Grounds Maintenance Assistant

Talantage, LLC; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Assistant to assist in various maintenance activities, including lawn care, equipment operation, and routine repairs. The ideal candidate should have some high school education and several years of experience in grounds maintenance.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in grounds maintenance work.
• Must have valid VA or NC driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine and nonroutine grounds maintenance work.
• Operates light ground maintenance equipment.
• Installs, repairs, and replaces playground items.

Skills

Reading

Mathematical Operations

Education

Some High School Education

Job description

Job Title : Grounds Maintenance Assistant

Job Summary : Assists other grounds maintenance staff in performing grounds maintenance activities. Installs, repairs, and replaces playground or other anchored grounds items. Operates light ground maintenance equipment. Performs routine cleaning and maintenance of grounds maintenance tools, machinery, and equipment. Performs routine fence repairs. Assists other shops in their operation : may accept and perform routine carpentry, structural, cleaning and other work as directed.

Key responsibilities

• Performs routine and nonroutine grounds maintenance work as directed, including but not limited to : maintenance of lawns and gardens; grass cutting and edging; maintaining shrubbery, topiaries, and other ornamental horticulture; hand grading yards; preparing planting beds; mulching planting beds; planting of trees, shrubbery, bushes, grass, and other plants; removing and disposing of trees, shrubbery, bushes, and clippings; providing for water drainage on properties; dispersing sand in playground areas; and implementing and maintaining assigned landscaping projects.
• Installs, repairs, and replaces playground or other anchored grounds items receives work order or work assignment; reviews and evaluates work site to determine appropriate action.
• Operates light ground maintenance equipment, such as lawn mowers, hydro-seeders, mowers, rotary tillers, sod-cutters, chain saws, and woodchippers.
• Performs routine cleaning and maintenance of grounds maintenance tools, machinery, and equipment.
• Performs routine fence repairs.
• Assists other shops in their operation : may accept and perform routine carpentry, structural, cleaning and other work as directed.
• May assist other higher-skilled grounds maintenance staff in grounds maintenance activities.
• Performs other related duties as required.

The ideal candidate

• Some high school education is necessary to perform basic reading and mathematical operations.
• Three to five years of experience in ground maintenance work.
• Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience necessary to obtain required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Must have valid VA or NC driver's license.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, see, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.

Candidates with a combination of training, education, and experience equivalent to the qualifications listed above will also be considered.

Talantage, LLC is committed to presenting candidates that contribute to an organization's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our recruitment practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.