Description

Finding a great Full Time job that is both exciting and offers a beautiful view can be a rewarding experience. That is why we are excited to announce that Ironwood Gardens and Brickyard Apartments are looking for new addition to join their team. 

Our Groundskeeper/Landscaper assist with cleaning, maintaining, and improving the exterior appearance of required properties. This would include mowing the grass, edging sidewalks, weed eating and picking up yard debris.    

Benefits:

Employer Paid Life Insurance
Employer Paid Long Term Disability
Employer Paid Short Term Disability
Paid Time Off 
Medical 
Dental 
Vision 
Paid Holidays
401K with employer match
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Voluntary Accident Coverage
Voluntary Critical Illness Coverage
Voluntary Life Insurance
 

Qualifications

Job Title:   Apartment Groundskeeper                       

Department:   Maintenance

Reports To:  Apartment Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Job Summary:

The Groundskeeper performs landscaping tasks using power equipment and hand tools to maintain the facility’s grounds. 

Duties/ Responsibilities:

• Trim bushes and rake leaves as assigned.
• Water new trees and landscaping, especially around new buildings
• Pull up and spray weeds
• Pick up the lot and around the dumpster area
• Sweep around curbs
• Clean outside A/C units
• Repair and maintain ground level downspouts
• Keep breezeways clean
• Fill cracks in the sidewalk
• Pothole repair
• Pressure wash as needed
• Snow and ice removal
• Pick up and remove trash prior to mowing a designated area.
• Trim trees, bushes, shrubs, and hedges.
• Prepare soil and plants flowers, bushes, hedges, or shrubs.
• Apply fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides as directed.
• Perform routine maintenance on power equipment.
• Assist maintenance technicians as needed for turns, paint, and moving appliances
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to operate various types of power equipment including lawnmowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment.
• Ability to use hand tools required for landscaping.
• Ability to climb and work from ladders over 8ft.
• Ability to follow instructions and complete assignments.
• Extensive knowledge of landscaping techniques and processes.
• Excellent time management skills.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous experience preferred.
• On-the-job training offered.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to reach by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction
• Ability to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s
• Ability to regularly lift and carry up to 50 pounds without assistance and a maximum of 140 pounds with assistance 
• Ability to periodically bend, kneel, crawl, and twist torso as needed to accomplish required tasks
• Ability to perform duties with extreme temperature and noise ranges
• Ability to see within normal parameters
• Ability to hear within a normal range
• Ability to move about
• Must be able to withstand prolonged periods of walking, standing, bending, stretching, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, or kneeling.
• Must be physically able to operate power equipment.

   This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.

It is the policy of Tentac Enterprises to comply with all federal and state laws concerning the employment of individuals with disabilities and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Tentac Enterprises provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Effective Date: February 3, 2025