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Grounds Worker

Boars Head Resort
Charlottesville, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2025
Description:

JOB OVERVIEW

Maintains the Resort landscaping and surrounding areas. Plants and maintains new and existing vegetation.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

  • Cutting lawns with push mowers and riding mowers.
  • Maintaining trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls.
  • Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
  • Assist in annual flower plantings.
  • Cleans grounds and assists in leaf removal.
  • Shovels snow from walks and parking lots.
  • Spreads salt/ sand on public passage ways to prevent ice buildup.
  • Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs.
  • Waters lawn and shrubs.
  • Repair irrigation lines and helps identify problems.
  • Mixes, applies appropriate pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or insecticides if certified.
  • Under the direction of the Grounds Manager and Director of Facilities, plans and sets up holiday decorations.
  • Assists with special projects.
  • Assist in eradication of invasive species across the resort

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Workers work outdoors in the field approximately 90% of the time and indoors 10%. They are required to work independently and together as a team on grounds and special projects.

Requirements:

Essential

  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule, to include holidays, weekends, and nights if needed.
  • Must have ability to learn how to operate maintenance equipment.
  • Must be able to follow instructions.
  • Must be able to work independently and as a team.
  • General understanding of landscape plants and their care.

Desirable

  • Previous experience in grounds maintenance.
  • Strong understanding of all plants including natives and care of.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES

  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds overhead.
  • Must be able to perform repetitive tasks and work extended hours in varying weather conditions.
  • Must be able to walk long distances, bend and shovel.
  • Must be able to operate and drive a golf cart.
  • Able to read and follow directions.

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