
Grounds Specialist
- Colorado
- Permanent
- Full-time
Install, inspect and maintain grounds and related equipment including turf, landscaping, playgrounds, athletic equipment, and fences. Operate and maintain a wide variety of grounds equipment including mowers, aerators, trenchers, street sanders, street sweepers, dump trucks. snow plows, tractors and skid loaders.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Operate and maintain turf and landscape maintenance equipment including mowers, aerators, fertilizers and trenchers.
- Install, maintain, repair and operate sprinkler systems including annual start-up and shut-down.
- Plan and perform turf and landscape fertilization including the ordering of supplies.
- Operate specialized equipment including skid loaders, tractors, front loaders, street sanders, street sweepers, dump trucks, snow plows and commercial trucks.
- Perform safety inspections of playgrounds and athletic equipment, document deficiencies and ensure corrective measures are implemented.
- Instruct and train Building Engineers, Custodians and summer hires in the methods and procedures used in operating, transporting and maintaining grounds, equipment and facilities.
- Install, repair, and maintain signs, gates, fences, fabrication and welding.
- Plan, organize and perform installation and maintenance of playground equipment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- High School diploma or equivalent, plus specialized courses in irrigation systems and turf and landscaping maintenance.
- Valid Colorado driver's license required.
- Knowledge of standard methods, materials, practices used in the maintenance of grounds including irrigation systems, turf, landscaping and playground equipment.
- Ability to operate power tools, hand tools, welding equipment and various other types of equipment.
- Ability to operate standard transmissions required at hire.
- Ability to operate skid loaders, commercial lawn mowers, forklifts, and tractors preferred at hire.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
- Criminal background check and District fingerprinting required.