Ground/Maintenance

Ground/Maintenance

Job Description Summary:

Function / Responsibilities: Responsible for maintenance of grounds for all lawns, fields, walks, pathways, roads and parking lots at the client location. Essential functions include mowing lawns, trimming and edging around walks, flower beds and walls, pruning shrubs and trees, spraying lawn, shrubs and trees with fertilizer, herbicides and insecticides, raking and bagging or burning leaves, cleaning grounds and removing litter, planting grass, flowers, trees and shrubs, watering lawn and shrubs, repairing fences, gates, walls and walks, cleaning out drainage ditches and culverts, performing grounds maintenance tasks using tractor equipped with attachments, sharpening tools, and following all C&W Services and site-specific health and safety rules and regulations. Perform other duties as assigned to support C&W Services in delivering our mission to the client.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalency. Have completed an accredited apprentice program and/or graduated from a trade school a plus. Must be willing to continue training in skill sets to maintain knowledge of the latest equipment and technologies.
• Experience: Three years' experience as a groundskeeper. Have familiarity with grounds maintenance for facilities of similar size and scope. Must have multi-skill set knowledge (Landscaping, irrigation, equipment operation, etc.). Have the ability and willingness to work rotational shift, including days, evenings, nights as well as overtime, weekends and holidays as required.
• Other: Ability to lift heavy objects up to 50 lbs. Able to operate golf carts and other motor vehicles

About Us:

A leader in facilities services with 65 years of experience. C&W Services is one of the largest facility services companies in the USA & Canada with a 65-year history of helping clients drive down operating expenses, increase facility efficiency and up-time, enable strategic business decisions and create positive experiences for the people who work, shop, learn, live and play in the facilities we maintain. We're building the best team in the industry our people are the heart and vitality of C&W Services. In joining C&W Services, you're joining a firm with a rich history, blue-chip client list, and the backing of sister company Cushman & Wakefield, one of the worlds largest property advisory firms.

C&W Services is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.