Lead Groundskeeper

Job Summary Details:
 

 Groundskeeper maintains property grounds by leading a team to perform routine tasks using standardized procedures specific to the landscape industry.

Benefit Information:

ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package.  For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM  Employee Benefits | Front Line Team Members | (Programa de Beneficios de ABM)

Basic Qualifications:

•   Must be 18 years of age or older
•  Must have a valid Driver’s license
•  No high school diploma, GED or college degree required
•  No experience required and on the job training provided

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Similar work experience preferred

Responsibilities:

•  Communicate work to crew members
•  Ensure service expectations are met according to work schedule
•  Report crew labor time
•  Guide team members according to training and safety requirements
•  Provide leader with updates regarding crew performance
•  Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency
•  Maintain property grounds
•  Ensure proper maintenance of mowers, blowers, and sprinkler systems
•  Perform removal, installation, and maintenance of plant material in beds and containers, and manual weeding
•  Perform a range of landscape maintenance duties including leaf removal, pruning shrubs and trees, fertilizing, lawn care and watering
•  Assist in tree relocation
•  Remove litter and emptying trash cans
•  Clean roads, parking lots and walks to ensure safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
•  Perform basic carpentry and painting tasks
•  Remove ice and snow from walks, roads and lots, including the application of ice melter and road sand
•  Establish new plants and plantings both in landscape and through greenhouse culture
•  Use manual and automatic watering systems to ensure adequate moisture for plantings
•  Perform safety checks on equipment and recommend preventative equipment maintenance as required
•  Maintain safe work areas during and after work projects
•  Clean spills as needed, including body fluids