Landscape Maintenance Worker

Recreation Centers Of Sun City West; Sun City West (AZ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Recreation Centers of Sun City West is seeking an Entry level Grounds Maintenance Associate. The role involves outdoor grounds tasks across centers located in AZ, including trimming, mowing, watering, litter pickup, and basic equipment transport.

Responsibilities include landscape maintenance, turf renovation, irrigation installation, pest control support, and assisting with events and projects. The position requires basic math, reading, and English-speaking abilities, plus a valid Arizona

Qualifications

• Experience with lawn maintenance equipment.
• Ability to prune trees and shrubs.
• Familiar with fertilizers and pesticides applications.
• Basic reading ability.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a variety of grounds maintenance duties including trimming shrubs and trees, weed abatement, mowing and edging lawns, raking recreation areas, watering plants and trees, and sweeping.
• Maintain and renovate lawn bowling turf areas; maintain infield and softball field; mark foul lines.
• Water planters and plant flowers.
• Pick up litter from grounds and parking lot and empty trash containers throughout assigned grounds areas.
• Transport equipment from one recreation center to another.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair landscape equipment, which may include weed eaters, trimmers, and lawn mowers.
• Participate in pest control operations as needed.
• Assist in preparing the center for special projects and events.
• Participate in setting forms, mixing, pouring, and finishing concrete.
• Participate in the installation and maintenance of irrigation systems.

Skills

Lawn maintenance equipment

Tree/shrub pruning

Fertilizers and pesticides handling

English communication

Education

No formal education required

Tools

Lawn equipment maintenance tools

Job description

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Associate (Level: Entry)Location: Recreation Centers of Sun City West, Inc., AZ 85375Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: NoneSalary Range: $15.15 per hour

Responsibilities

• Participate in a variety of grounds maintenance duties including trimming shrubs and trees, weed abatement, mowing and edging lawns, raking recreation areas, watering plants and trees, and sweeping.
• Maintain and renovate lawn bowling turf areas; maintain infield and softball field; mark foul lines.
• Water planters and plant flowers.
• Pick up litter from grounds and parking lot and empty trash containers throughout assigned grounds areas.
• Transport equipment from one recreation center to another.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair landscape equipment, which may include weed eaters, trimmers, and lawn mowers.
• Participate in pest control operations as needed.
• Assist in preparing the center for special projects and events.
• Participate in setting forms, mixing, pouring, and finishing concrete.
• Participate in the installation and maintenance of irrigation systems.
• Maintain consistent record of acceptable attendance and punctuality according to policy guidelines.

Qualifications

• Less than high school education; or three months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Working knowledge of lawn maintenance equipment; pruning trees/shrubs; planting and applications of fertilizers and pesticides preferred.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
• Ability to speak simple sentences in English.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with tens and hundreds; perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions; deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Valid Arizona driver’s license and good driving record (required for driving association vehicles).
• Arizona Pest Control Certification preferred.

Physical Demands

The employee is regularly required to perform heavy manual labor in outdoor conditions; drive a motorized vehicle; operate a variety of lawn equipment; operate a walking or riding lawn mower; stand; walk; use hands to pin, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms sometimes over shoulders; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

Work Environment

Work is performed outdoors and includes exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and fumes or airborne particles; vibration. Noise level in the workplace is usually very loud.