Senior Building and Grounds Specialist-Grounds Maintenance

Responsibilities

• Performs horticultural duties to include planting, fertilization, watering, cultivation and maintenance of trees, shrubs; installs woody plant material.
• Installs and maintains annual and perennial flowerbeds maintenance and installation including but not limited to planting, pesticide application, pest control, fertilization, cultivation, and watering.
• Provides litter pickup and removal as needed.
• Provide curb line maintenance as needed.
• Removes debris from parking lots, walks, and streets as needed.
• Removes snow and ice during inclement weather.
• Operates large and small equipment to perform day-to-day light maintenance and operation.
• Utilizes vehicle use to perform the day-to-day light maintenance and operation.

Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or GED (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
• Experience: Six (6) months of satisfactory work performance in a ground’s maintenance/horticultural field encompassing duties described above. Basic knowledge of horticultural. Possess skills of landscape maintenance. Ability to operate a pickup truck with trailer, tractor, and skid loader. Must have a valid Driver’s License.
• Physical Qualifications: Ability to lift 75 lbs. from the ground to truck loading heights; ability to perform physical labor outside, eight (8) hours a day, in all weather conditions.