Groundskeeper

Overview

Under supervision and direction performs the turf, ornamental maintenance, grounds, parking lot, driveway and sidewalk maintenance including mowing, fertilizing, trimming, irrigation, snow/ice/sleet removal, asphalt patching and overall grounds-keeping of all the UnityPoint Health

• Des Moines properties. Valid Driver's License required.

Why UnityPoint Health?

• Commitment to our Team

• For the third consecutive year, we're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare for our commitment to our team members.

• Culture

• At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.

• Benefits

• Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in.

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

• We're committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

• Development

• We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

• Community Involvement

• Be an essential part of our core purpose-to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

Visit https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org/ to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work.

Responsibilities

Integrates and demonstrates CORE values and Expectations for Personal and Service Excellence to guide professional behaviors.

• Demonstrates initiative to improve quality and customer service.

• Balances team and individual responsibilities, objective and open to other's views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to positive team goals, puts success of team above own interest.

• Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.

• Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department by regular, reliable attendance.

• Demonstrates ability to operate the motorized and manual equipment assigned to the Grounds Department.

• On a daily basis maintains the main entrances, grounds, parking lots, driveways and sidewalks in good repair and clean of trash and debris to achieve specific quality, safety, service and regulatory goals.

• Observes and practices safety regulations and procedures, including but not limited to OSHA and DNV, in the care and use of equipment and tools.

• Removes snow, ice and/or sleet from UnityPoint Health

• Des Moines parking lots, driveways and sidewalks utilizing sand and/or salt to achieve specific quality, safety, service and regulatory goals.

• Airify, spray, fertilize, mow and trim turf for all UnityPoint Health

• Des Moines properties to achieve specific quality, safety, service and regulatory goals.

• Plants, maintains, and prunes trees, shrubbery and flowering plants for all the UnityPoint Health

• Des Moines properties.

• Operates and repairs irrigation systems and fountains for all the Unity Point-DM properties.

• Attends Iowa State Turf Conference and Iowa State Shade Tree short courses to maintain CEU as scheduled by manager.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Preferred or Specialized

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent preferred, or two Years of experience.

Must eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Experience:

Working knowledge of the care for a wide variety of plant, tree, and shrub materials.

Working knowledge of operation and maintenance all equipment used in a grounds-keeping environment.

Working knowledge of spraying and fertilizer calibration.

Working knowledge of irrigation systems.

License(s)/Certification(s):

Valid driver's license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons.

Current ornamental and turf pest control pesticide applicators certificate or the ability to obtain the certification within 1 year of employment.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Multicultural sensitivity

Microsoft Office - basic computer skills

Customer/Patient focus

Critical thinking skills using independent judgement in making decisions.

Must be able to communicate effectively with people of diverse professional, educational, and diverse lifestyle backgrounds.

Other:

Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

• Area of Interest: Support Services;

• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0;

• Department: Groundskeeping;

• Shift: 6a-2pm; 40 hrs/wk;

• Job ID: 150424;