Grounds Keeper

Job Description Job Description Essential Responsibilities:   Mowing, weeding, raking, trimming hedges and general landscaping deemed necessary by the facility.  Familiar with the safe and proper use of related equipment including: lawn mower, weed trimmer, lawn clippers.    Qualifications: 

• Must be able to work independently and self-motivated. 

 

• Must have a valid New York State Driver’s license.

 

• Experience in landscaping and grounds keeping. 

  Responsibilities:

• Maintains lawns, grounds, shrubs, trees and flower beds. 
• Pressure washing and cleaning of garages, windows, and sidings.
• Mowing, trimming, weeding, and other outdoor tasks.
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment

    PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS :

• Appropriate attire as required by departmental dress code.

  Working Conditions

• Sits, stands, bends, lifts and moves intermittently during working hours.
• Subject to frequent interruptions.
• Involved with residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personal.
• May be asked to work beyond normal working hours.
• Works predominantly outdoors in the sun and heat.

Specific Requirements:  

• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the general public.
• Must be a self-starter requiring minimal direct supervision. 

  Physical and Sensory Requirements: (With or without the aid of mechanical devices)  

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must be able to cope with the physical stress of this position.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable the senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, staff and support agencies.
• Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset and at times, angry people within the facility.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull, and move a minimum of fifty (50) pounds.
• Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents.