Building & Groundskeeper

Overview

About Arcwood

Every advancement-from the products we use to the medicines and technologies we depend on-creates waste that must be handled responsibly. For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

Our Values

We move forward together, one team with a shared purpose, counting on each other every day. Our core values demonstrate how we work together to deliver value for our customers, putting them at the center of all we do:

• Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers and the communities that count on us.
• Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better - advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.
• Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together - with our customers, and with each other.
• Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values - lead with safety, solving problems creatively, and owning our work together - the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We've reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers' evolving needs. Come join Arcwood and be part of our legacy of environmental leadership!

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Building & Groundskeeper

• Prioritize health and safety by following all company policies, procedures, permits, and safe work practices.
• Identify and immediately report unsafe conditions, environmental concerns, property damage, or maintenance needs.
• Maintain facility grounds so exterior areas remain clean, orderly, professional, and free of avoidable hazards.
• Mow grass, trim weeds, edge sidewalks, and maintain vegetation around buildings, signs, fences, walkways, drainage areas, and other designated locations.
• Remove trash, debris, scrap material, loose parts, and other hazards from facility grounds.
• Perform routine painting and minor building maintenance, including touch-up painting of office walls, doors, handrails, curbs, barriers, and other facility surfaces.
• Replace damaged or stained ceiling tiles and complete other minor interior repairs within the employee's training and authorization.
• Assemble and install office furniture, shelving, cabinets, and other basic facility equipment.
• Perform minor repairs to doors, locks, hinges, walls, flooring, fixtures, and other building components within the employee's qualifications.
• Maintain the site spare-parts storage yard in a clean, organized, labeled, and accessible condition.
• Ensure stored parts and materials are protected from damage and kept clear of roadways, emergency access routes, and walking paths.
• Perform and document a monthly inspection of the exterior perimeter and facility pad.
• Ensure unused parts, debris, loose materials, and potential trip or environmental hazards are removed from perimeter and pad areas.
• Inspect and maintain drainage ditches, culverts, storm drains, and stormwater pathways to ensure they remain clear and capable of draining properly.
• Report erosion, standing water, damaged drainage components, blocked culverts, or other stormwater concerns.
• Inspect, maintain, and exercise floodgates to confirm they remain accessible and operate properly.
• Report any damaged, seized, leaking, blocked, or inoperable floodgates immediately.
• Inspect and maintain facility signage, including safety, traffic, parking, directional, and building identification signs.
• Inspect the company fence line and gates for damage, vegetation overgrowth, security concerns, and needed repairs.
• Complete minor signage, fence, and gate repairs when qualified and submit work requests for repairs requiring specialized support.
• Maintain sidewalks, parking areas, entrances, outdoor break areas, and other common spaces.
• Support seasonal and emergency preparation activities, including freeze protection, storm preparation, drainage clearing, and severe-weather readiness.
• Maintain assigned tools and equipment and report damaged or unsafe equipment before use.
• Document completed inspections, repairs, material usage, and outstanding concerns in the company's computerized maintenance management system.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Safety, Operations, Engineering, and site leadership when work may affect employees, traffic flow, production, or facility access.
• Assist with room setups, employee events, deliveries, office moves, and other general facility-support needs.
• Refer electrical, HVAC, plumbing, structural, and other specialized repairs to properly trained and qualified personnel when the work exceeds the employee's authorization, training, or experience.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Basic knowledge of groundskeeping, landscaping, painting, carpentry, plumbing, drainage systems, and general building maintenance.
• Ability to safely operate lawn equipment, hand tools, power tools, and other assigned maintenance equipment.
• Ability to recognize unsafe conditions and determine when work requires support from a qualified craftsperson.
• Ability to organize work, complete inspection checklists, and maintain accurate records.
• Ability to work independently, manage changing priorities, and communicate effectively with multiple departments.
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors in changing weather and site conditions.
Minimum Qualifications
• High school diploma or equivalent required..
• Previous groundskeeping, landscaping, custodial, construction, or general maintenance experience preferred.
• Valid driver's license may be required based on assigned duties.
• Ability to complete all company-required safety, equipment, and site training.
Physical and Work Environment Requirements
• Ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, kneel, climb, reach, push, and pull.
• Ability to safely lift, carry, and move materials and equipment within company-established lifting limits.
• Ability to work outdoors in heat, cold, rain, wind, and other changing weather conditions.
• Ability to use ladders and work from elevated positions when properly trained and authorized.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and comply with all site safety requirements.
• Ability to work around industrial operations, vehicles, equipment, noise, dust, and varying terrain.

Education

- High-school diploma or equivalent (required)

Experience

Previous groundskeeping, landscaping, custodial, construction, or general maintenance experience preferred.
Valid driver's license may be required based on assigned duties.
Ability to complete all company-required safety, equipment, and site training.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

Arcwood offers stability you can count on and opportunities to grow. We provide steady work, competitive pay, and above-market benefits that reflect the importance of what we do. As we continue to grow, you'll have the chance to build skills, take on new challenges, and build a career. When you join Arcwood, you join a team that honors its legacy, values hardworking people, and shows up every day to protect people, communities, and the future we share.


Arcwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal laws.

A post-offer drug screen and background check will be required.

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