Porter/Groundskeeper

Description

Summary Keeps premises of office building, apartment house, and other community buildings in clean and orderly condition by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Maintenance of the sprinkler system, assuring that the grounds are adequately watered with an emphasis on water conservation.

• Distribution of insecticides, fertilizers and herbicides as needed.

• Re-seed and re-plant lawns as needed.

• Mow, trim and weed lawns and flowerbeds on a regular basis as required.

• Prune, trim and stake trees and shrubs as needed.

• Early each morning walk the grounds, picking up refuse on lawns, flowerbeds and all other common areas.

• Monitor all drainage connections and areas to make sure they are all clear and no standing or backed up water is present.

• Paint curbs as needed, including handicap, speed bumps, safety required markings including raised sidewalks ½ inch or more.

• Maintain all laundry rooms, assuring that washers and dryers are clean and laundry room floors are clean including picking up trash and empting any trash bins.

• Report to maintenance supervisor when washers and dryers are not working properly.

• Assist maintenance as required.

• Trash out vacant apartments including refrigerators.

• Hang notices on door as directed by Supervisor or Property Manager

• Report any theft, vandalism, trip hazards or resident complaints to manager

• Maintains strict confidentiality of all Stout Management Company and resident matters.

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. You will be requested to follow any other instructions and be prepared to perform any other duties requested by your supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

Qualifications

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, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Knowledge equivalent to a high school diploma. Must have minimum of six months related experience and training in landscaping or gardening with knowledge and ability to formulate fertilizer and chemicals with experience performing safe applications per agricultural requirements or container directions.

Language Skills

No skills needed

Mathematical Skills

No skills needed

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one-or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Computer Skills

None required

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None required

Other Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to operate all lawn and gardening equipment such as mowers and edgers.
• Must be able to follow directions and work well with others.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.

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; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Any object weighing more than 50 pounds requires two (2) or more Stout maintenance personnel to lift and/or move or the use of an appliance hand truck (with straps) may be used.

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 is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Stout Management is a drug free work place and equal opportunity employer.
Successful candidates must consent to a drug test and pass a background check upon accepting this position and prior to their start date. This posting is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function.