Maintenance Helper (12 month; full-time)
Job Summary
The Maintenance Helper is responsible for maintaining the care of district grounds, athletic facilities, parking lots, snow removal and roads as required, and maintaining and attractive, sanitary and safe school grounds, equipment and landscape areas.
Job Functions
Perform a variety of grounds maintenance and gardening duties; maintain grounds and other assigned areas to ensure a safe, clean and attractive environment for students, staff and the public.
Provide maintenance and care for a variety of equipment, vehicles and playground equipment, identify items needing repair or replacement, or situations that could become a hazard throughout the district.
Maintain a systematic approach to grounds maintenance to include such duties as cutting and trimming grass, aeration, watering, weed control, trimming trees, tree removal, maintaining bedding plants and ground cover.
Perform general grounds cleanup, including picking up and removing paper, trash, trimmings and debris from grounds area, parking lots, playgrounds, athletic fields and other assigned areas.
Maintain practice and game fields for outdoor athletic events including set up of fields and striping.
Responsible for snow removal on all district driveways, sidewalks and parking lots, including shoveling and salting for icy conditions to ensure safety of building users.
Provide assistance to other custodial personnel as directed.
Maintain grounds equipment in good working condition, including washing, cleaning, lubrication, sharpening blades, etc.
Apply weed control methods to eradicate weeds and other pests according to established procedures as assigned; post public notification of pesticides/herbicides applications within establish notification time.
Identify and report immediate and potential safety issues and hazards to appropriate personnel; respond to emergency grounds maintenance needs as requested.
Load, unload, haul and transport supplies, debris, materials and equipment as required; spread and distribute sand, dirt, playground fiber and various other materials as assigned.
Perform various grounds maintenance projects in response to work orders.
Fill in for building engineers as needed.
Other duties as assigned.