Lead Groundskeeper

Description

At Willamette View, you'll contribute to the ethos of "Inspiring the Art of Living Well" for our active resident community, playing a key role in helping individuals lead rich and fulfilling lives. If you appreciate the importance of personal relationships and making a meaningful impact on the lives of others, then our unique, lively, and progressive senior community is the ideal place for you.
Who are we looking for?

Imagine coming to work each day knowing your leadership helps create a beautiful, safe, and welcoming home for older adults who are living vibrant, meaningful lives. At our not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, the grounds are more than landscaping-they are the pathways residents stroll, the gardens they enjoy, and the outdoor spaces that make our campus feel like home. As Lead Groundskeeper, you'll work alongside a close-knit Grounds team while coordinating daily assignments, prioritizing projects, and helping ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to Willamette View's standards.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys working outdoors, solving problems, and helping others succeed. You'll provide day-to-day direction, training, and technical guidance to Grounds employees while maintaining regular communication with the Maintenance Manager regarding project status, seasonal priorities, equipment needs, and staffing concerns. You'll also serve as a liaison among residents, staff, and contractors by responding to service requests, coordinating outside work, and helping plan seasonal landscaping and grounds maintenance activities.

Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you'll perform the full range of groundskeeping duties needed to keep our campus attractive, functional, and safe. This includes caring for lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, soil, irrigation systems, drainage areas, sidewalks, patios, and parking lots. You'll operate and maintain grounds equipment, apply fertilizers and landscape treatments, assist with plant selection, perform seasonal cleanup and snow or ice removal, and support special events as needed. If you lead by example, take pride in creating outdoor spaces people truly enjoy, and want your work to make a visible difference every day, we'd love to meet you.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age to operate tractor and machinery.
• Requires valid Oregon Driver's License which meets Willamette View's background standards, to drive company vehicle.
• 3+ years of groundskeeping, landscape maintenance, or horticultural experience required, with demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate, or direct the daily work of others preferred.
• Horticultural knowledge or training is preferred, including familiarity with plant identification, care, and seasonal maintenance practices.
• Must have excellent verbal skills to communicate with residents and employees of the organization.
• Must be able to safely operate power mowers, edger, trimmers tractors, pick-up truck, and other grounds maintenance equipment.
• Requires the ability to read and understand written instructions, perform basic mathematical calculations, and coordinate and schedule work activities. Able to integrate non-scheduled work tasks into routine in order to meet schedules.
• Able to meet productivity and quality standards on a consistent and routine basis.

Willamette View participates in E-Verify. We will use E-Verify to confirm your eligibility to work in the United States.

Willamette View believes in building a sense of community and inclusivity, both in the relationships we build with our residents and with our own team. Willamette View provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion or belief, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, social or ethnic origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, relationship status, parental status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.