General Maintenance-Keeneland Association

Prepares, cleans and maintains barns and grounds of Keeneland by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Performs general labor duties such as cleaning stalls, blowing and raking leaves, cleaning barn areas, shoveling snow and picking up trash.

Prepares barns for the race meet including but not limited to removing benches and bucket from barns and adding sand and rock to shed rows and stalls

Picks up and removes all trash from the parking areas during the race meet and other times of the year.

Helps with various race meet duties on the track, on the grounds and in the facilities.

Performs various duties in preparing and maintaining the barn and barn areas including but not limited to cutting and laying sod, removing debris, adding crushed rock and raking barn areas.

Removes straw and all other debris from stalls during the sales.

Maintain and Cuts grass with zero-turn mower, push mower and/or weed eater 

Operates small equipment, such as a tractor, pickup truck or utility vehicle.

Helps to cleanup tree and shrub debris from various locations on the grounds.

Work alongside others to perform any and/or all of the above duties and responsibilities. 

Helps Plumbing/HVAC, Electrical and other departments as needed.

Other duties may be assigned as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

Some experience running necessary equipment is preferred but not required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS 

Kentucky Driver's License and Kentucky Horse Racing Authority License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS   

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and taste or smell.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must regularly lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT   

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and outside weather conditions.  The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; and vibration.  The employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.  The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.