Yard and Grounds Maintenance

About the role

Branch ISD operates Branch Area Careers Center, Special Education, Adult Education, Head Start, Early Head Start, Great Start School Readiness, Early On and the Family Success Program to three constituent school districts and one public school academy. Our mission is to ensure life-long learning opportunities to students and citizens in our constituent districts. We will provide leadership in cooperation with other local, regional, and state educational service agencies, as well as the private sector, to facilitate the effective and efficient delivery of high quality programs and services.

Requirements

• Education and/or certification: high school graduate
• Experience: 1 year experience in custodial, maintenance, or grounds work; or 2 years satisfactory work experience (self-employed, industry, government, etc.) beyond high school
• Obtain and maintain a forklift operator license and registered pesticide applicator certificate

Skills

• Good physical health, unrestricted use of hands and feet, and good eyesight and hearing (corrected), as needed for specific requirements
• Able to work variable hours and shifts, as assigned
• Able to plan work for self and others
• Able to operate tractors, snow blowers, and other power equipment
• Able to read and understand written instructions

Responsibilities

• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in lawn mowing
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in landscaping (including flowers, shrubbery, and trees)
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in blacktop/concrete
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in curbing
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in traffic/building signs
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in security fence(s)
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in playground equipment
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in fuel storage tanks, piping, and pumps
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in gravel drives and parking lots
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in electrical
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in plumbing
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in carpentry
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in painting
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in heating and air conditioning
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in machinery repair
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in relocating school equipment
• Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in custodial
• Maintain grounds, including playgrounds, and equipment to state and local standards
• Maintain buildings and equipment to state and local standards
• Organize work to respond to Maintenance Request Forms within reasonable timelines and in priority order, as determined in consultation with supervisor
• Assist in preparing Branch ISD buildings in early morning as may be requested by administration or custodial/maintenance staff
• Assist with "inside work" during inclement weather, as may be necessary or requested by Maintenance Team Members
• Upgrade skills by attending technical classes, as directed
• Perform safety inspections of yard and ground areas
• Make arrangements, per district requirements and procedures, for contracted services as needed for yard and ground repair and/or service; in particular, snow removal and blacktop/concrete maintenance
• Communicate equipment and supply requirements to immediate supervisor on a timely basis to allow for as much long-range planning as possible
• Keep records of maintenance activities
• Other specific duties as assigned: operate hand/power equipment
• Other specific duties as assigned: snow removal and salting
• Other specific duties as assigned: light, daily maintenance on yard and ground equipment
• Other specific duties as assigned: woodworking – build or repair wooden items
• Maintain proper chemical treatment of water for boiler and chiller system at the Branch Area Careers Center
• Emergency building custodial work, as per supervisor's request
• Perform many, varied school District tasks; refusal of a request is only justified when questionable safety practices are involved and/or there is a personal lack of skill to do the work
• Cover Shipping/Receiving Department during clerk's absence from the department, when possible