2020/21 Grounds Technician Job Listing at Leander ISD in Leander, TX (Job ID 5331)

Description

PRIMARY PURPOSE:
To perform maintenance and repair of school properties and campus areas to maintain a high standard of safety, cleanliness and presentation of grounds to students, parents, school staff and the general public. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Required to use string trimmers.
• Operate deck mowers during mowing season.
• Cut and trim shrubs and trees as required.
• Police assigned areas for trash each day.
• Rake leaves, grass clippings and trash as required.
• Assist Building Maintenance staff to pull cable, set-up equipment, move heavy ladders/lifts, etc.
• Prepare athletic facilities for sporting events (i.e., line fields, trim and outline activity areas, clean up trash, check equipment, etc.).
• Assist auxiliary staff in moving equipment throughout the district, as required.
• Repair streets and parking lots.
• Commute to and from multiple facilities within the District as assigned, using District owned Vehicle.
• Demonstrates regular and prompt attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• None

• General experience in groundskeeping
• Valid Texas Class “C” Operator's Driver's License.  Driving record must meet district standard for driving district vehicles.

• Knowledge of equipment for grounds care is desired.
• Ability to read, understand and follow written and verbal instructions; operate the required equipment to complete the assigned tasks and have good vision, sense of smell, and speak clearly/be understood.

• Ability to understand, remember and apply oral and/or written instructions of other information.
• Occasionally ascends/descends a ladder.
• Constantly positions self to be able to reach items on ground or above head.
• Frequently moves items weighing up to 90 pounds.
• May be exposed to high or low outside temperatures.
• Frequently exposed to intermittent loud noises.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but will occasionally work in a loud area.
• Work in hot, dry, and dusty conditions as well as possibly cold, wet, and damp areas.
• Will work near or with moving mechanical equipment.
• Occasionally work with grounds or maintenance chemicals.