Maintenance & Landscape Associate, EHC

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION: Maintenance & Landscape Associate - EHC

REPORTS TO: Maintenance Manager, EHC

STATUS: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Associate II

UNION ELIGIBLE: No

WORK ARRANGEMENT: 100% Onsite, In-Office 5 Days/Week

LOCATION: Napa, CA

SALARY RANGE: $24.00/hr-$28.26/hr

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Open Until Filled

Founded in San Francisco in 1902, the LightHouse's purpose is to promote the independence, equality and self-reliance of people who are blind or visually impaired. The LightHouse is currently in a period of growth, increasing our capacity to serve more low-vision and blind clients.

*Blind/visually impaired strongly encouraged to apply.

OVERVIEW

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a dynamic and socially conscious Non-Profit organization committed to making a positive impact in our community. We operate several social enterprises, including our Facilities Department that seeks to create employment opportunities and provides supportive services for people with disabilities. We are seeking a Maintenance & Landscape Associate for our Maintenance & Landscape division to assist in maintaining our 311-acre campgrounds and to support management, staff, and guests at our Enchanted Hills Camp site. This position will serve as support for the Facilities Department. This role will provide customer-driven, seamless support to building operations, creating a pristine environment for building and site employees and guests. This will include the upkeep of the grounds and landscape as well as training in the maintenance areas of the site. A knowledge of electrical, plumbing, mechanical, painting and carpentry skills are preferred. The position will require computer literacy to learn and use workorder software to open and close daily work orders.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School degree, GED or comparable experience
• Volunteer or work experience with adults with disabilities required, preferably in a community setting is highly desired.
• 1+ years of professional landscape experience, grounds maintenance or equivalent
• Excellent people, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent standard of professionalism; reliable and punctual.
• Attentive to detail and ability to follow directions thoroughly.
• Work effectively under pressure and remain calm in high-stress situations.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, highly diversified environment.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, verbal and written.
• Willingness to work flexible hours including weekends when needed.
• Able to recognize unusual or threatening conditions related to persons with disabilities.
• Strong time management skills, patient, detail-oriented
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Microsoft Office

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reports to Maintenance Manager

• Fire Abatement
  
  
  
  • The Maintenance & Landscape Associate will place a strong focus on fire abatement duties as a high priority for this role. Those duties will include:
  • String line trimming.
  • Chainsaw to log splitting.
  • Chipping, debris clean up.
  • Controlled burns.
  
  
  
  
• Landscape
  
  
  
  • The Landscape Associate will upkeep the landscape.
  • These duties include mowing, trimming, tree maintenance, and edging of landscape.
  • Thinning and cleaning flower beds and other grounds by hand or utilizing proper tools and equipment; and setting up, adjusting, repairing and maintenance of these tools and equipment.
  
  
  
  
• Building Site Maintenance
  
  
  
  • Property maintenance such as, repairs, painting, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, etc.
  • Solid knowledge of building maintenance, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, Mechanical, Landscape, General Carpentry, Animal Care.
  
  
  
  
• The Maintenance & Landscape Associate should possess a valid California Driver's license and a willingness to drive camp vehicles including four wheelers.
• Willingness to travel to various sites.
• Ability to occasionally perform computer work and operate standard office equipment.
• Willingness to perform other related duties as assigned

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrate Physical stamina and the ability to work outdoors for long periods of time.
• Requires the ability to lift and carry groundskeeping supplies and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis and up to 100 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Prolonged walking or standing, and frequent bending, stooping, kneeling, and reaching daily.
• Requires a full range of physical motion to operate manual, electrical and/or gasoline-powered groundskeeping equipment and machines.
• Requires the ability to access facilities and areas which may only be accessible by climbing stairs or by climbing ladders to a height of 20 feet (e.g., for tree trimming)
• Must be able to move throughout assigned areas, as the work is performed primarily out-of-doors, year-round
• The Maintenance & Landscape Associate must be able to work outdoors for long periods, including occasional work in rain, cold, heat and windy conditions.
• The Maintenance & Landscape Associate will perform regular grounds and landscape maintenance as well as other related miscellaneous requests.
• This will require experience in using mowing, trimming, edging and other landscaping tools. Ability to safely and properly use tools and equipment.
• Ability to occasionally perform computer-intensive work and operate standard office equipment.
• Willingness to travel to various sites.
• Willingness to work weekends when needed.

• Must be able to independently travel to all LightHouse physical locations and events as needed.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

LightHouse is an equal opportunity employer. LightHouse policy and the law prohibit discrimination and harassment based on an individual's race, ancestry, religion or religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, age (40 and over), sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions), marital status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), physical or mental disability (including HIV and AIDS), military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions, denial of Family and Medical Care leave, height and weight, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. Our policy and the law prohibit co-workers, third parties, supervisors, and managers from engaging in such conduct.

LightHouse personnel are employed on an at-will basis. Employment at-will means that the employment relationship may be terminated, with or without cause and with or without advance notice at any time by the employee or the Agency.

We strive to maintain a scent-free environment and a drug-free workplace. Employees are expected to behave in accordance with these objectives.

All employees at LightHouse are hired for an indefinite and unspecified duration and consequently, no employee is guaranteed employment for a specified length of time. Employment is at the mutual consent of the employee and LightHouse. Accordingly, either the employee or LightHouse can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause ("employment at will").

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit a resume as a Word attachments (no PDF's please), along with the completed employment application (can be found on the intro of our career page - downloads in a Word document), to HR@lighthouse-sf.org, including the job title in the subject line. To fill out the application, please enable editing in the document. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints, we will only respond to complete submissions in which there is serious interest, thanks for your understanding.