmings
- Spraying and dusting areas to control insects and/or weeds
- Pruning and trimming plants, trees, and shrubs for growth and aesthetics
- Moving and installing soil, mulch, or other ground covers
- Planting and seeding plants, trees, grasses, and shrubs
- Watering lawns, trees, and plants using hoses or watering cans
- Operating power equipment including, but not limited to, lawn mowers, line trimmers, blowers, hedge trimmers, and pruning saws
- Operating hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, and hedge and brush trimmers
- Cleaning up refuse
- Wearing appropriate personal protective equipment and complying with all company policies and regulations
- Communicating with guests in a polite and courteous manner
- Providing direction and guidance to volunteers
- Performing other duties as necessary
Qualifications
- Student currently attending college or graduate school in a related field of study
- Experience with landscape services in a commercial setting preferred
- Knowledge of basic hand and power tools
- Able to stand, bend, climb, and/or walk for a prolonged period of time
- Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds
- Sensitive to safety and security procedures
- Communicates effectively and interacts genuinely with people of all backgrounds and abilities
- Shows initiative and is able to meet deadlines with attention to details
- Works independently or cooperatively as a team
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced, high traffic, public environment
- Understands and shows commitment to the mission, vision, and values of CMSD
To apply: Please send cover letter, resume, three professional references and availability to:
Children’s Museum of South Dakota
Attn: Mike Mogard
521 4th Street
Brookings, SD 57006
mmogard@prairieplay.org
This position is open until filled. EOE
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