Groundskeeper

La Posada at Park Centre; Green Valley (AZ); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Excellent health insurance

Mileage incentive program

On-site fitness center

Scholarship program

Discount at Los Niños del Valle pre‑sk

Beautiful campus with free on-site gym

Job summary

La Posada at Park Centre in Green Valley, AZ seeks a dedicated landscape maintenance team member to sustain the campus grounds using hand and power tools. Responsibilities include mowing, edging, pruning, planting, irrigation, and routine upkeep to keep the grounds vibrant and welcoming.

The role emphasizes teamwork, dependability, and customer service, with a pathway to growth within a friendly senior living community. Competitive benefits accompany this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in landscaping and grounds maintenance.
• Ability to operate hand and power tools.
• Willingness to follow planned landscaping designs.
• Strong teamwork and communication.

Responsibilities

• Maintain landscapes and grounds using manual or powered tools.
• Mow, edge, prune, and trim lawns and shrubs.
• Water, fertilize, and mulch as required.
• Install irrigation systems and plan beds.
• Repair tools and equipment and keep grounds clean.
• Follow landscape designs and plant/sod as directed.

Skills

Team Player

Landscaping

Dependable

Customer Service

Communication

Job description

La Posada at Park Centre, Inc.
Green Valley, AZ 85614, USA

Description

Come Join Our Dynamic Team!
Are you looking for a way to advance your career? Are you motivated by making a difference in the lives of the people you serve? Do you value quality relationships, excellent customer service and integrity? If so, we want to meet you!

Why is La Posada the right place to expand your career?

• Excellent work/life balance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) with company match
• Excellent health insurance
• Mileage incentive program if you live over 15 miles away
• Beautiful campus with free on-site fitness center
• Discount at Los Niños del Valle pre-school
• Scholarship program. Up to $2,500 per year after 6 months of service plus yearly opportunity for additional scholarship awards.

Maintain the landscape and grounds of the property utilizing manual or powered tools and equipment. Workers are typically responsible for a range of tasks, including but not limited to planting grass, mowing, trimming, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, installing sprinkler systems, and landscaping materials.

• Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, chain-saws, electric clippers, blowers, and pruning saws.
• Mow and edge lawns, using power mowers and edgers.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
• Prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Gather and remove litter from campus outdoor areas.
• Maintain and repair tools and equipment such as fences and benches, using hand and power tools.
• Water lawns, trees, and plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
• Trim and pick flowers, and clean flower beds.
• Rake and dispose of leaves and other debris.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers and foliage.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
• Decorate gardens with stones and plants.
• Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
• Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, and/or planters.
• Build forms, and mix and pour cement to form garden borders or sidewalks.
• Spread fertilizers onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
• Plan and cultivate lawns and gardens.

If you believe you would be a good fit for this position and you live by the values of integrity, compassion, and respect for seniors and co-workers, then you may be the candidate we’re looking for!

Qualifications

Skills

Required

Team Player

Some Knowledge

Landscaping

Some Knowledge

Dependable

Some Knowledge

Customer Service

Some Knowledge

Communication

Some Knowledge

Behaviors

Required

Team Player

Works well as a member of a group

Detail Oriented

Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Dedicated

Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Required

Work-Life Balance

Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work

Job Security

Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe

Growth Opportunities

Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility

Flexibility

Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

Equal Opportunity Employer
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