Groundskeeper Senior

The Groundskeeper Senior will perform installation, maintenance, and repair of irrigation systems and related components. This position assists with construction and landscaping activities for the maintenance of grounds, garden areas, and public outdoor spaces as needed. Provides lead direction and training for completion of work assignments and performs a full range of grounds and landscape maintenance tasks.

• Performs maintenance, repairs, and installation of irrigation systems, including irrigation clocks, valves, lines, sprinklers, and drip systems.
• Provides lead direction and training for completion of work assignments and performs a full range of grounds and landscape maintenance tasks.
• Assists with construction and landscaping activities for the maintenance of grounds, garden areas, and public outdoor spaces as needed.
• Operates lawn tractor, front-end loader, trenching machines, street sweeper, forklift, pickup, and dump trucks.

• Completion of formal or informal education or experience that assures the ability to read, write, and speak at a level sufficient for the successful completion of the job duties.
• Two years of work experience related to the duties required of this position.
• Possession of a valid State of Arizona Class D Driver's License.
• State license/certification for the application of pesticides/herbicides may be required to be obtained within one year of employment for some assignments.

• Two or more years of irrigation experience installing, operating, inspecting, repairing, and/or maintaining irrigation clocks, valves, lines, sprinklers, and drip systems.
• Two or more years of experience in setting and maintaining programs of irrigation controllers.
• Two or more years of lead or supervisory groundskeeper experience.
• Possesses a current State of Arizona OPM Applicator's License for herbicide/pesticide.

The Groundskeeper Senior will work in a variety of temperatures and environmental conditions, including heavy manual labor outdoors. The position may involve occasional exposure to fumes from automotive exhaust, paints, chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers. The employee will be required to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, or crawl, lift, climb, balance, talk, and occasionally sit. The position requires the ability to work with light to heavy noise levels and to lift or carry up to 50 pounds.