Grounds Crew Team Lead

Grounds Maintenance SpecialistUnder the direction of the District Grounds Specialist, lead a team to carry out and perform various grounds maintenance and gardening duties in beautifying assigned grounds and landscaped areas; maintain grounds and other assigned areas to ensure a safe, clean, and attractive environment for students, staff, and the public. Essential duties and responsibilities include mowing, edging, trimming, and watering lawns, fields, and other turf grounds; edging walkways; hoeing and pulling weeds and raking leaves; sweeping litter from walks, driveways, and other assigned areas. Plant, cultivate, prune, spray, fertilize, and irrigate flowers, trees, grass, hedges, and shrubs; water various grounds areas by hand or by operating the irrigation system as required. Perform general grounds cleanup, including picking up and removing paper, trash, trimmings, and debris from grounds areas, parking lots, playgrounds, athletic fields, and other assigned areas; empty waste receptacles; report need for repairs or unsafe conditions. Perform a variety of grounds maintenance work in the preparation and maintenance of athletic fields and surrounding landscape as assigned by the position; measure and mark with appropriate marking materials or equipment to delineate the area of play and restricting lines as prescribed and established by the league and sport rules; drag, repair, mow, and edge baseball infield, soccer field, football field and other areas as needed. Operate and maintain a variety of equipment such as mowers, edgers, blowers, sprayers, trucks, backhoes, excavators, skip loaders, tractors, trimmers, chainsaws, shears, trenchers, grinders, and line marking machines; utilize standard gardening hand tools; replace blades and fluids as needed; drive a vehicle to conduct work. Apply pest control methods to eradicate weeds and other pests according to established procedures as assigned. Assist with installing, maintaining, and repairing irrigation systems as assigned; adjust, repair, and replace sprinklers; assist with digging holes and trenches. Assist with other grounds maintenance and repair activities including tree removal, tree topping, fence repair, general concrete repair, and others as requested. Load, unload, haul, and transport supplies, clippings, debris, materials, and equipment as required. Perform other duties assigned including maintaining the grounds' tools and equipment and monitoring the safety of team members. Required qualifications include education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school and one year of gardening or grounds maintenance experience. Knowledge of basic grounds maintenance procedures, methods, equipment, and materials used in gardening and grounds maintenance work. Ability to perform various grounds maintenance and gardening duties in beautifying assigned grounds and landscaped areas; operate and maintain hand and power tools and other equipment used in grounds maintenance; understand and follow oral and written instructions; observe health and safety regulations.