HSIG Groundskeeper

Heartland Security Insurance Group•Tyler, TX

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 facilities are clean, attractive, safe, and healthy. It also includes maintaining groundskeeping equipment and tools and completing minor repairs within the employee’s demonstrated capabilities. The position maintains landscaping, pools, fountains, lawns, planting beds, irrigation systems, public areas, and outdoor seating. Duties include planting and caring for trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses; mowing and trimming; removing trash and debris; snow and ice removal; preparing outdoor areas for use; and applying and disposing of groundskeeping chemicals safely. The Groundskeeper operates and maintains groundskeeping and light-vehicle equipment, performs minor carpentry, plumbing, and electrical repairs, and moves furniture when needed. Work is performed primarily outdoors year-round, with daily local travel and occasional travel to alternate work locations within 100 miles of the corporate location. Employees are designated as essential 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’s license and ability to meet insurance standards.
Knowledge of horticulture and floriculture.
Ability to communicate well with people of varied personalities.
Ability to perform manual labor and 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.
Ability to lift and carry groundskeeping supplies and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds frequently and up to 100 pounds occasionally; walk or stand for prolonged periods; and bend, stoop, kneel, and reach frequently on a daily basis.
Full range of physical motion to operate manual, electrically powered, and/or gasoline-powered groundskeeping equipment and machines.
Maturity, flexibility, and empathy toward the total needs of the facility.
Ability to read English sufficiently to understand written work orders, instructions, and directions for mixing, using, and disposing of or storing cleaners, solvents, chemicals, fertilizers, and similar products.
Ability to move throughout assigned areas and work primarily outdoors year-round.
Must report to work as scheduled when offices are closed due to severe weather as an essential employee.
Ability to travel locally daily and occasionally to alternate work locations within 100 miles of the corporate location.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Maintain landscaping at commercial and owners’ properties through seeding, watering, mulching, fertilizing, and applying chemicals to outdoor plantings, lawns, and indoor flowers and cuttings.
Inspect plant materials for insects, disease, and physical or mechanical damage; identify replacements; transplant, prune, trim, and cultivate plants; care for bulbs and cuttings during winter; and select suitable plants for walkways and garden areas.
Maintain pools and fountains, including cleaning and filter maintenance.
Mow lawns; trim and edge around plantings, sidewalks, and buildings; weed, thin, and clean flower beds and grounds; and set up, adjust, repair, and clean irrigation systems.
Inspect grounds and drains and remove trash and debris from public areas, sidewalks, and parking lots, transporting collected material to designated central collection points daily.
Empty, clean, and disinfect trash and cigarette receptacles and remove, repair, or install receptacles as needed.
Remove snow from walkways and spread sand and salt on snow- or ice-covered surfaces.
Prepare outdoor locations for visitors, vendors, and the public, including cleaning outdoor seating.
Apply, store, label, and dispose of groundskeeping chemicals safely according to instructions and specifications, using prescribed protective clothing and equipment.
Safely operate light vehicles and groundskeeping tools and equipment, following traffic laws, operator instructions, and safety practices.
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 when needed.
Perform minor carpentry, plumbing, and electrical repairs using hand and power tools.
Perform other duties as assigned.