Grounds Supervisor

Make an impact by joining ServiceSource, a champion for people with disabilities. Explore new opportunities! ServiceSource is an organization of talented people who drive innovation, embrace change, and strengthen communities. Primary Duties Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These duties and responsibilities will be rated on the Annual Performance Review. Supervise daily operations of grounds staff, including plan, design and implement grounds maintenance activities and ensure work is accomplished according to plan and schedule. Responsibilities include ensuring mowing, edging, pruning and trimming, maintenance of plant beds, weed control, fence line vegetation control, and policing of grounds have been completed to company and customer standards. Troubleshoot problem areas of grounds maintenance, requisition and inventory tools, supplies, and equipment. Assign and ensure staff have well defined objectives, schedule employees, review and approve direct reports time, manage staff’s performance, and ensure all work being completed follows ServiceSource standards. Additional Responsibilities: Responsible for reviewing applicants, conducting interviews, and making hiring recommendations. Conduct initial and annual employee evaluations for direct reports. Provide advice and support to senior managers and customers. Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls. Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws. Gather and remove litter. Ensures the assigned areas are policed for trash and other debris. Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools when trained. Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, and all other grounds features per contract requirements. Manage and ensure the removal of snow and ice to maintain clear and safe sidewalks, parking lots, and building entry ways. Ensure the assigned turf areas to established height, edge and trim around all obstacles and planting beds, trim shrubs to established height, trim trees and remove limbs, etc. in accordance with the contract specifications. Manage and maintain turf by watering, weeding, mowing, trimming, replanting, and performing other operations as required to establish healthy, viable turf. Manage the transportation of large debris, leaves, trash, equipment requiring major repair etc. from the site to required designation, entrances, emergency exits and fire hydrant locations. Coordinates and provides oversight for service vendors conducting refuse/recycle, snow removal, road repair, and other activities. Perform additional responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications Education, Experience, and Certification(s): A high school diploma or state certified equivalent required. Minimum of 5 years of grounds maintenance experience required. Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience required. Ability to gain and maintain NGA site access required. Ability to pass HSPD-12 background check required. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and sit. The employee may occasionally lift or move products and supplies, up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. What We Offer – for Benefit Eligible Employees May Include Health coverage for you and your family through Medical, Dental, and Vision plans. Financial protection with 100% company paid Disability, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance. A 403(b)-Retirement plan in which the company matches dollar for dollar on a generous percentage matching up to 3% of your contribution. Tax advantages through Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts that allow you to pay for specific healthcare and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars. To help you manage your work and life needs, we offer an Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Program, and Tuition Assistance. A generous paid time-off program in which the benefits increase based on your tenure with the company. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, making employment decisions without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and transgender status), national origin, age (40 or older), veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are an E-Verify Employer and a drug-free workplace. Pre-employment background checks are required for all employment positions. PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information ServiceSource is a 501(c)(3) organization with programs and operations in more than a dozen states and the District of Columbia. ServiceSource has affiliate organizations in Delaware, Florida, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia. Collectively, the organization serves more than 35,000 individuals with disabilities annually through a range of innovative and valued employment, training, habilitation, housing and other support services. Our proven collaborative approach helps foster a community where individuals with disabilities can succeed and thrive. Strategic partnerships with local community businesses, government entities and nonprofits help bridge the gaps for individuals with disabilities, creating sustainable opportunities that benefit the entire community and result in greater independence for the individual. #J-18808-Ljbffr