Assistant Groundskeeper

Job Description:

Regents offers a competitive holiday schedule with over 30 paid holidays in addition to paid sick and vacation days. 

ROLE SUMMARY

Provide assistance to the Athletic Fields Groundskeeper and Director of Facilities for Regents School of Austin.

Principles for conducting work

• Pursue full devotion to Christ and live a life that reflects joyful obedience to Him

• Model the fruits of the spirit in communications, relationships, and daily work 

• Demonstrate teachability, a positive attitude, and a willing heart for service 

• Embody others-centered servant-leadership in all interactions 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operate vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, chain saws, electric clippers, and pruning saws.

• Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.

• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.

• Athletic field painting.

• Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.

• Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.

• Gather and remove litter.

• Clean and maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.

• Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.

• Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, planters, or other grounds features.

• Set-up/take-down for events that may include tables, chairs, sound equipment, ect

• Ensure a locked and secure campus

• Able to work independently

• Misc. duties as assigned

Experience and Skills:

SKILLS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be a Christian

• Knowledge of irrigation systems helpful

• High School Diploma / GED required

• Valid Driver's License required

• We will provide paid training

Information on our Purpose, Mission, Philosophy, Objectives and Doctrinal Statement

Board members, administration, faculty, coaches and other instructional personnel of Regents School, whether full-time, part-time or volunteer, must believe and abide by the Purpose, Mission, Philosophy, Objectives and Doctrinal Statement, evidenced by their signing a statement of agreement with Article II annually. This document can be found by clicking: Philosophy and Doctrinal Statement. As a supplement, the Regents Board of Directors has adopted two additional statements as clarifying language under Article II. The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy - This was adopted in 2017 by the Board to be clear on our view of the inerrancy of Scripture. Nashville Statement: A Coalition for Biblical Sexuality - This was adopted by the Board in 2019 as clarifying language on our view of biblical sexuality.

Links to documents below:

Article II

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

Nashville Statement: A Coalition for Biblical Sexuality