School Landscaper

Legacy Traditional Schools Groundskeeper

Imagine an energy so positive, so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best, inspires you to bring out the best in others, and fuels your aspiration to do the best work of your career. At Legacy Traditional Schools we do things a special way, in a way that ignites our desire to be the best, illuminates our educators' best talents, lights up the minds of our students, and fuels our school spirit. We shine the brightest when we raise our hands and rise to the challenge of changing lives through education, cultivating bright curious minds, achieving award-winning results, upholding our values, and engaging positively with our students, parents and communities.

Position Overview

Under general supervision, performs a variety of work in the general maintenance of landscape and grounds; maintain and perform minor repairs to grounds maintenance equipment; performs related duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

• Maintains the general appearance of exterior landscaping in a quality manner by following daily, weekly, monthly and annual landscape schedules
• Weeds landscaped planting beds; mows and edges lawn areas and fence lines
• Edges and trims around walkways, sidewalks, flower beds and against walls
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve appearance and growth
• Sprays lawn areas with herbicides to control undesirable weeds as directed
• Maintains all landscape equipment and tools in good working condition and demonstrates proficiency of use (pole saws, chainsaws, lawn mowers, etc.)
• Waters lawn areas using timed and manual irrigation system methods
• Maintains and makes minor repairs to irrigation systems
• Assures exterior play areas and equipment are safe
• Monitors grounds and playground areas and responds to any unsafe situations
• Empties exterior trash cans and picks up exterior trash
• Assists with field preparation for sporting events
• Rakes rock areas to maintain uniform spreading, especially around playground equipment
• Blows sidewalks to keep free of rocks and debris
• Follows Landscape Management Guide, Landscape Schedules, Field and Ground Treatment Schedules and Annual Soil Testing Reports; makes recommended changes as needed

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Education and Experience : High School Diploma or equivalent. Minimum one year of experience of professional landscape experience.

Work Experience or Related Experience : Minimum one year of experience (prefer 2-5 yrs.) of professional landscape experience.

Specialized Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Background Checks

Physical and Travel Requirements / Work Environment

Enjoy the benefits of being the best. Education is not a spectator sport, so we encourage you work hard, learn, have fun and always do your best. If you raise your hand to accept the challenge of changing lives through education and give your very best to contribute to our students' success, you'll experience :

Hint : If asked in your interview how we ignite your desire to be the best, the answer is "All of the above"

Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses and paid time-off. Care for your health and your family with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, discounted onsite childcare and student enrollment priority, even for part-time roles. Invest in your future with retirement plans - Arizona has 401(k) plans with 6% employer matching, Nevada participates in the Nevada State Retirement PERS and Texas participate in the Texas retirement TRS. Enhance your growth with promotion opportunities, training, mentoring and tuition reimbursement. Thrive in a welcoming, supportive and inclusive environment where we celebrate the diversity of our team and our communities and uphold our values to treat others with fairness, equality and respect as an equal opportunity employer.

Come be an educator with LTS. Every team member, from our support staff to our leadership team has knowledge to share, skills to teach, inspiration to offer, and a passion for helping others learn and perform their best, which is why we are proud to call all our employees educators. Our smart, talented, diverse educators across Arizona, Nevada and Texas are working together to change lives through education and make our charter schools the best place to learn, grow and work. Come be an educator at Legacy Traditional Schools and experience a positive collective energy so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best! Ignite your career. Apply Today!