Building Services Specialist- Onsite in Caledonia, MI

Farmers Insurance•Grand Rapids, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Services Specialist supports and maintains landscaping, snow removal, and outdoor maintenance programs. The role performs day-to-day grounds and landscape maintenance at one or more of multiple locations or a campus environment, including inspection, maintenance, and repair of campus grounds and outbuildings. This is an essential onsite position in Caledonia, Michigan, with an ordinary schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Hours may shift during winter depending on snowfall, and the position may require weekend work and offer overtime. The specialist maintains plants, lawns, turf, irrigation systems, groundskeeping and building-maintenance equipment, and related operational records. Duties also include snow removal using light and medium equipment, safe chemical handling and application, operating vehicles and power tools, and recommending grounds-system modifications. The position involves outdoor physical work and exposure to noise, extreme temperatures, chemicals, and paint.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
State Department of Agriculture certification as an applicator or handler of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides where required, or willingness to obtain the required certifications within the first year.
Strong verbal, listening, and written communication skills.
Demonstrated customer service skills.
Strong collaboration and team-building skills.
Friendly, service-oriented approach and professionalism.
Strong technical aptitude and proficiency with Microsoft applications.
Strong mechanical skills and knowledge of the safe use and maintenance of hand tools, power tools, user-moved aids, mechanical equipment, and measuring devices.
Ability to perform outdoor physical activities, including frequent walking and prolonged standing, traversing different terrain, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, climbing, and using a ladder.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of experience in the landscaping or irrigation industry.
Medium- or heavy-equipment operation experience, including large tractors for winter snow removal, skid steers, and mowers.

Responsibilities

Seed, water, mulch, fertilize, and apply chemicals to plantings, lawns, and turf; transplant, prune, trim, and cultivate trees, shrubs, ground cover, and flowers.
Inspect plant materials for insects, disease, and physical damage; identify mechanical damage to irrigation systems and replacements; perform pest management and store and care for bulbs and cuttings during winter.
Mow lawns; trim and edge around landscaping, sidewalks, and buildings; weed, thin, and clean flower beds and other grounds; set up, adjust, repair, and clean irrigation systems.
Operate light and medium equipment to clear snow from parking lots, sidewalks, and other traversed areas, adjusting work shifts as snowfall requires.
Safely mix, apply, dispose of, or store and label groundskeeping chemicals according to directions, using prescribed protective clothing and equipment.
Keep daily logs of watering and chemical applications, including locations, duration, amounts and types of chemicals, reasons for spraying, and wind speed and direction.
Safely operate light and medium-duty vehicles and portable power tools and groundskeeping equipment; obey traffic laws and operator instructions and use appropriate safety equipment.
Perform routine and preventive maintenance and cleaning of grounds and building-maintenance equipment, tools, and machines within reasonable capabilities.
Maintain records of equipment operation, building and landscape maintenance, and vendor service visits.
Initiate or advise on purchase requisitions and verify receipt of products or services.
Inspect, maintain, and repair campus grounds and outbuildings.
Recommend modifications to grounds systems, including electrical, lighting, plumbing, painting, remodeling, irrigation, pumps, ponds, drainage, and terrain grading.
Consult and report security-related matters to leadership and Corporate Security as needed.