Grounds & Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Grounds & Maintenance Technician

Property Services

The Burlington School District believes a diverse and culturally proficient faculty and staff are pivotal to the creation of a strong learning and working environment that supports student achievement and success. BSD administrators lead inclusive school communities with our vision: "Cultivating caring, creative, and courageous people – Join the journey."

The Grounds/Maintenance Utility personnel is a non-exempt/hourly position that reports to the Director of Property Services. This position is a member of the AFSCME union under the Property Services Employees master agreement. The role provides a variety of maintenance and grounds services to meet the needs of the district. We seek a team player with a positive attitude, reliable transportation, good time management, and knowledge of operating power tools and equipment.

In addition to great health benefits and paid time off, this full‑time position starts at $17.00/hr – $18.50/hr based on experience. Hours for 1 st shift positions are primarily 6:00 am – 2:30 pm. Hours and work location are subject to change to reflect facility needs.

• Operates snow plow and salt truck to remove ice and snow from roads and assigned areas, including sanding/salting roads and walkways.
• Shovels snow, performs grounds maintenance, and other duties related to facilities and roads maintenance.
• Operates a variety of tools, machinery, and equipment, including shovel, rakes, ax, brooms, forks, leaf blowers, and other power and hand tools.
• Operates commercial ground equipment such as dump trucks, tractors, front‑end loaders, zero‑turn mowers, snow blowers, chainsaws, and other equipment.
• Mows and edges lawns, weeds, maintains flower and shrub gardening, and mulches landscape beds.
• Trims hedges, shrubs, and small trees; removes dead, damaged, or unwanted trees or branches.
• General maintenance and athletic field maintenance.
• Follows all safety rules, policies, and regulations; able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Notifies the Director of Property Services of any safety or other issues that may require immediate corrective response.
• Maintains accountability in maintaining assigned tools and equipment.
• Performs other duties as requested by the Director of Property Services and/or their designee.

Education
:
Minimum required – High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience
:

• Valid Vermont driver’s license.
• Working English language skills.
• Relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated aptitude and competence for assigned responsibilities above.

• Working knowledge
  :
  Sufficient familiarity with the subject to know basic principles and terminology and to understand and solve simple problems.
• General knowledge
  :
  Sufficient knowledge of a field to perform most work in normal situations.
• Thorough knowledge
  :
  Advanced knowledge of the subject matter; able to solve unusual as well as common work problems and advise on technical matters.
• Comprehensive knowledge
  :
  Requires complete mastery and understanding of the subject.

List of Specific Skills and/or Abilities

Required:

• Ability to operate equipment and machinery requiring multiple conditions and making multiple, complex, and rapid adjustments.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing highly skilled movements.
• Ability to use and care for building service equipment and supplies according to written and oral instructions.
• Ability to read and write at an acceptable level.
• Ability to communicate courteously, efficiently, and effectively with a variety of individuals.
• Ability to adapt to changing work priorities, meet deadlines, and schedules.
• Ability to perform work requiring moderate to heavy labor.

These are the physical and mental/reasoning requirements of the position as it is typically performed. The inability to meet one or more of these physical or mental/reasoning requirements will not automatically disqualify a candidate or employee from the position.

Include but may not be limited to:

• Face‑to‑face contact
• Noise levels
• Verbal contact with others
• Judgment/decision making
• Insi…