Grounds Technician

Position: Grounds Technician

Status: Full time, permanent

Location: Various sites within the Ohio History Connection site system

Compensation: $19-21/hour plus full benefits package

Summary:

The Grounds Technician is responsible for maintaining the aesthetic and functional quality of outdoor spaces. This role involves performing a variety of tasks to ensure that grounds are well-kept, safe, and visually appealing. The technician will work on landscaping, lawn care, and general maintenance duties, ensuring that all outdoor areas are clean and properly maintained.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform general groundskeeping and landscape duties including mowing, trimming, edging, and weeding, and maintaining lawns and flowerbeds
• Plant, fertilize, prune and apply herbicides and insecticides to lawns, shrubs, and trees; apply topsoil, grade surfaces and lay sod
• Monitors and suggests ways to improve practices in grounds maintenance and landscaping for better environmental stewardship and financial consideration.
• With supervisor, coordinate work with external vendors, i.e., winter maintenance, mulch, tree trimming/removal
• Clean and repair tools; service and repair equipment including tractors, mowers, automotive stock, etc.
• Install and remove attachments on equipment as needed to perform tasks
• Clean and repair site facilities, including buildings
• Remove debris, snow, and ice from walkways, parking lots, and other designated areas; remove garbage from receptacles
• Maintain parking lots, roads, and sidewalks on property
• Follow all safety rules and protocols for operating equipment
• Assist with the setup and teardown of indoor and outdoor events onsite
• Assist with the maintenance, cleaning, and sanitization of restrooms and other site facilities as assigned/needed
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma PLUS one to three years relevant working experience OR Post-secondary degree or technical certification from an accredited institution in a relevant field
  

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Comfortable communicating with staff and the public.
• Ability to learn and use various office software suites to perform essential functions of position
• Knowledge of proper operation and safety procedures for equipment necessary to perform essential functions such as mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and other commercial landscape and maintenance equipment
• Understanding of safe handling and usage of materials necessary to perform essential functions of position including commercial-grade cleaning and sanitizing solutions, herbicides, and pesticides
• Valid Ohio Driver's License preferred

Required Competencies:

• Can locate and use resources to get things done, uses resources effectively and efficiently, and arranges information in a useful manner
• Assumes accountability of role and responsibilities; anticipates the needs of others
• Able to process information in a consistent manner, simultaneously displaying adaptability when necessary
• Able to carry out duties assigned by supervisor
• Able to identify and resolve issues efficiently and effectively

Physical Demands:

Requires prolonged standing, walking, and bending. Requires frequent lifting up to 75 pounds. Required eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity to operate groundskeeping and landscaping equipment along with basic hand and power tools. Requires normal range of hearing and vision.

How to apply:

Please apply online through our online application portal at For assistance, accommodations, or alternative application methods, please contact Human Resources at [email protected] or by phone at 614-297-2500.