Job Description

Description

Falmouth Schools is seeking a full-time Grounds and Athletic Fields Maintenance worker to join our Facilities Department. 

QUALIFICATIONS:  

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience working with landscaping equipment (mowers, tractors, brushcutters) helpful.
• Prior landscaping experience desired.
• Knowledge of cleaning materials and agents helpful.
• Valid DOE fingerprinting certification.

REPORTS TO: Director of Maintenance and Transportation

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Operate a variety of mowers to maintain athletic fields and lawns; inspect tractor and mower for safe and proper operation; maintain equipment as needed, replacing fuel, fluids, and oil.
• Mow, edge, trim and rake fields; operate tractors, riding mowers, push mowers, light duty vehicles, blowers, sweepers, trimmers, edgers, and weed eaters.
• Rake, sweep, blow and pick up clippings, paper, and trash from school grounds and athletic fields.
• Prepare the athletic fields which will include dragging the baseball infield, chalking (lining) the fields according to specified dimensions, watering, setting bases, goals, etc.
• Perform field maintenance to include filling holes/depressions in turf/infield, adding clay to infield when necessary and inspecting the ball fields for proper safety.
• Provide snow removal of paths, walkways, campus roads, parking lots utilizing plow trucks, snow blowers, tractors, shovel.
• Ability to successfully and safely operate hand tools, power tools, light machinery, and light-duty vehicles is essential.
• Maintenance and upkeep of flower beds, ornamental plants and trees.
• Greenhouse and garden care (weeding/watering/pruning/transplanting)  
• Ability to lift a minimum of 75 pounds, climb ladders and capable of doing various physical job functions.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Wage and Benefits: 
Excellent pay commensurate with experience (per MBDC scale).  A generous and comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% district-paid single health and dental coverage, life, personal/vacation/sick leave, and a matching District contribution to retirement (up to 7%). 

Falmouth Schools is located on a 100-acre district K-12 campus in Falmouth Maine, a coastal community bordering the city of Portland.  Our campus features extensive fields, trails, gardens and hoop houses, and rich opportunities for collaboration between schools.  Over the past three years, each of our three schools in the district has been a recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award: student achievement is exemplary and the community takes great pride in all academic, co-curricular, and athletic accomplishments.  Equally important is our commitment to ensuring that all members of our community feel known, respected and appreciated as we work to fulfill our District Mission: Navigating Creative Pathways to Courageous, Compassionate, and Fulfilling Lives.

Falmouth Public Schools is committed to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion throughout our district. We encourage qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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