Groundskeeper

ROLLING HILLS CASINO; City of Corning (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolling Hills Casino is seeking a Groundskeeper to cultivate and maintain the landscaping and grounds surrounding the facility. Responsibilities include mowing, trimming, weeding, pruning, and general upkeep of outdoor areas to ensure a clean and safe exterior environment.

The role requires operating a variety of groundskeeping equipment, transporting plants, and assisting with planting, mulching, and irrigation tasks as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience in landscape maintenance and groundskeeping.
• Experience with groundskeeping equipment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and care for landscaping and grounds around the facility.
• Mow, weed, edge, and prune lawns and beds.
• Operate trimmers, hedgers, mowers, edger, and sweepers.
• Transport and plant vegetation; transplant and water plants.
• Keep parking areas and walkways free of dirt and debris.

Skills

Landscape maintenance

Groundskeeping

Equipment operation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

SummaryIs responsible for the cultivation and care of the landscaping and grounds surrounding our facility. Plants flower, mows, pulls weeds, repairs structures, and maintains outside of building.Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:Assists in ensuring that the facility grounds and property meet all set standards.Assists in ensuring that all irrigation equipment and systems function properly, are properly operated, and are properly maintained.Assists in physical installation and maintenance of landscaped areas.In addition to initially transporting and planting new vegetation, may be responsible for the transplanting, mulching, fertilizing, and watering of flowering plants, trees, and shrubs, and mowing, weeding trimming, edging, detaching, and watering of lawns.Ensures that all parking areas, walkways, sidewalks are free from dirt, and debris.Ensures that all litter is removed from trash receptacles, parking areas, lawns, flowerbeds, and any areas exterior to the casino including adjacent fields and roadways.Ensures the removal of soil, rubbish, and leaves from the grounds and parking areas.Operates equipment such as trimmers, hedgers, mowers, edger, and sweepers.Mows, trims and edges lawns; weeds and waters lawns and flow beds; prunes trees and shrubs; plants and transplants trees, shrubs, ground cover and flowers; operates hand and chain saws to cut trees and wood.Operates various equipment and motor vehicles in performance of job duties.May assist facilities maintenance staff with maintenance functions.Ensure that all equipment functions properly, are properly operated, and are properly maintained.Other duties as assigned.RequirementMinimum 21 years of age.Valid California Driver’s License.Slip Resistant Shoes.Supervisory ResponsibilitiesThis position has no supervisory responsibilitiesEducation and/or ExperienceHigh school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred. Experience in landscape maintenance, groundskeeping, and the operation of groundskeeping equipment preferred.Language SkillsAbility to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees.Mathematical SkillsAbility to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.Reasoning AbilityAbility to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.Certificates, Licenses, RegistrationsGaming license issued by the Paskenta Gaming Commission. Valid California Driver’s License.Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move, pull, push, more than 100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet, warm, hot, and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and extreme cold and hot. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Duties, responsibilities, requirements, and expectations that pertain to this job are subject to change as needed