Job Details
Job Details
Job Location
Creation Museum - Petersburg, KY
Description
The Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Technician participates in a range of grounds maintenance practices to ensure our guests are exposed to attractive natural settings, beautiful garden displays and park settings, as well as educational gardens.
This position will allow one to impact others through a service mindset centered on making an eternal difference. This position should display our Core Values of SERVE (Serve, Equip, Relate, Value, Engage) when interfacing with both internal and external customers to ensure that the message and mission of Answers in Genesis is portrayed in an effective and God-honoring fashion. This position provides opportunities for spiritual, personal, and professional development.
- Promote the mission and standards of Answers in Genesis.
- Create a SERVE culture environment in all work done.
- Approach all tasks with a second mile mindset.
- Prioritize personal integrity in all interactions and assignments.
Responsibilities- Receives instructions and work assignments from the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor or the Grounds Maintenance Manager.
- Assists other Grounds Maintenance Technicians with routine assignments and problem solving.
- Keeps parking lot, walks and driveways clear of debris and litter.
- Uses mowers to cut turf areas; performs minor repair and adjustments of equipment.
- Plants, transplants, cultivates, irrigates, and sprays ornamental plants, shrubs, hedges, trees, and flowers.
- Maintains lake gardens, including the lake itself.
- Maintains proper records of all the aforementioned items.
- Trims trees, hedges, and shrubs; prepares and treats soil for planting annual color.
- Assist in keeping gardens in balance with regards to insect and disease problems, seasonal mulching and dyeing of garden areas, fall leaf removal.
- Trash removal.
- Install drain tile.
- Install stone walls and patios; make repairs to asphalt and concrete; painting of outside structures.
- Operates small and medium size trucks and trailers.
- Operates power equipment such as bobcat, tractor, mowers, chainsaws, weed eater, blowers etc., operates hand tools such as pruners hand saw, hammer, shovels, rakes, pitch forks etc.
- Performs snow removal duties which may require unusual hours.
- Assist with installing Christmas lights throughout the grounds.
- Follows standard operating procedures for all tasks.
- Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Technician may work alone or as a member of a crew and is required to use appropriate safety procedures and appropriate equipment to complete assigned duties.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Assist with other divisions as needed.
- And all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
QualificationsREQUIREMENTS- Must agree with and be able to sign our Statement of Faith.
- Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Regularly attends a local Bible-believing church.
- Commitment to Christ and AiG mission
- Preferred - Knowledge of: standard horticultural and grounds keeping practices; the use and maintenance of grounds keeping tools and equipment.
- This position will require lifting 50-80 pound objects; frequent bending, walking, and standing; exposure to a variety of weather conditions for extended periods of time; exposure to chemicals which may present health hazards if not handled properly; exposure to dangerous power and hand equipment if not used properly.
- Preferred - Ability to: perform general gardening and grounds keeping work; use and maintain tools and equipment; communicate with the ministry guests on facility information, vendors, and contractors, follow written and verbal instructions; perform heavy manual labor; plan and perform basic landscaping functions; learn specialized procedures related to irrigation systems, lake management, equipment, landscaping, pesticide applications, etc.
Education & Experience- Any combination of education or job related experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities to perform tasks is preferred.
- Driver's license required.