Grounds Technician

Clark Retirement Community is seeking a reliable and dedicated Grounds Technician to maintain the beauty and functionality of our outdoor spaces. The ideal candidate will be responsible for landscaping, lawn care, and general maintenance of grounds, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for residents and visitors. If you are detail-oriented, hardworking, and enjoy working outdoors, we encourage you to apply! Join our team and help us create a vibrant, well-kept community for our residents. Starting wage is $18.50/hour.

The Grounds Technician is responsible for the day-to-day upkeep and maintenance of the communities' ground sand outdoor spaces, including but not limited to, lawn care, snow/ice prevention, snow removal, landscaping, fall cleanup and trash removal.

Key Skills & Qualities

• Reliable and trustworthy
• Attentive to detail
• Equipment proficiency
• Grounds experience and plowing experience preferred

Essential Job Functions

• Maintains the grounds throughout the entire year to ensure the community’s outdoor spaces are clean, well-maintained and aesthetically pleasing
• Mows lawns and green spaces, using equipment such as push or power mowers.
• Removes weeds and trims and edges around walkways, flower beds and walls, using clippers, weed cutters and edging tools.
• Waters lawn and shrubs, using hose or by activating sprinkler system.
• Applies pesticides and other treatments to lawns and shrubs.
• Maintains proper operations of water wells, irrigation systems, ponds, and lake aerators as needed
• Cleans and maintains outdoor furniture, fountains, gazebos and other outdoor furnishings.
• Collects and disposes of leaves, branches and other items during fall clean-up.
• Removes trash and ensures proper disposal, recycling and/or scrapping. Ensures proper operation of trash compactors.
• Removes snow from sidewalks and parking lots and distributes salt on sidewalks and parking lots in preparation for inclement weather.
• Installs and removes holiday décor and displays such as Christmas lights and other decorations
• Ability to work between the Franklin and Keller Lake Campus

Required: high school diploma or GED equivalent. Must be able to acquire sufficient knowledge and learn new skills through on-the-job training and instructions to satisfactorily meet job performance requirements.
Preferred: Prior professional groundskeeping experience, clean driving record, plowing experience

Ready to join our team?

About Clark:

Clark is a Life Plan Community with a continuum of care. Our staff of professionals are committed to providing excellent service and a warm atmosphere for residents, visitors, and staff. Clark is a growing organization and provides independent living apartment homes, as well as assisted living, memory care, long-term care, and access to other ancillary services. We pride ourselves on our Life Enrichment Montessori programming to create a high quality of life environment for our residents. Clark is an affiliate of BHI Senior Living.

Learn more:

https://clarkretirement.org/about-clark/

https://www.bhiseniorliving.org/

The Benefits of Working at Clark:

Clark offers a benefits package that goes above and beyond!

Benefits-eligible employees can take advantage of:

• Affordable health insurance for full time employees, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability
• Basic Life insurance - 100% employer paid (for full and part time employees)
• Health Savings Account with up to $500 employer contribution
• Generous paid-time off (PTO) program and paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for free, confidential counseling and other wellness consultation services
• 401(k) retirement program with up to 5% employer match
• Paid training and career advancement opportunities

All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a pre-employment process which includes a drug screen, physical, TB test, background check, Relias online education completion, and reference review.

Clark Retirement is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.