Supervisor - Grounds Maintenance

ServiceSource, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities. In this vital role, you will oversee grounds maintenance operations, ensuring high standards of service and safety are met. Your leadership will guide a team in maintaining beautiful outdoor spaces while also handling hiring and staff performance evaluations. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community while working in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about service and leadership, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of grounds maintenance experience required.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience required.
• Knowledge of machines and tools for maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily operations of grounds staff and ensure maintenance activities.
• Conduct interviews and make hiring recommendations.
• Manage turf maintenance including mowing and trimming.

Skills

Grounds Maintenance

Supervisory Skills

Problem Solving

Safety Compliance

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Hand Tools

Power Tools

Job description

Make an impact by joining ServiceSource, a champion for people with disabilities. Explore new opportunities! ServiceSource is an organization of talented people who drive innovation, embrace change, and serve humanity.

Primary Duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These duties and responsibilities will be rated on the Annual Performance Review:

• Supervise daily operations of grounds staff, including plan, design and implement grounds maintenance activities and ensure work is accomplished according to plan and schedule.
• Responsibilities include ensuring mowing, edging, pruning and trimming, maintenance of plant beds, weed control, fence line vegetation control, and policing of grounds have been completed to company and customer standards.
• Troubleshoot problem areas of grounds maintenance, requisition and inventory tools, supplies, and equipment.
• Assign and ensure staff have well defined objectives, schedule employees, review and approve direct reports time, manage staff's performance, and ensure all work being completed follows ServiceSource standards.

Additional Responsibilities

• Responsible for reviewing applicants, conducting interviews, and making hiring recommendations.
• Conduct initial and annual employee evaluations for direct reports.
• Provide advice and support to senior managers and customers.
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls. Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Gather and remove litter. Ensures the assigned areas are policed for trash and other debris.
• Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools when trained.
• Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, and all other grounds features per contract requirements. Manage and ensure the removal of snow and ice to maintain clear and safe sidewalks, parking lots, and building entry ways.
• Ensure the assigned turf areas are to established height, edge and trim around all obstacles and planting beds, trim shrubs to established height, trim trees and remove limbs, etc. in accordance with the contract specifications. Manage and maintain turf by watering, weeding, mowing, trimming, replanting, and performing other operations as required to establish healthy, viable turf.
• Manage the transportation of large debris, leaves, trash, equipment requiring major repair etc. from the site to required designation, entrances, emergency exits and fire hydrant locations.
• Coordinates and provides oversight for service vendors conducting refuse/recycle, snow removal, road repair, and other activities.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications: Education, Experience, and Certification(s)

• A high school diploma or state certified equivalent required.
• Minimum of 5 years of grounds maintenance experience required.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience required.
• Ability to gain and maintain NGA site access required.
• Ability to pass HSPD-12 background check required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Safety & Health Responsibilities

ServiceSource is committed to providing and maintaining a safe, secure and healthy work environment for all employees, persons-served, volunteers and visitors. As part of this commitment, ServiceSource has developed safety, security and occupational health policies, practices, guides and standards. With this understanding, all employees are required to:

• Adhere to all local, state and federal safety and environmental codes, ordinances, standards and laws.
• Adhere to all corporate and local safety plans, policies, practices and standards.
• Be aware of and follow all safety rules of your work site.
• Report any unsafe conditions or accidents to your supervisor.
• Practice standard precautions (formerly universal precautions) always.
• Participate in mandatory or available safety training.

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. 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 stand; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and sit. The employee may occasionally lift or move products and supplies, up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, making employment decisions without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and transgender status), national origin, age (40 or older), veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are an E-Verify Employer and a drug-free workplace. Pre-employment background checks are required for all employment positions.

PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT:

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information