Title: Groundskeeper

Department: Facilities - Operations

Type: Group 4/ Campus Support Staff (S3)

FLSA Class: Non-Exempt (Hourly)

Reports to: Director of Operations

General Summary:

The Groundskeeper will be responsible for monitoring and cultivating the landscape and natural

borders on and surrounding all the property on the campus and detached rental properties.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Cultivates, prunes, sprays, fertilizes, plants, and transplants wide variety of shrubs, plants, trees, and flowers.
• Waters shrubbery, hedges, seedlings, flowers and lawns.
• Prepares propagation beds, potting materials, and tropical plantings.
• Pots, sprays, and waters greenhouse plants, flowers, and shrubs
• Cuts grass using power or hand mowers as needed
• Trims and edges sidewalks, driveways, and flower beds
• Cuts weeds and brush and removes leaves and rubbish from grounds.
• Cleans and maintains tools and equipment.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must exemplify St. Philip’s Employee Core Values: (Servant Heart, Trustworthy, Pursuing
• Excellence, Respectful, Dedicated and Collaborative)
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to understand written English
• Education and Experience:
• High school diploma required.
• Six (6) months experiences as a Groundskeeper Assistant or equivalent
• Valid State of Texas Driver’s License required or obtained within 6 months of being hired

Job Specification

The list of Requirements, Duties, Responsibilities is not exhaustive but is merely the most

accurate list for the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description and to

require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example,

emergencies, changes in personnel, workload or technical development).

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Primarily at desk with some degree of standing or walking as needed per event.
• Prolonged periods sitting at desk and working on a computer
• Normal physical activity including some bending, pushing, pulling, and lifting as applicable to volunteer activities.

Security Requirements:

This position is security sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 52.215(c) states:

The Texas Education Code, § 51.215(c) says: Security-sensitive positions shall be restricted to

employees who handle currency, have access to a computer terminal, have access to a master

key or who work in an area designated a security sensitive area. "Computer terminal" is construed

to mean a computer.