Grounds Technician Year Round

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9 days ago Requisition

Typical grounds maintenance duties to include but not limited to: mowing, trimming, edging, path maintenance, weeding, raking, pest control, facility maintenance, landscape installation, watering, pruning, firewood production, snow/ice removal, and other seasonal grounds maintenance tasks.

• Operate vehicles and powered equipment including mowers, tractors, bucket loaders, twin-axle vehicles, snowplow, chainsaws, trimmers, edgers, pole saws, snow blower, aerators, and bucket loaders.
• Cultivate, plant, transplant, seed, water, stake, prune, dead-head, weed, rake, edge, mulch, harvest and attend to landscapes, small trees, ground covers, shrubs, pathways, annual/perennial beds.
• Haul garden debris, clear brush, and remove litter.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, pruners, rakes, forks, hoes, wheelbarrows, sprayers, hoses, and other garden tools to prepare and maintain landscaping.
• Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches using hand or power tools.
• Inspect and take corrective action for plant diseases, pests, and wildlife damage.
• Work with staff to maintain the integrity of assigned landscape areas.
• Inspect, clean, and maintain tools and equipment in good working order.
• Learn and maintain a basic level of horticultural and plant knowledge.
• Work with staff to maintain the integrity of assigned landscape areas.
• Maintain assigned grounds equipment in good working order and maintain inventories.
• Assist the Grounds Foreman in the instillation of lawn and landscape projects.
• Analyze and make recommendations concerning grounds methods, equipment and plantings.
• Work with other garden, grounds, greenhouse, and flower shop professionals as assigned
• Adhere to all safety rules and regulations.
• Support other departments in the completion of grounds related tasks.
• Coordinate use, maintenance, and repair of all grounds vehicles and equipment with Grounds Foreman and other grounds staff.
• Perform weekly utility cart and biweekly vehicle maintenance checks
• Interact with fellow staff and guests in a professional, courteous method.
• Contribute to maintaining staff morale positively and exemplify a cooperative attitude.
• Operate vehicles safely while driving and/or parking in compliance with Mohonk Mountain House Traffic Rules and Regulations.
• Work productively and efficiently with or without supervision when performing routine tasks.
• Adhere to Mohonk Mountain House’s Dress and Grooming Standards; presenting a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance and maintaining a positive, professional image to our customers.
• Learn and successfully demonstrate the Mohonk Mountain House Service Steps with Service Strategies with guests and staff.
• Learn and retain knowledge of historical facts and information about Mohonk Mountain House.
• Adhere to Mohonk Mountain House policies and procedures.
• Act calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Analyze problems and develop and implement action plans to address problems.
• Insure safety of guests, employees and self, anywhere on the property.
• Inspect the work of others by touch, sight, sound and smell for conformance to prescribed standards of cleanliness.
• Speak, read and write the English language and communicate in a clear and congenial manner, with our guests, visitors and employees. Hear verbal instructions, directions and warnings.
• Reach with hands and arms, bend, kneel, stoop, twist and flex arms, walk up and down stairs/inclines, sit, climb up/down ladders or stand…