Grounds - CHA Michigan City

Kittle Property Group; Michigan City (IN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Kittle Property Group is seeking a groundskeeping professional to maintain exterior areas and assist with trash-outs in vacated units. The role involves outdoor work, seasonal snow removal, and routine cleaning of common spaces.

Responsibilities include removing litter, cleaning hallways, and performing related maintenance tasks as needed. Prior experience is not required, but reliability and basic math skills are valued.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Less than 1 year of experience.
• Ability to read, write, speak and interpret basic instructions and present information one-on-one or in small groups.
• Ability to perform simple arithmetic (add/subtract/multiply/divide by 10s & 100s).
• Ability to follow detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions with common sense.

Responsibilities

• Pick up trash on grounds and clean hallways.
• Snow removal as needed.
• Trash-outs of vacated units including debris, furniture, and appliances removal, painting, and minor repairs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Groundskeeping

Trash removal

Snow removal

Basic math

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Cleaning tools

Job description

Supports the organization's mission and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect personalization, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Make sure the grounds are free of trash. Clean and sweep up trash and handle or assist with trash-outs of units.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Pick up trash on grounds
• Clean out hallways
• Snow Removal
• Trash-outs of vacated units including but not limited to removal of debris, furniture, and appliances, painting and minor repair work.
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Less than 1 year of experience
• Ability to read, write, speak and interpret basic instructions, simple correspondence and present information one-on-one or in small groups.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide by 10s & 100s
• Ability to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions with common sense understanding. Ability to deal with problems that involve few variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Regularly must stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or bend.
• Regularly must lift up to 25 pounds.
• Occasionally must talk or hear.
• Occasionally must lift 26-100 pounds.
• Rarely must sit, climb or balance.
• Rarely must lift more than 100 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Normally works in an environment with moderate noise.

• Will be working outdoors year-round.
• Regularly must work in outdoor weather conditions.
• Occasionally must work in conditions that are wet or humid, extremely cold or extremely hot (non-weather), near moving mechanical parts, near fumes or airborne particles.
• Rarely must work in high, precarious places, near toxic or caustic chemicals, with risk of electrical shock, with vibration.
• There is no risk of radiation or working with explosives.