Grounds Keeper Maintenance - Nashville, TN

Duties and Responsibilities

• Mows lawns and trims grass around walks, flower beds, and walls
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth
• Removes damaged leaves, branches, and twigs using mowers, tractors, and other hand and power tools
• Collects and disposes of outside trash and garbage
• Provides proper upkeep of hard surfaces, storm drains, and other grounds features
• Lays out and tends flower beds and other decorative vegetation
• Plants, fertilizes, waters, and uses herbicides and insecticides to maintain grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs
• Removes snow and ice from walks and driveways
• Spreads salt, picks up litter, rakes, and removes leaves from campus
• Maintains driveways and parking lots
• Repairs fences, gates, walls, irrigation systems, walks, and outbuildings using carpentry, masonry, pressure washers, and painting tools
• Operates trucks and tractors in grounds preparation and maintenance work
• Affixes signs, banners, and other decorations to buildings and grounds
• Assists with maintenance and repairs of equipment, all buildings, structures, and grounds
• Assists with plumbing, masonry, carpentry, painting, and minor electrical work
• Arranges facilities for special events and checks for safety hazards
• Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated
• Complies with all campus safety policies and procedures
• Applies all applicable OSHA and related safety requirements to all assigned work
• Reports all accident and injuries in a timely manner
• Performs related tasks as required

Essential Job Functions

• Moderate to heavy work requiring the exertion of 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently and up to 20 pounds of force constantly
• Requires climbing, balancing, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, lifting, and grasping
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal and high noise levels
• Visual activity is required for use in measuring devices, operation of machines, and operation of motor vehicles or equipment
• The Grounds Worker 1 will be subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
• Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions

Job Requirements

• Minimum Qualification: Graduate of an accredited high school or equivalent.
• Experience: One year of full-time labor and trades work including some routine grounds maintenance work.
• TN Driver Standards: A valid driver's license.