School Landscaper

Overview

Ignite your desire to be the best. Imagine an energy so positive, so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best, inspires you to bring out the best in others, and fuels your aspiration to do the best work of your career. At Legacy Traditional Schools we do things a special way, in a way that ignites our desire to be the best, illuminates our educators’ best talents, lights up the minds of our students, and fuels our school spirit.

We shine the brightest when we raise our hands and rise to the challenge of changing lives through education, cultivating bright curious minds, achieving award-winning results, upholding our values, and engaging positively with our students, parents and communities.

Position Overview

Under general supervision, performs a variety of work in the general maintenance of landscape and grounds; maintain and perform minor repairs to grounds maintenance equipment; performs related duties as assigned.

• Maintains the general appearance of exterior landscaping in a quality manner by following daily, weekly, monthly and annual landscape schedules
• Weeds landscaped planting beds; mows and edges lawn areas and fence lines
• Edges and trims around walkways, sidewalks, flower beds and against walls
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve appearance and growth
• Sprays lawn areas with herbicides to control undesirable weeds as directed
• Maintains all landscape equipment and tools in good working condition and demonstrates proficiency of use (pole saws, chainsaws, lawn mowers, etc.)
• Waters lawn areas using timed and manual irrigation system methods
• Maintains and makes minor repairs to irrigation systems
• Assures exterior play areas and equipment are safe
• Monitors grounds and playground areas and responds to any unsafe situations
• Empties exterior trash cans and picks up exterior trash
• Assists with field preparation for sporting events
• Rakes rock areas to maintain uniform spreading, especially around playground equipment
• Blows sidewalks to keep free of rocks and debris
• Follows Landscape Management Guide, Landscape Schedules, Field and Ground Treatment Schedules and Annual Soil Testing Reports; makes recommended changes as needed

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum one year of experience of professional landscape experience

• Minimum one year of experience (prefer 2-5 yrs.) of professional landscape experience

• Must have the knowledge, skills and interest in improving and maintaining landscape quality throughout the campus
• Requires landscape and maintenance knowledge in the care and upkeep of play fields, landscaped areas, walkways, parking lots and all other campus exterior areas
• Willing to follow all company work rules, including safety rules as defined in the company handbook and follow all required PPE for landscape duties
• Able to work independently in a quality manner
• Able and willing to fill in for custodial duties as needed and to support school events which may require extra hours
• Able and willing to be flexible regarding work hours to support needed campus coverage, particularly in the absence of the Campus Manager
• Ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, technical information in a way that is understandable to people without technical training
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with staff from various areas of responsibility
• Self-motivated and able to work in a quick paced environment
• Ability to plan and manage multiple tasks in a timely manner
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must have ability to work safely with mechanical and manually operated landscaping equipment and tools and work outside in high temperatures (up to above 100 degrees) on a regular basis.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Duties are performed typically in school and/or office settings throughout the division. May include frequent walking, standing, stooping,…