Groundskeeper

Title: Groundskeeper
Assignment: 12-month; Tuesday - Saturday; 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM; Occasional Overtime Required
Location: Northfield Campus
Occupational Group: PPS Custodial
Supervisor: Grounds Manager; Northfield Facilities Manager
Starting Rate: $21.24/hour plus $2,080 Annual Grounds Stipend

Qualifications:

• Ability to safely operate job-related vehicles and equipment
• Mechanical ability to maintain equipment
• Ability to work early morning hours and weekends to shovel and plow snow, and spread salt
• Valid Illinois driver's license
• Ability to regularly lift and handle items weighing at least 50 pounds, occasionally more
• Ability to effectively read written instructions, read manuals, signs and product labels
• This work demands physical effort such as walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, raking, shoveling, and lifting

Responsibilities:

• Maintains grounds of high school property by:
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• cutting lawns, using riding or walk-behind power mowers;
• aerating, fertilizing, slit seeding and topdressing turf using proper equipment;
• picking up litter;
• emptying trash; and
• trimming bushes, pruning trees, and edging sidewalks, using a variety of hand and power tools

• Maintain sports fields by:
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• painting field markings;
• keeping fields edged and free of weeds;
• maintaining infield dirt, home plates and pitching mounds; and
• preparing fields for games including some work on Saturday mornings

• Maintains water management through automatic irrigation system or manual hose and nozzle
• Snow Removal
• Performs other duties as directed by supervisor

FLSA: Non-exempt

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