Our client is looking for GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOR IMMEDIATE HIRE.

Shady Oaks is a mixed use residential and farming 10-acre project, centrally located in California’s Central Valley, 4 miles east of Lodi. Designated as primary residential oak tree meadow basins, barn facility and irrigated pastures.

 KEY DUTIES

 Household residential support for three residents and 1 barn.

• Perform general maintenance and repair of grounds.
• Responsible for physical appearance of grounds.
• Mowing, raking, planting, fertilizing, edging lawns.
• Use of mowers, rakes or other hand and power tools typically used in gardening.
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, trimming or edging around flower beds, walks or walls.
• Knowledge of sprinkler and time clocks.
• Experience with Lake maintenance.
• Maintaining of equipment and vehicles.
• Fertilize and prune or trim specific varieties of trees, shrubs or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Gather and remove debris.
• Proper use of herbicides and pesticides.
• Seasonal holiday and event support.
• Other duties as assigned.

 EXPERIENCE EDUCATION/LICENSE REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have 1-year related experience in grounds maintenance or training in related work.
• Must have reliable transportation to job site.
• Ability to pass a background and drug screen.

 SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
• Use of mowers, small farming equipment, rakes or other hand and power tools typically used in gardening.
• Ability to perform duties satisfactory to company standards.
• Clean and neat appearance.
• Exhibits professionalism with Shady Oaks residents, guests, and staff.
• Multi-language skills desired.

 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative but not definitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties require frequent sitting, repetitive use of hands and wrists while use of grounds keeping equipment and machinery. Frequent walking, standing and simple grasping. May climb stairs, bend, stoop, kneel or reach above shoulders. May be requested to lift up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed outside, and you are exposed to varied weather including warm, cold and wind. Work is performed during standard business hours, may be required during non-business hours and weekends to meet business needs.

WORK SCHEDULE: 40 Hours per week, Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

BENEFITS:

• Vacation, sick and holiday pay.
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefit programs. The Company will provide a monthly contribution towards the employee’s premium. Employee contributions are deducted on a pre-tax basis.
• Life, AD&D and Disability insurance is provided for you, paid by the company. Additional life insurance options are available for an additional cost to the employee.
• 401(k) Plan.

 EEO POLICY STATEMENT:

Shady Oaks is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Shady Oaks is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse staff and does not discriminate in its hiring of staff or in the provision of its employment benefits to its staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability.

Job Type: Full-time Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour