Groundskeeper - Mason/Lansing

Essential Functions

• Operates tractors with mowers, riding mowers and power mowers to cut grass on the County grounds.
• Trims grass, trees, shrubs, and hedges with power and hand equipment.
• Operates power-edger for sidewalks.
• Performs other grounds maintenance functions such as aerating and thatching.
• Removes brush, dead trees and other debris from grounds.
• Operates chain saw and other power equipment.
• Removes trash from trash containers and empties ash trays.
• Changes liners in trash containers and replaces sand in ash trays.
• Checks the grounds daily for trash.
• Operates and maintains the irrigation system, including assisting in repairing broken pipes, valves, pumps and other equipment.
• Replaces sprinkler heads.
• Installs landscape timbers, spreads woodchips and stones, and performs other landscaping tasks.
• Plants grass, flowers, shrubs, and trees.
• Performs the applications of fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical application.
• Loads and mixes chemicals, operates application equipment such as tank sprayer, back pack pump, and hand spreader, and posts notices warning of application.
• Records and maintains application records.
• Operates trucks with plows and tractors with brooms to remove snow from County parking lots.
• Operates snow-blowers to clean snow from sidewalks.
• Shovels entrances and other areas inaccessible to power equipment.
• Operates trucks with salt spreader.
• Performs maintenance on departmental vehicles and equipment, including changing oil, changing filters, lubricating, changing fluids, and sharpening blades.
• Supervises inmate trustees or community work groups assigned to grounds-keeping tasks.
• Performs interior and exterior painting, including repairing and preparing walls for painting and applying various types of paint.
• Applies cold patch to repair paved areas.
• Applies striping to parking lots.
• Auxiliary duties such as assisting in office moves by moving office furniture, file cabinets, and office equipment.
• Auxiliary duties such as assisting maintenance staff on larger projects and filling in for maintenance staff on designated assignments.

Requirements

• Education: High school graduation or equivalent.
• Experience: One year experience in grounds maintenance including the operation of grounds equipment similar to that used in the maintenance department.
• Certification: Possession of a valid Michigan Driver’s License and certified by the State as a Pesticide Applicator or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
• Other Requirements: Demonstrates effective communication skills by engaging, interacting and working with all individuals to ensure clarity and understanding in all interactions.

Working Conditions

• Works outside in varying weather conditions.
• Works in all areas of County grounds.
• Works in cramped body positions to perform repairs to equipment.
• Works in areas with loud noise.
• Exposure to equipment where risk exists of getting burned, bruised or scraped.
• Exposure to environmental allergens such as grass, weeds and pollens.
• Contact with oil and petroleum products.
• Exposure to solvents, pesticides and herbicides.
• Exposure to gases and fumes.

Benefits

The current group contract can be viewed here. Ingham County offers a wide range of benefits to support you in your career.