Grounds Keeper

Quality Staffing•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Quality Staffing, Inc., also doing business as Goddard Mason Executive Search, a leading full-service employment agency matching qualified talent with some of the area's top companies, is seeking an experienced Grounds Keeper/Maintenance to work through our agency as a contract employee with the State of Tennessee School for the Blind (TN TSB) located in Nashville, TN. This is an on-site position working from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday. The pay rate for this position is $21.50 per hour.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited high school or equivalent.
Experience equivalent to one year of full-time labor and trades work including some routine grounds maintenance work.
General knowledge of tools, materials, and equipment used in general grounds and/or maintenance work.
Knowledge of safety precautions applicable to operating grounds and/or maintenance equipment.
Ability to understand and follow verbal and written directions.
Valid Tennessee driver's license.
Must submit to and pass a TBI/FBI background check and fingerprinting, to include Tennessee and Federal criminal history checks, child abuse records, employment verification, and professional/personal reference checks.

Responsibilities

Perform semi-skilled work in the maintenance, care, and modification of campus grounds and landscapes.
Operate electrically powered and gasoline powered groundskeeping equipment and machines.
Use small hand and power tools or equipment in planting, cultivating, and trimming grounds and landscaping.
Perform maintenance on groundskeeping equipment and tools.
Change light bulbs, pressure wash surfaces, paint walls, woodwork, furniture and equipment.
Make minor carpentry, plumbing and electrical repairs.
Deliver supplies, materials and equipment as needed.
Mow lawns and trim grass around walks, flower beds and walls.
Prune shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth.
Remove damaged leaves, branches, and twigs using mowers, tractors, and other hand and power tools.
Collect and dispose of outside trash and garbage.
Provide proper upkeep of hard surfaces, storm drains, and other ground features.
Lay out and tend flower beds and other decorative vegetation.
Plant, fertilize, water and use herbicides and insecticides to maintain grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs.
Remove snow and ice from walks and driveways.
Spread salt, pick up litter, rake, and remove leaves from campus.
Maintain driveways and parking lots.
Repair fences, gates, walls, irrigation systems, walks and outbuildings using carpentry, masonry, pressure washers, and painting tools.
Operate trucks and tractors in grounds preparation and maintenance work.
Assist with maintenance and repairs of equipment, all buildings, structures and grounds.
Assist with plumbing, masonry, carpentry, painting, and minor electrical work.
Arrange facilities for special events and check for safety hazards.
Attend training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
Comply with all campus safety policies and procedures.
Apply all applicable OSHA and related safety requirements to all assigned work.
Report all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
Perform related tasks as required.