Landscape and Snow Removal Specialist | Engineering| Full Time

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Lawn season (Spring thru Fall):

• Coordinate landscaping schedules, plans, and tasks for all Gritman properties
• Run mowers, trimmers, blowers, and other equipment
• Safely drive trucks with trailers; load, secure, and back trailers into driveways
• Handle weekly landscaping to a clear standard
• Mowing, edging and fertilizing lawns
• Weeding and mulching landscape beds
• Trimming small trees below 15', hedges and shrubs
• Removing unwanted, dead or damaged trees
• Planting shrubs, flowers and trees
• Watering gardens, lawns and landscapes
• Monitoring and maintaining plant health
• Ensuring that areas are both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
• Use a smartphone app for schedules, job notes, and photos
• Do basic equipment checks and keep trucks/ATV/trailers clean, repaired and organized
• Maintaining and repairing irrigation systems including sprinklers, drip lines, and valves
• Seasonal blow out and start-up of all the irrigation systems.

Snow season (Winter):

• Coordinate Snow Removal schedules, plans, and tasks for all Gritman properties
• Operate plow trucks and related snow equipment during storms
• Clear driveways and parking lots, apply salt/ice melt as needed
• Work on call during snow events (days/nights/weekends as weather dictates)
• Log work and photos in our app and stay in touch during changing conditions

Job Requirements

Required Education, Licenses and Work Experience

• High school or equivalent (Required)
• Landscaping/grounds services: 2+ years (Required)

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Qualifications

• Operating in a comfortable and safe manner with trucks and trailers (or strong experience with larger vehicles/equipment)
• Smartphone (we use an employee portal for scheduling, photos, and communication)
• Experience in lawn care, landscaping, snow, construction, or equipment operation preferred
• Willing and able to be on call for winter storms (nights/weekends as needed)
• Must know how to operate lawn maintenance equipment, such as lawnmowers, string trimmers, leaf blowers, and hedge trimmers
• Chemical Applicator's License Preferred

Functional Demands

Population Served

• Hospital & Clinical staff, patients, visitors, and vendors.

Physical & Environmental Demands

• Able to lift 50+ lbs
• Work in all weather conditions (heat, rain, cold, snow)
• Physical and mental endurance required for availability during the four seasons, including traveling to sites and being outside in winter and summer weather conditions performing physical tasks.
• The ability to sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull, ascend/descend stairs, and walk for various lengths of time during business hours.
• Subject to temperature extremes both interior and exterior.
• Environmental hazards exist with temperatures, chemicals, and power equipment.

Organizational Expectations

• Participate in ongoing quality improvement activities.
• Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet environment.
• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
• Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential information.
• Promotes a culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service through their attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in The Gritman Way.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of practice or job role.
• Maintains compliance with organization's policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of