Grounds Maintenance Specialist

4 days ago


Shawnigan Lake, Canada Shawnigan Lake School Full time
Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Specialist

Job Summary:

Shawnigan Lake School is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Grounds Maintenance Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the school's grounds and facilities, ensuring they are safe, clean, and well-maintained.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Maintain the school's grounds, including gardens, trails, and natural areas
  • Perform gardening and maintenance activities, such as planting, weeding, mowing, and pruning
  • Work with team members to maintain formal gardens, trails, and natural areas
  • Remove shrubs and trees as required
  • Sow grass and renovate turf areas; apply herbicides to lawn as needed
  • Pick up and/or deliver equipment and supplies
  • Perform irrigation maintenance, adjustments, and repairs during growing season
  • Assist with regular hardscape maintenance of walkways, fencing, walls, gates, water features, outdoor lighting, and other features
  • Assist with spring and fall clean-up of leaves and debris from beds, turf, and hardscape
  • Assist with plant health care activities, including mulching, planting, deadheading, and supplemental watering
  • Assist with snow and ice removal
  • Assist with set-up and take-down for events on the grounds
  • Clean gutters and repair gutters if possible
  • Clean roofs of moss and other debris
  • Assist in maintenance of athletic fields (natural grass and synthetic surfaces)
  • Perform turf maintenance, including mowing, edging, and trim work
  • Field markings and logo painting
  • Clean equipment and report any deficiencies
  • Other related duties as required

Requirements:

  • Valid class 5 driving license
  • Knowledge of sport field maintenance
  • Demonstrable experience working with grounds and turf or landscape maintenance and irrigation
  • Knowledge of landscaping/grounds work and use of landscaping equipment (power tools, lawnmowers, weed eaters, power washer, etc.)
  • Handyperson skills, including basic trouble-shooting of equipment, light painting, woodwork, and snow shoveling
  • A strong ability to recognize plant healthcare needs and problems
  • Physical capacity to lift and carry 50-lbs; stand, walk, squat for extended periods of time
  • Ability to work outdoors in adverse conditions
  • High level of reliability and timeliness
  • Self-motivated and independent, with a proven ability to work with minimal supervision


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