Temple Grounds Supervisor 3 (Full time) - Jordan River UT Temple

About the role

Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience. Maintain standards established by the First Presidency. Perform gardener/grounds keeping work, maintaining and caring for landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and technical assistance to gardeners and volunteers and partner with third party support, as necessary.
• Resolve questions and problems related to grounds.
• Typically responsible for 15 or more acres, may be responsible for multiple sites.
• Know the site and its characteristics, review landscape plans, understand local climate and soil conditions.
• Avoid unauthorized use of equipment and chemicals, ensure proper storage and accounting.
• Prepare requests for supplies and equipment as necessary.
• Assure desired appearance of flower beds, foundation and border plantings.
• Prune trees and shrubs as needed.
• Stay within budget.

Qualifications

• Four to six years of experience in landscape gardening, horticulture, agriculture, grounds maintenance or related field.
• Experience working in a temple is preferred.
• Degree or certification in landscape gardening, horticulture, agriculture, grounds maintenance or related field preferred.
• Two to three years of supervisory experience.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs/23 kgs.

Benefits

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. The Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.