Description

At Rhodes Enterprises, our core purpose is to enhance the lives of our customers and team through building communities. We specialize in developing master planned communities and construction of high quality, energy efficient homes across the Rio Grande Valley. In 2019, Esperanza Homes, a Rhodes company, ranked nationally on the Top 200 Builders List and is on an aggressive growth trajectory to make the Top 100 Builders list while serving more communities across South Texas.

Rhodes was founded in the early 1990’s as a land acquisition and holding company. In 2006, the company shifted gears and ventured into residential/commercial land development and home building with the formation of Esperanza Homes. Rhodes has grown from a small-scale land developer and home builder in a single residential neighborhood, to one of the largest developers of residential, commercial and master planned communities in the Rio Grande Valley. Over the past 13 years we have grown to serve the communities of Mission, Donna, McAllen, Edinburg and Brownsville. We are passionate about our customers, building exceptional homes, our team and the communities where we live, work and serve.

When you choose to work at Rhodes, you are part of a passionate and high performing Team! You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day and are excited to continue to grow and build communities.

Benefits of being a part of our Team include:

• Competitive Compensation including Bonus & Profit Sharing Programs
• Health Care - Medical/Dental/Vision/Prescription Drug Coverage
• Employer Paid Health Reimbursement Account for Medically Enrolled Staff
• 401(k) with Company Matching Contributions
• Disability Programs
• Employee & Dependent Life Insurance
• Vacation & Company Holidays
• Employee Home Purchase Rebate Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Role Mission: As a Facilities Specialist at Rhodes, you will be responsible to providing maintenance and grounds keeping to keep our communities looking beautiful and clean. You are part of the Property & Customer Care Team and will have an exciting opportunity to support the accomplishment of our organizational purpose to create beautifully engaging communities.

Accountabilities:

• Maintaining site landscaping and grounds through fertilizing, mowing, weed eating, planting/trimming trees and other vegetation along with other grounds maintenance duties as identified
• Maintaining lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers and irrigation
• Fertilizing lawn, trees, flowers and shrubs and spreading mulch
• Trimming trees, hedges and shrubs and preventing and eliminating weeds
• Utilizing insecticides, fertilizers and chemical sprays to treat diseases
• Keeping ground free from trash, litter and debris and emptying trash receptacles
• Conducting basic irrigation audit and performing irrigation repairs
• Maintenance community pools according to assigned schedule
• Maintain community structures and building through routine maintenance and annual upkeep such as painting, pressure washing, etc.
• Operate and provide maintenance to department and company equipment and machinery, hand tools and power tools as necessary
• Support in delivery and storage of material and equipment across communities as necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

Lives the Values of the Rhodes Team

• Embodies Rhodes core values:

1. Act with Integrity, No Exceptions
2. Honor our Team
3. Never Be Satisfied – continuously looks for ways to improve every aspect of our business
4. Best in Class Customer Experience -provide a best-in-class customer experience – every time, with every customer

• Believes and is committed to our mission to enhance the lives of our customers and our team through building communities
• Is driven by outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED or suitable equivalent
• 1 year grounds keeping or related experience
• Valid driver’s license
• Free from allergies that interfere with grounds keeping duties
• Available to work overtime

Knowledge and Skills:

• Proficient in using manual and power tools safely
• Able to operate landscaping equipment such as lawn mower, weed-eater, leave blower, shovel etc.
• Ability to follow instructions
• Proficient communication skills and ability to maintain logs and document activity
• Physically agile and dexterous

FLSA Status:

• Non-exempt

Physical Demands:

• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling object(s) weighing up to 75 pounds. Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching. Repeated bending. Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate groups equipment and tools.