HSIG Groundskeeper

Heartland Security Insurance Group•Tyler, TX

15d

About The Position

The Groundskeeper performs semi-skilled maintenance, care, and modification of commercial and residential properties owned or managed by the company and its owners. The role maintains grounds and helps ensure that facilities are clean, attractive, safe, and in healthy condition. The Groundskeeper also maintains groundskeeping equipment and tools and performs minor repairs within demonstrated capabilities as directed. Work includes landscaping and plant care; maintaining pools, fountains, irrigation systems, and outdoor areas; removing trash and debris; clearing snow and ice; and preparing outdoor locations for visitors, vendors, and the public. The position also involves safely operating vehicles, machinery, and power tools, performing routine and preventative equipment maintenance, and making minor carpentry, plumbing, and electrical repairs as needed. Work is performed primarily outdoors year-round, with daily local travel and occasional travel to alternate locations within 100 miles of the corporate location. Employees in this classification are essential employees and must report as scheduled when offices are closed due to severe weather.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least 3–5 years of landscaping experience, including knowledge of methods, materials, and equipment used to plant, cultivate, and trim trees, shrubs, ground cover, flowers, and grasses.
Skill in the proper operation and maintenance of grounds maintenance tools, equipment, and machinery.
Skill in using hand and power tools for carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work.
Valid driver license and ability to meet insurance standards.
Knowledge of horticulture and floriculture.
Ability to communicate well with people of different personalities.
Ability to perform manual labor and lift and carry groundskeeping supplies and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds frequently and up to 100 pounds occasionally.
Ability to walk or stand for prolonged periods and frequently bend, stoop, kneel, and reach daily.
Ability to operate different types of outdoor or lawn-care equipment.
Ability to work independently and with others, follow instructions, and work overtime.
Trustworthiness and good moral character.
Full range of physical motion to operate manual, electrically powered, and gasoline-powered groundskeeping equipment and machines.
Maturity, flexibility, and empathy for the total needs of the facility.
Ability to read English sufficiently to understand written work orders and instructions, including directions for mixing, using, and disposing of or storing cleaners, solvents, chemicals, fertilizers, and similar products.
Ability to move throughout assigned areas; work is performed primarily outside year-round.
Ability to follow specific instructions for mixing, applying, using, and disposing of or storing chemical compounds, which may be hazardous and cause injury if handled improperly.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in horticulture.
Knowledge of the use and proper disposal of chemicals used in groundskeeping, horticulture, and floriculture.
Ability to identify and eradicate plant disease or insect damage.

Responsibilities

Maintain landscaping at commercial and owners’ properties by seeding, watering, mulching, fertilizing, and applying chemicals to outdoor plantings, lawns, and indoor flowers and cuttings used in transplanting.
Inspect plants for insects, disease, and physical or mechanical damage, and identify replacements.
Transplant, prune, trim, and cultivate trees, shrubs, ground cover, and flowers; store and care for bulbs and cuttings during winter; and select suitable plants or shrubs for walkways and garden areas.
Maintain pools and fountains, including cleaning and filter maintenance.
Mow lawns; trim and edge around trees, shrubs, ground cover, flowers, sidewalks, and buildings; weed, thin, and clean flower beds and other grounds; and set up, adjust, repair, and clean irrigation systems.
Inspect grounds and drains, remove trash and debris, rake and sweep leaves and dirt, bag waste, and transport it to designated collection points daily.
Empty, clean, and disinfect trash and cigarette receptacles; remove, repair, and install receptacles on company property as needed.
Remove snow and spread sand and salt on snow- or ice-covered walkways and surfaces.
Prepare outdoor locations for visitors, vendors, and the public, including cleaning outdoor seating.
Mix, apply, store, label, and dispose of groundskeeping chemicals according to instructions and safety requirements, using prescribed protective clothing and equipment.
Safely operate light vehicles, including pickup trucks and tractors, as well as riding mowers, portable power tools, and other groundskeeping equipment; follow traffic laws and operating instructions and use appropriate protective equipment.
Perform routine and preventative maintenance and cleaning of grounds and building maintenance tools, equipment, and machines within reasonable capabilities.
Maintain a polite, friendly, and responsive demeanor with guests, customers, and employees.
Maintain grounds at additional residential and commercial properties.
Move furniture inside and outside the office building as needed.
Perform minor carpentry, plumbing, and electrical repairs using hand and power tools as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Travel locally daily and occasionally to alternate work locations within 100 miles of the corporate location.
Report to work as scheduled when offices are closed due to severe weather.