Groundskeeper

Job Description

SUMMARY

Maintains and repairs grounds and ground equipment in a prompt and efficient manner to ensure the safety of students and the beauty of the grounds.

• Reports to appropriate work site as scheduled.
• Maintains landscape areas such as pruning, removing weeds, and edging grass areas.
• Performs planting, trimming, transplanting, pruning, watering, mowing, spraying of plants, shrubs, trees, and grass as assigned.
• Performs daily general cleaning of work areas.
• Applies insecticide, weed control solutions, fertilizer to trees, plants, shrubs, and grass as assigned.
• Utilizes mowers, shovels, scoops, rakes, hoes, picks, sledge hammers, axes, saws, and other similar hand tools and power tools in performance of assigned duties.
• Develops and maintains a cooperative and harmonious working relationship with district employees, students and public.
• Regularly maintains assigned equipment as scheduled.
• Has working knowledge of Irrigation Timers.
• Follows procedures as outlined in the maintenance and Operation Handbook.
• Wears only uniforms, provided by the district.
• Neatly and properly each day wears only appropriate uniforms provided by Gadsden Independent School District.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Valid Driver’s License.

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Valid Driver’s License.

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical/Mental Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and reach forward.
• The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools and climbs on to ladders.
• The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and truck more than the average person while performing the duties of this job.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.
• Ability to properly use and care for job related tools and equipment.
• Frequent District wide travel.

Work Environment

• Able to work in adverse weather conditions.
• Works outside and inside.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures, dusts, fumes and odors.

Benefits

We offer a complete benefits package through ALFAC, Allstate and NMPSIA to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, life insurance, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, holidays, and general leave. To learn more details, visit our benefits page.