Grounds Person

SUMMARY: Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of the hotel exterior. Provide customers with quality service in a timely and friendly manner. Operating various lawn equipment including pressure washer, lawn mower, weed wacker, etc.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Clean and maintain the cleanliness and appearance of the hotel exterior including walkways, pool area, parking lot and public areas of the hotel.
• Clean and maintain the appearance of the surrounding areas of the hotel, including the sidewalk, brass awning poles, signage, entrance and alley.
• Deep cleaning of assigned areas of the hotel including the pressure washing sidewalks, pressure washing building exterior, sweeping parking lot, cleaning pool deck
• Empty all exterior trash
• Wipe down all exterior trash cans
• Ensure parking lot is free from trash and debris at all times.
• Keep grass and landscaping trimmed and weeded
• Clean and straighten pool deck daily
• Wipe down exterior building doors as assigned
• Ensure any weeds growing in cracks are sprayed or removed.
• Empty dog refuse container as needed
• Get assignments, keys, pager, and special guest requests from your supervisor at the beginning of your shift.
• Check and replenish your supplies and cleaning tools.
• Greet each guest you see with “Good morning” or (afternoon, evening).
• Quickly respond to guest requests in a timely and friendly matter.
• Monitored and controlled supplies, minimized waste and reported all discrepancies to supervisor

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Does not have supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Abilty to write routine reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10-15 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 20-30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the abilities to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee occasionally works with cleaning fluids and solvents and must operate hand tools, including yard tools, pressure washers, have ability to reach 2 feet above your head, etc.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• 95% of work time is spent outside