Grounds Keeper

DESCRIPTION

Position Summary

The Grounds Keeper is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, appearance, and overall presentation of the winery and vineyard grounds. This position plays an important role in keeping gardens, landscaped areas, walkways, outdoor guest areas, and surrounding property clean, attractive, safe, and well-maintained for guests and employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain gardens, flower beds, landscaped areas, and decorative plantings throughout the winery property.
• Perform routine landscaping and grounds maintenance, including weeding, trimming, pruning, mulching, planting, watering, and general upkeep.
• Regularly walk the property to collect trash, debris, fallen branches, and other unwanted materials from the grounds.
• Keep sidewalks, pathways, patios, outdoor seating areas, and other guest-facing areas clean and presentable.
• Maintain and monitor landscape lighting throughout the property, including checking fixtures, replacing bulbs or components when appropriate, and reporting electrical or equipment issues.
• Identify and address areas of the property that require cleaning, maintenance, repair, or additional attention.
• Assist with maintaining a clean and welcoming appearance around buildings, gardens, parking areas, and outdoor event spaces.
• Perform seasonal grounds maintenance, including preparing gardens and landscaping for changing weather conditions.
• Assist with maintaining irrigation, hoses, sprinklers, and other basic landscaping equipment and report problems as needed.
• Safely operate and maintain basic landscaping tools and equipment.
• Keep tools, equipment, storage areas, and work areas clean and organized.
• Follow all company safety procedures and use appropriate personal protective equipment when performing maintenance tasks.
• Complete other grounds and property maintenance duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in landscaping, groundskeeping, gardening, or general property maintenance preferred.
• Knowledge of basic landscaping and garden maintenance practices.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to perform physical tasks including standing, walking, bending, lifting, carrying, and repetitive outdoor work.
• Reliable, self-motivated, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and pride in maintaining a clean and attractive property.
• Ability to recognize maintenance issues and communicate them to management.
• Ability to safely use common landscaping tools and equipment.
• Must be dependable and willing to assist wherever needed to maintain the appearance and functionality of the property.

Work Environment

This position is primarily outdoors on winery and vineyard grounds and requires regular exposure to changing weather conditions, uneven terrain, plants, soil, insects, and outdoor maintenance equipment. The Grounds Keeper should be comfortable working independently while maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, safety, and presentation.

REQUIREMENTS

About Le Vigne at Montaluce
Located on 400+ acres in the heart of the North Georgia mountains is our beautiful, Tuscan themed winery and restaurant. We take pride in our award winning food made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients, and our equally award winning wines made in-house from our own vineyard. We work hard to continually impress our guests and uphold our reputation of being the place where people go when they want it to be special.