Ground Maintenance employees are responsible for mowing grass, trimming hedges and shrubs, removing dead plants, landscape gardens, and monitoring the health of plants. They also ensure outdoor areas are safe, functional, and appealing.
Essential Functions
- Safely cut grounds using hand, power and riding mower
- Safely operate power equipment and vehicles such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws
- Safely use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
- Assist with barn tasks such as making repairs to the barn and pastures, and putting out hay bales for the cows.
- Repair and maintain tractors, vehicles and power equipment
- Other duties as assigned
This is not a complete list Requirements; additional duties may be assigned as needed.
Required Experience:
- 1 to 2 years
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Farm experience preferred
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs (bale of hay) unassisted
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time on concrete
- Ability to tolerate excess heat and humidity
- Safe operation of all tools
- Ability to use or repair small/light equipment, such as power tools.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Must be able to lift 50 pounds unassisted. Physical capability to properly handle tooling and safely set up large pieces; including lifting, pushing, pulling, and positioning products. Must be able to stand, sit and bend for long periods of time.
Work Environment:
Manufacturing environment: loud noise levels, high temperatures, dirt and sand.
Required PPE: Safety glasses, dust masks, and/or respirators.
Opportunities are limitless and demand for products is increasing. Join the team and be a part of our growing family.
Townley Engineering & Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Townley Engineering & Manufacturing is a drug-free workplace. Candidates must be able to pass a post-offer / pre-employment drug screen and job-related employment physicals.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.