Landscaper

Spotlight 29 Casino; Coachella (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotlight 29 Casino is seeking a Groundskeeper to maintain the property grounds and contribute to our Five Star Experience for guests and team members. The role emphasizes attention to detail, safety, and service excellence within a Tribal gaming environment.

You will perform lawn care, pruning, irrigation, and general grounds maintenance while ensuring compliance with internal controls and safety policies.

Qualifications

• Experience with lawn maintenance or landscaping is a plus.
• Ability to operate basic grounds equipment and perform minor repairs.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding customer service to guests and team members by upholding service standards.
• Cut lawns, trim and edge around walks, flower beds, walls, and prune shrubs and trees as needed.
• Spray lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer or pesticides as required.
• Clean grounds and remove litter; water lawns and shrubs; repair fences, gates, walls and walks.
• Program irrigation timers and assist with basic maintenance tasks.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summary

This position is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the property. In addition, we strive to deliver our Five Star Experience to Guests and fellow Team Members. This includes being committed to our Service Promise: We are the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Team, where your experience is our top priority. Every person and detail matters.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job successfully. Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide outstanding customer service to guests and all other employees by exceeding our mission statement.
• Deliver our Five Star Experience to Guests and all Team Members by embodying our Mission Statement and Service Promise while adhering to department service standards. This entails consistency performing our service expectations of: Welcoming, Proactive, Seamless, Personalized and Valued.
• Cut lawns.
• Trim and edge around walks, flower beds, and walls.
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
• Spray lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides.
• Rake and bag or burn leaves.
• Clean grounds and remove litter.
• Spread salt on public passage ways to prevent ice buildup.
• Plant grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs.
• Water lawn and shrubs.
• Repair fences, gates, walls, and walks.
• Paint fences and outbuildings.
• Clean out drainage ditches and culverts.
• Sharpen tools such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears.
• Make minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mower, spreader, and snow removal
• equipment.
• Program timers for irrigation
• Repair water lines
• Know different types of flowers
• Ensure compliance with all Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) as well as all Tribal Internal Control Standards (TICS).
• Present a positive image of the Tribal organization to its guests and vendors and to assist them as required.
• Must follow all safety policies and procedures and attend all scheduled safety meetings and training as a condition of employment.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does not require supervisory duties.

Education And Experience (Must Be Documented)

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred but not required.
• Or up to one-month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certification, Licenses And Any Additional Requirements

• Must pass periodic random drug screens.
• Must be able to pass background suitability investigation.
• Must obtain a Tribal Gaming License.
• Must obtain all other applicable certifications and licenses.
• Must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States within 72 hours of employment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use upper extremities, including but not limited to, hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. They may be occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, bend, push, pull, twist, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and/or push, pull up to 50 pounds. The employee is occasionally required use repetitive movements to complete tasks. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employee may be occasionally required to work in low light conditions, and may be exposed to loud noise for extended periods.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Multiple locations.
• Some enterprises are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; therefore, you must be flexible to work any and all hours.
• Must be available for emergency calls 24/7.
• Must be available to work weekend and holidays.
• Some enterprises are gaming facilities.
• Some enterprises are not a smoke-free environment.
• Surveillance cameras and audio equipment monitor the premises recording activity throughout most of the facilities on 24 hours per day, 7 days per week basis.

Indian Preference Act

• 1. Tribal Members
• 2. Other Native Americans
• 3. All other ethnic groups

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