Description

Job Summary:

The Grounds Maintenance or Groundskeeper to take care of the landscape around our buildings. Your primary responsibilities include performing routine upkeep, such as mowing the grass, trimming shrubbery, weeding, pressure washing and sweeping walkways, and watering plants when the weather is dry. You may use a variety of tools, such as a power mower or a rake, to complete your duties, in addition to occasional preventative maintenance on the facilities. The work requires a well-rounded individual with several years of landscaping or cleaning experience. Our ideal candidate already has prior groundskeeping experience. A grounds maintenance worker with a CDL (Commercial Driver's License) is responsible for maintaining and caring for the outdoor areas of a property, such as parks, recreational facilities, and commercial properties. This includes mowing lawns, trimming bushes and trees, planting flowers and shrubs, watering plants, and removing weeds. In addition to general grounds maintenance duties, individuals with a CDL may also be responsible for driving and operating vehicles and equipment, such as trucks, tractors, and landscaping machinery.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Maintain landscaping and grounds around designated areas

• Mows lawns, trims weeds, and rakes leaves

• Prepares soil and maintain bedding

• Plant and maintain flowers, bushes, hedges, or shrubs

• Perform preventative maintenance on indoor and outdoor facilities

• Clean all pedestrian surfaces and walls

• Performs routine maintenance on power equipment

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Proficient written and oral communication skills according to skill requirements

• Ability to operate various types of power equipment including lawnmowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment

• Ability to use hand tools required for landscaping

• Ability to follow instructions and complete assignments

• Extensive knowledge of landscaping techniques and processes

• Excellent time management skills

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent

• At least two years of related experience required

• Horticulture knowledge

• Knowledge of gardening techniques

• Knowledge of gardening products such as fertilizers and pesticides

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged period of standing, bending, reaching, and working with hands

• Occasional periods of prolonged exposure to load noises

• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds at times

• Ability to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands as necessary

• Ability to hear and see to position and safety requirement levels

• Occasional exposure to elements such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, and chemicals

Special Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must be able to successfully pass as required a federal, state, or local government's background investigation

• Valid CDL with a clean driving record