Landscape Technician II Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51373)

Description

As a Landscape Technician II in Parks and Roads Services you will be responsible for working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders as well as members of the development industry to certify and accept landscaping infrastructure for the City of Edmonton. These positions are responsible for ensuring that landscaping projects are completed and built to the current City of Edmonton design and construction standards and are; safe, functional, aesthetically pleasing and sustainable.  

What will you do?

• Mitigate long term maintenance liabilities
• Ensure capital, stakeholder and developer contributed landscaping infrastructure meet all the appropriate requirements prior to acceptance into City inventory
• Monitor, approve or reject landscaping infrastructure for internal and external stakeholders or  developer contributed assets within a designated geographical area
• Review constructed landscaping from a safety, vegetation health (vigor) and ease of maintenance perspective
• Inspect overland drainage concerns on Parkland and Open Spaces to determine if drainage could create short or long-term impacts that would require immediate or future mitigation 
• Delegate the responsibility for action to the appropriate functional business area
• Coordinate the remediation process with contractors and in house COE SMEs
• Identify, track and monitor projects that have not achieved acceptable overland grading until completion
• Inspection of Catch Basins/Manholes on City of Edmonton owned Parkland and Open Space inventory to proactively identify potential issues or concerns.
• Data entry of asset conditions and site findings into the inspection application via mobile phone or tablet
• Complete inspection reports or use App  to document deficient items 
• Construction and establishment period audit inspections and reports
• Perform site visits related to internal or external inquiries, notifications, complaints etc.
• Coordinate to provide Construction Completion Certificates (CCC) and Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) inspections as per PARS and servicing agreement requirements
• Design drawing review, provide comments on landscape design circulations from internal and external sources
• Other duties will be performed as required