Supv,Grounds,Temple 3 (Full time) - Nauvoo IL Temple
About The Position
The Supervisor, Grounds is responsible for ensuring the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience and meet standards established by the First Presidency. The role performs groundskeeping and gardening work across landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas. It provides direction and technical assistance to gardeners and volunteers and coordinates with third-party support as needed. The position resolves grounds-related questions and problems, is typically responsible for 15 or more acres, and may maintain grounds at multiple sites. The role oversees grounds personnel and daily maintenance, including watering, fertilizing, mowing, weed and insect control, seasonal planting, pruning, and snow removal. It also maintains grounds facilities and equipment, ensures supplies and chemicals are properly managed, reports building repairs, and keeps work within budget.
Requirements
- Four to six years of experience in landscape gardening, horticulture, agriculture, grounds maintenance, or a related field.
- Two to three years of supervisory experience.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs/23 kgs.
- Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a temple.
- A degree or certification in landscape gardening, horticulture, agriculture, grounds maintenance, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Learn the site and its characteristics, review landscape plans, and understand which plants suit the local climate and soil conditions.
- Ensure all licenses required by local law are acquired and maintained.
- Keep current on developments in groundskeeping, equipment, cultivation, and weed and insect control.
- Develop and supervise the grounds crew, including hiring, training, scheduling, assisting with performance management, and overseeing ongoing work.
- Maintain the grounds building and related facilities, keeping them clean and in good repair.
- Keep walks, driveways, parking areas, fences, and grounds clean, safe, weed-free, and leaf-free; remove snow as needed.
- Report needed repairs to the building engineer.
- Ensure schedules for watering, fertilizing, mowing, and weed and insect control are carried out for lawn areas.
- Prepare requests for supplies and equipment needed to care for assigned grounds.
- Ensure equipment and chemicals are used safely and properly, and that equipment is repaired, serviced, stored, and accounted for.
- Follow landscape plans for flower beds, foundation plantings, and border plantings to maintain the desired seasonal appearance.
- Prune trees and shrubs to remove dead or diseased branches and control growth, size, and shape.
- Stay within budget.
- Perform gardening and groundskeeping work in landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas.
- Provide direction and technical assistance to gardeners and volunteers and coordinate with third-party support as needed.
- Resolve questions and problems related to grounds.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
