Lead Grounds

Are you passionate about maintaining beautiful, well-kept outdoor spaces? Do you take pride in creating an environment that enhances the community's experience? We’re looking for a Lead Groundskeeper to join our team and take charge of our grounds maintenance operations.

Be part of a company that is dedicated to a culture of Excellence, Integrity, Respect, Gratitude, and Growth. Voted #1 Home Builder 2023 - Lancaster Online Reader's Choice, we are passionate about making each house a home and that starts with our teams!

Landmark Homes offers a rich benefit package that includes:

Effective first of the month after date of hire:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Voluntary short-term and long-term disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Accident insurance

Additional benefits:

• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO hours
• 68 hours of holiday
• New home construction discount
• Tuition reimbursement

JOB SUMMARY

The Lead Groundskeeper is responsible for maintaining the grounds of Company model and Quick Move-in (QMI) homes as well as the common and owned areas of Company Communities. This includes assisting the Grounds Manager with supervision of a team of groundskeepers, performing landscaping tasks, and ensuring the use of proper equipment and techniques to maintain the grounds to the highest standards. The role requires technical skills, and knowledge of landscape management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Supervises, mentors, and trains Grounds Laborer team.
• Manages mowing schedule.
• Maintains the landscaped areas of model and QMI homes as well as in common and open areas including but not limited to planting, mulching, weeding, watering, etc. as well as planting and maintaining planters, flower gardens, hedges, shrubs, and small trees.
• Mows, fertilizes, repairs and in other ways maintains the grass areas of model and QMI homes as well as common and open areas.
• Maintains community signage.
• Performs minor maintenance functions at Apartment properties.
• Maintains, cleans, and keeps equipment in good working order.
• Keeps jobsites, tools, and Company vehicles clean.
• Adheres to Company safety plan and OSHA requirements.
• Accomplishes other tasks as assigned by the Director of Construction, Executive Vice President, or President.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

• Basic knowledge of construction and use of hand and power tools.
• Ability to lift, carry, and move heavy objects (80 pounds), perform manual work, walk and stand for long periods of time and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.
• Ability and willingness to understand, follow, and transmit both written and oral instructions.
• Ability to meet attendance schedule with dependability and consistency.
• Requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination.
• Noise level may be loud.
• Must be able to quickly move arms and legs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands and work environment 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 use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand and talk or hear. The employee is required to walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is required to climb a ladder for heights up to 60 feet and crawl for distances up to 50 feet. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work in outside weather conditions and is exposed to excessive heat, cold, wind, rain and other weather-related conditions. Work may be conducted on uneven terrain. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, vibration and risk of electrical shock. The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles and may be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The performance of this position will require the use of personal protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses and hearing protection.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Local travel is required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• 2-4 years of residential related experience.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Landmark Homes is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Landmark Homes makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.