Maintaining the curb appeal of the company's properties, including offices, lawns, and flower beds, is the primary focus of this landscaping role. The landscaper ensures that all grounds are kept clean, beautiful, safe, and sanitary, contributing to the overall positive image of the portfolio.
Responsibilities
Pick up trash around grounds, hillsides, and ditches
Sweep and clean dumpster surrounds
Empty mailroom and laundry room garbage
Blow out breezeways, floors, and porches
Sweep basements
Change dog waste bags and check grounds for waste
Mow and trim all grass areas
Blow and sweep sidewalks and windows
Perform deep exterior cleaning of small properties
Clean trucks and grounds shop/bathroom
Pressure wash buildings and grounds
Scrape curbs
Perform snow removal of sidewalks, stairwells, and parking lots, as assigned
Conduct spring cleaning of equipment throughout the grounds department
Scrub dumpster areas once a year
Drive company vehicle (must be licensed)
Travel from property to property
Operate light and heavy grounds equipment (e.g., mowers, blowers, gators, golf carts)
Make regular inspections of grounds, buildings, plumbing, fixtures, and major equipment for appearance, cleanliness, structural cracks, excessive wear, and faulty parts
Make repairs or replacements as necessary with approval, or report findings immediately
Be on call for emergency duties when assigned
Be familiar with water turnoffs
Assist in maintaining inventory of tools, equipment, and supplies
Pick up trash on property
Report all needed repairs to your direct supervisor
Attend all instructional classes conducted by management
Assist maintenance technicians with completing tasks as needed
Communicate with Rob on materials needed for projects
Create accurate inventory list of materials within shops
Requirements
High school education or equivalent
Previous grounds or landscaping experience
Own transportation, clean driving record, and vehicle insurance
Familiarity with sprinkler systems is preferred
Appearance and manner must be compatible with the image of the property
Ability to live on-site if required
Good safety habits
Ability to speak to residents, supervisors, and maintain good working relations with other staff members, company employees, leadership, as well as any contract laborers working on property
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Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
Ability to decipher when to move forward with a repair or know when to contact a professional vendor to complete a task
Openness to working, teaching, training, and assisting others (e.g., Community Managers, other maintenance, grounds, cleaning team)
Ability to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, perform repetitious movements for long periods, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear
Frequently required to climb or balance
Occasionally required to sit and taste or smell
Regularly lift up to 75lbs
Specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Visual acuity to perform activities such as operating machines like blowers and mowers
Important Details
Team: All grounds crew tasks
About the Company
The company maintains a portfolio of properties, including offices, lawns, flower beds, parking lots, and dumpsters.