Title: Groundskeeper

Assignment: 12-month; Tuesday - Saturday; 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM; Occasional Overtime Required

Location: Northfield Campus

Occupational Group: PPS Custodial

Supervisor: Grounds Manager; Northfield Facilities Manager

Starting Rate: $20.83/hour plus $2,080 Annual Grounds Stipend

Qualifications:

Ability to safely operate job-related vehicles and equipment
Mechanical ability to maintain equipment
Ability to work early morning hours and weekends to shovel and plow snow, and spread salt
Valid Illinois driver's license
Ability to regularly lift and handle items weighing at least 50 pounds, occasionally more
Ability to effectively read written instructions, read manuals, signs and product labels
This work demands physical effort such as walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, raking, shoveling, and lifting

Responsibilities:

Maintains grounds of high school property by:
- cutting lawns, using riding or walk-behind power mowers;
- aerating, fertilizing, slit seeding and topdressing turf using proper equipment;
- picking up litter;
- emptying trash; and
- trimming bushes, pruning trees, and edging sidewalks, using a variety of hand and power tools
Maintain sports fields by:
- painting field markings;
- keeping fields edged and free of weeds;
- maintaining infield dirt, home plates and pitching mounds; and
- preparing fields for games including some work on Saturday mornings
Maintains water management through automatic irrigation system or manual hose and nozzle
Snow Removal
Performs other duties as directed by supervisor

FLSA: Non-exempt

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