Grounds Keeper / Sprinkler Tech

Available Position: Grounds Keeper/Sprinkler Tech

Department: Facilities/Maintenance

Reports to: Director of Facilities

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt (Hourly)

Full/Part-time: Full-time (12 months), 40 hours/week, 7:00am to 3:30pm Monday thru Friday

Date Posted: 11/2/2020

Start Date: 12/1/2020

About The Hockaday School:
The Hockaday School is an independent, college preparatory day and boarding school for girls of strong potential and diverse backgrounds who may be expected to assume positions of responsibility and leadership in a rapidly changing world. With an enrollment of almost 1,100 students, The Hockaday School is the nation’s largest prekindergarten through grade 12 independent girls’ school. Ranked among the country’s finest college preparatory schools, it was founded over a century ago and continues today to build on its original Four Cornerstones: Character, Courtesy,
Scholarship, and Athletics.

Hockaday’s faculty are recognized as experienced leaders in their field and students in every grade benefit from outstanding faculty and access to unmatched resources. Families who choose Hockaday care deeply about providing their daughters with a comprehensive and rigorous education, both inside and outside the classroom. Hockaday’s student body reflects the diversity that is deeply valued by the School. While most Hockaday families come from across the great Dallas-Fort Worth area, Hockaday students also come from across the United States and around the world.

The Hockaday School is an extraordinary place to work, with bright and engaged students and unparalleled professional development opportunities and support.

Position Description:
This position is expected to maintain the campus grounds, troubleshoot sprinkler systems, and fix and replace sprinklers as needed. Maintain trees, shrubs, and turf throughout campus. Fertilize of sports fields, trees, plants, and successfully complete daily/weekly work assignments.

Essential Functions:

• Abiding by Hockaday’s Code of Ethics and Conduct

• Committing to the ideals expressed in Hockaday’s Tenets of Staff Excellence

• Complies with all policies and procedures of the Hockaday School

• Ensure that the school, structures, and equipment are following local codes and regulations

• Assist in maintaining an inventory of adequate supplies and replacement parts and equipment by ensuring maintenance areas are neat and clean and reporting shortages to Director of Facilities

• Maintain gardens, lawn, and sporting venues

• Care for and cultivate foliage including planting, fertilizing, weeding, watering, trimming, pruning, soil conditioning, and mulching

• Ensure pathways, stairs, outdoor seating, and other structures are safe and clean

• Install, service, sprinklers, and irrigation systems

• Prepare outdoor areas for various weather conditions by weatherproofing, covering outdoor furniture with tarps, tying down unsecured items, etc.

• Operate and maintain garden and landscaping equipment

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Turf management or turf degree preferred

• Basic computer skills Outlook, Word, and Excel

• Experience and ability to work with minimal supervision

• Ability to keep neat and accurate records of time and materials

• Ability to communicate in written and oral form

• Ability to understand and follow directions

• Knowledge of current occupational hazards, and an understanding of safety precautions, building codes and regulations

• Ability to read and understand DSD Sheets

• Knowledge of various types of foliage, flowers, trees, shrubs, and other greenery, and how to maintain them

• Knowledge of gardening products such as fertilizers and applications

• Familiarity with sprinkler systems and other landscaping equipment

• Valid driver's license

• Skills to operate electric hand tools and other required equipment

• Ability to operate a motor vehicle

• Five (5) years minimum experience as described above

• Must successfully complete background screening and verification

• Preferred bilingual in English and Spanish

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• Regularly works outdoors in varying weather conditions and climate for extended periods of time

• Regularly uses close and distance vision

• Frequently moves around campus, ascends ladders, crawls, twists, turns, and reaches in completing a variety of job duties

• Ability to frequently move items weighing up to 65 lbs. across the campus

• Sometimes works in an occasionally stressful environment, effectively dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a varied and diverse array of contacts with stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions

• Ability to periodically work flexible hours to support before and after-school or weekend events

Application Requirements:
Qualified candidates should complete an online application for employment under How To Apply at https://www.hockaday.org/about/employment and attach a cover letter and résumé. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your application and additional details to complete the application process.

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The Hockaday School is an equal opportunity employer.
It is our policy not to discriminate, and to comply with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting

discrimination in employment based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national origin,

ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status or other applicable protected classification.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $0.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Typical start time:

• 7AM

Typical end time:

• 4PM

Pay Frequency:

• Bi weekly or Twice monthly

This Job Is:

• Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma

Company's website:

• https://www.hockaday.org/about/employment

Work Remotely:

• No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Remote interview process
• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Plastic shield at work stations
• Temperature screenings
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place