Groundskeeper

Lake Terrace Convention Center, Hattiesburg, MS, US

5 days ago Requisition

Facility Services

Landscaping Manager

Primarily stationed at Lake Terrace Convention Center; but work requires travel to all Hattiesburg Convention Commission facilities. These include the Saenger Theater, African American Military History Museum, Eureka School Museum, and the Hattiesburg Zoo.

Full Time – Generally 40 hours per week on a schedule requiring Monday - Friday, with occasional weekends, evenings and holidays as needed.

• Confers daily with Director of Facilities Services, Engineering and Physical Plant to review assignments
• Makes evaluations of out-sourced landscaping contracts
• Plans and executes small scale landscaping operations
• Notes and reports any landscape and facility components in need of repair
• Participates in preparing and grading terrain, applying fertilizers, seeding and sodding lawns, transplanting shrubs and plants, using manual and power operated equipment
• Plants and cultivates lawns and plants using seed mixtures and fertilizers recommended for particular soil type and location
• Trims shrubs and cultivates plant beds
• Cleans grounds using rakes, brooms, hose and power blower
• Sprays trees and shrubs, and applies liquid and dry nutrients appropriately
• May install drain lines and make repairs to asphalt, concrete walks or driveways as needed
• Conducts routine maintenance of outdoor furniture and fixtures, including railings, fire lanes, parking lot striping, fountains, etc.
• Conducts daily inspection of areas of responsibility before meeting with Director of Facilities Services, Engineering and Physical Plant
• Maintains a written inspection log
• Carries an operational two-way radio at all times
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned by the Director of Facilities Services, Engineering and Physical Plant.
• Landscaping staff shall be prepared to interact with other facility personnel and shall be able to advise other facility personnel as required regarding maintenance procedures of the facility.

• Performs routine and repetitive tasks without immediate supervision
• General equipment and preventative maintenance knowledge
• Knowledge and skill in general grounds maintenance
• Demonstrates good oral communication
• Ability to anticipate and effectively deal with a significantly large number of details with concurrent and overlapping deadlines for completion
• Must be able to follow instructions
• Must be able to read and write
• Plans and services public and commercial settings
• Identifies potential problems and makes plans for corrective action
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with fellow staff, facility users and outside contractors

• Minimum one (1) year commercial grounds keeping experience of an appropriate nature, including commercial and/or residential landscape maintenance.

• Must be able to lift and carry objects weighing up to seventy five
• Body mobility to walk, kneel, crouch, and bend in order to physically provide maintenance
• Able to climb ladders up to 30 feet high
• Sufficient manual dexterity to operate tools
• Sufficient strength to lift and carry equipment, supplies, and materials required in performance of routine maintenance activities
• Stamina to stand while doing physical labor
• Tolerance to work under adverse conditions such as among dust, dirt, cleaning agent odors, and outdoors in heat and cold

• Must retain a valid Driver’s License and meet the eligibility requirements to drive while conducting company business

• 457(b) with company match
• Health insurance (company paid)
• Dental insurance (company paid)
• Vision insurance (company paid)
• Life Insurance (company paid)
• Long term disability insurance (company paid)