Key Accountabilities:
- Mows lawns, trims weeds, and rakes leaves as assigned
- Picks up and removes trash prior to mowing a designated area
- Empties recycling containers
- Trims bushes, shrubs, and hedges
- Prepares soil and plants flowers, bushes, hedges, or shrub.
- Plants trees and prunes them when necessary
- Cuts and removes trees as needed
- Applies fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides as directed
- Completes snow removal tasks such as salting, shoveling sidewalks and doorways as needed during winter months
- Operates snowblower or snowplow to clear driveways and parking lots
- Performs routine maintenance on power equipment
- Assists with maintenance of all outdoor animal housing
- Paints and makes repairs to building exterior and signage as assigned
- Assists with company vehicle maintenance and repair
- Sorts incoming donations and distributes to designated locations
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge
- LHS and LFACC Standard Operating Procedures
- Operates various types of power equipment including lawnmowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment
- Uses hand tools required for landscaping
- Extensive knowledge of landscaping techniques and processes
- Skills
- Excellent internal customer service skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Strong organizational skills with an attention to detail
- Follows instructions and completes assignments
- Abilities
- Works in a team environment
- Self-motivates and works independently in a timely fashion
- Multitasks in a high-pressure environment
- Assimilates incoming information and immediately prioritizes
- Evaluates situations and determines correct level of response
- Makes decisions quickly and accurately
- Interfaces with other departments to ensure the humane care of animals
- Communicates respectfully with all levels of the organization
- Handles all types of animal, large and small
- Able to complete prolonged periods walking, standing, bending, stretching, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, lifting, or kneeling
- Must be physically able to operate power equipment
- Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions
- Lifts animals sometimes weighing in excess of 60 lbs
- Handles constant mental pressure of life and death decision-making by other staff members
- Maintains flexibility and willingness to assist with what is needed for the betterment of the organization