Grounds Maintenance Worker

Base pay range: $20.00/hr - $23.00/hr

Job

Department: TN School of the Blind

Position:
Grounds Keeper Maintenance

Location:

115 Stewarts Ferry Pike Nashville, Tennessee 37214

Duration: 10+ Months

On Site

General Description:

The Grounds Worker performs semi-skilled work in the maintenance, care, and modification of campus grounds and landscapes. The work includes operation of electrically- and gasoline-powered equipment, use of hand and power tools in planting, cultivating, and trimming. The worker also maintains equipment, changes light bulbs, pressure washes surfaces, paints walls, woodwork, furniture, makes minor carpentry, plumbing and electrical repairs, and delivers supplies as needed.

• Mows lawns and trims grass around walks, flower beds, and walls
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth
• Removes damaged leaves, branches, and twigs using mowers, tractors, and other tools
• Collects and disposes of outside trash and garbage
• Provides proper upkeep of hard surfaces, storm drains, and other grounds features
• Lays out and tends flower beds and other decorative vegetation
• Plants, fertilizes, waters and uses herbicides and insecticides to maintain grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs
• Removes snow and ice from walks and driveways
• Spreads salt, picks up litter, rakes, and removes leaves from campus
• Maintains driveways and parking lots
• Repairs fences, gates, walls, irrigation systems, walks and outbuildings using carpentry, masonry, pressure washers, and painting tools
• Operates trucks and tractors in grounds preparation and maintenance work
• Assists with maintenance and repairs of equipment, buildings, structures and grounds
• Assists with plumbing, masonry, carpentry, painting, and minor electrical work
• Arranges facilities for special events and checks for safety hazards
• Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated
• Complies with all campus safety policies and procedures
• Applies all applicable OSHA and related safety requirements to all assigned work
• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner
• Performs related tasks as required

This is medium to heavy work requiring the exertion of 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently and up to 20 pounds of force constantly. Work requires climbing, balancing, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, lifting, and grasping. Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas. Hearing and visual activity are required. The worker will be exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

• Graduate of an accredited high school or equivalent.
• Experience equivalent to one year of full-time labor and trades work including some routine grounds maintenance work.

• General knowledge of tools, materials, and equipment used in general grounds and/or maintenance work.
• Knowledge of safety precautions applicable to operating grounds and/or maintenance equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.

• A valid driver's license.

• Selected applicant(s) will be required to submit to and pass a TBI/FBI background check and fingerprinting, including Tennessee and Federal criminal history checks, child abuse records, employment verification, and reference checks.
• Any discrepancies in the background check or fingerprinting report will result in the candidate being disqualified from consideration.

Associate

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

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