Groundskeeper - Full Time

Come Join Our Dynamic Team!

Are you looking for a way to advance your career? Are you motivated by making a difference in the lives of the people you serve? Do you value quality relationships, excellent customer service and integrity? If so, we want to meet you!

Why is La Posada the right place to expand your career?

• Excellent work/life balance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) with company match
• Excellent health insurance
• Mileage incentive program if you live over 15 miles away
• Beautiful campus with free on-site fitness center
• Discount at Los Niños del Valle pre-school
• Scholarship program. Up to $2,500 per year after 6 months of service plus yearly opportunity for additional scholarship awards.

Essential Functions

• Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, chain-saws, electric clippers, blowers, and pruning saws.
• Mow and edge lawns, using power mowers and edgers.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
• Prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Gather and remove litter from campus outdoor areas.
• Maintain and repair tools and equipment such as fences and benches, using hand and power tools.
• Water lawns, trees, and plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
• Trim and pick flowers, and clean flower beds.
• Rake and dispose of leaves and other debris.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers and foliage.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
• Decorate gardens with stones and plants.
• Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
• Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, and/or planters.
• Build forms, and mix and pour cemen...