GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LABORER (DA)

Grounds Maintenance Laborer

This position is set aside for a person with a disability. Documented proof of disability is required prior to the interview. Proof of disability is a written report signed by a licensed physician, psychiatrist, or qualified psychologist, reflecting the nature and extent of the disability or disabilities that cause such a person to qualify as a person with a severe disability.

This position is located in Fort Meade, Maryland.

The core working hours are 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday-Friday (September though May).

(5:00 am-2:00 pm, June through August).

The hourly wage is $24.60.

This is a non-exempt position. Employees are eligible for overtime pay.

This is a full-time position offering a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and employer-paid contribution to health care coverage.

This position requires that the employee must successfully complete criminal history information background check and drug screening and be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

INTRODUCTION

The Grounds Maintenance Laborer maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property such as buildings, camp and picnic grounds, parks, playgrounds, greenhouses, and athletic fields, and repairs structures and equipment. The Grounds Laborer is responsible for maintaining attractive grounds area/s; protecting against erosion; maintaining grounds for assemblies and/or recreational, and ensuring assignments are completed in a safe, proper, and timely manner.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* 1. Performs general grounds labor using walking-type or riding mowers (less than 2000 lbs.), trim hedges and edges around walks, flowerbeds, and wells, using hedge trimmers, clippers and edging tools, prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth, using shears and other hand tools, sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer or insecticide.

* 2. Plants grass, flowers, trees, and sh...