What are the responsibilities and job description for the Groundskeeper position at Otterbein SeniorLife?
Overview
The Groundskeeper position provides lawn care for areas of main campus; including care of grass areas, gardens, shrubbery, and trees. Removes snow from roadways, walkways, parking lots, porches and steps during the winter. Also, acts as driver during periods of driver storages or during peak travel demands.
Responsibilities
Medical insurance with free virtual doctor visits
Pharmacy Benefits
Vision and dental insurance
Paid Time off
Paid Holidays
Life insurance
Retirements Savings with a 401(k) or 403(b) with company match
Get access to 50% of your wages before pay day through PayActiv
Employee sponsored fund for employees in need
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition Assistance
The Groundskeeper position provides lawn care for areas of main campus; including care of grass areas, gardens, shrubbery, and trees. Removes snow from roadways, walkways, parking lots, porches and steps during the winter. Also, acts as driver during periods of driver storages or during peak travel demands.
Responsibilities
- Mows grass using hand-propelled or riding lawn mowers.
- Trims shrubbery and trees under supervision.
- Removes litter from campus grounds, roadways, and parking lots.
- Plants, transplants, prunes, and fertilizes flowers, shrubs, and trees.
- Assists in maintaining roadways sidewalks, and parking lots.
- Removes leaves from gutters, and rakes leaves as necessary.
- Applies pesticides as directed.
- Removes snow using power equipment, such as plows, snow blowers, or rotating brushes, or manually with shovels.
- Spreads salt using automatic spreaders or manually.
- Provides routine maintenance on lawn care equipment, i.e. check oil levels, sharpen blades, change spark plugs, and mix gas and oil as required.
- Education: High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
- Licensure/Certification: Valid Ohio driver’s license. CDL preferred. Pesticide License preferred.
- Experience: One to five years in grounds maintenance or related work preferred.
Medical insurance with free virtual doctor visits
Pharmacy Benefits
Vision and dental insurance
Paid Time off
Paid Holidays
Life insurance
Retirements Savings with a 401(k) or 403(b) with company match
Get access to 50% of your wages before pay day through PayActiv
Employee sponsored fund for employees in need
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition Assistance
- Some benefits are based on hours worked