What are the responsibilities and job description for the Garden Homes Landscaping Maintenance position at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach?
The Garden Homes Landscape Maintenance Associate is responsible for the maintenance of 173 Garden Home Properties. This includes mowing, trimming, edging, blowing of all lawns, weeding of landscape beds, pruning of hedges and trees up to 15’, irrigation checks along with overseeing and performing quality control checks of the chemical spraying contract and the installation of mulch that is outsourced each year. Must be customer service orientated and comfortable interacting with homeowners and management daily.
This job description includes, but is not limited to, the duties and responsibilities noted below.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Must be adaptable and have a "can do mentality"
- Inspect and maintain all plant material to include sod for all homes
- Perform yearly mulch installations along with quality control checks during and after installation.
- Maintain Garden Home landscape beds, prioritize order of work, and assign for maintenance and care.
- Fertilize lawns and shrubs by outsourced provider for all homes.
- Perform irrigation system maintenance .
- Perform daily quality control inspections of all work performed by crew.
- Perform monthly area storm drain checks.
- Ensure all equipment is maintained and operational.
- Operate Department vehicles, trailers, and work carts.
- All other duties as assigned by General Services Manager.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Must be able to work independently
- Must be able to communicate with all team members
- Must be able to work Monday - Friday (7:00 AM- 3:30 PM) With an occasional Saturday work schedule due to inclement weather conditions
- Excellent communication skills
- High personal attendance standards
- Ability to focus under pressure and maintain a professional atmosphere
- High school diploma or the equivalent
- Experience in landscaping and grounds required
- 5 years experience in residential setting or equivalent
- Knowledge in the use, operation, and maintenance of equipment.
- Certification in Horticulture.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand the entire shift. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; stoop; bend; shake, stir, and pour; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to sharp objects, slippery floors, smoke, steam, high temperatures, humidity, and extreme cold. The employee regularly comes into contact with water, sanitation solutions, meat products, poultry products, seafood, and produce items. The employee is frequently required to wash hands. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
Note
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach supports a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or other classification protected by law. Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach is a Drug Free Workplace.
