Groundskeeper

About the role

The Groundskeeper is responsible for providing grounds maintenance at sites throughout the district; ensuring attractive and safe grounds area(s) and playground area(s); performing a variety of special grounds maintenance operations; providing equipment and supplies to district buildings; and ensuring that assignments are completed in a safe, proper and timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Inspects district grounds for the purpose of ensuring that the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition and/or identifying/reporting necessary adverse or unsafe conditions (e.g. vandalism, equipment breakages, weather conditions, etc.).
• Attends team meetings, in-service training, workshops, etc. for the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions.
• Maintains equipment (e.g. weed eaters, mowers, trimmers, saws, snow blowers, plows, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the availability of items required to properly maintain facilities.
• Requests materials, supplies and equipment for the purpose of ensuring that adequate materials are available to complete assignments in a timely manner.
• Snow removal for the purpose of ensuring and maintaining clear and safe walkways and parking lots.
• Transports various items (e.g. furniture, equipment, tools, supplies, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the availability of materials for projects, events, etc.
• Responds to immediate safety and/or operational concerns (e.g. fires, flooding, facility failures/damage, etc.) for the purpose of taking appropriate action to resolve immediate safety issues and maintaining a functioning educational environment.
• Maintains landscaping, parking lots, sidewalks, playgrounds (e.g. mow/trim, seeding, rake leaves, pick up trash, trim trees/hedges, crack/hole repairs, striping parking lane, curbs and specialty zones, exterior signage, etc.) for the purpose of preserving grounds in a healthy, attractive and safe condition.
• Performs safety checks/inspections on playground(s) and playground equipment for the purpose of ensuring that the equipment and recreation area is safe for students and staff.
• Performs general maintenance duties for the purpose of ensuring district facilities are kept in a well-maintained condition.

Requirements

Knowledge: Be able to communicate clearly and understand written and oral instructions. Must also be able to understand written procedures and write routine documents. Be able to perform basic measurements and math functions, including calculations using fractions, percents, and/or ratios; and solve practical problems. Specific knowledge required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job includes: methods, techniques, materials used in