Groundskeeper

Bideawee was founded upon the principle that every homeless animal should have a place where they are welcome, and that sense of compassion, dedication, and justice remain at the core of who we are and what we do. We believe that a company is only as great as those who embody its mission, and we are committed to the growth, success, and well-being of our staff and community. Join an organization that has been making the world a better place for pets and the people who love them since 1903!

Position Purpose:
This role’s primary duty is to perform custodial, transportation, and maintenance activities for the Pet Memorial Park and Adoption Center grounds, street landscaping areas, equipment, and facilities.

This is a 1-2 day per week part-time position with a salary of $19/hr.

Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks:

• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Loading and unloading materials, goods, equipment, between various destinations throughout Manhattan and Long Island as assigned.
• Preparing, receiving and providing appropriate documentation for the delivery and pick up of good.
• Responsible for vehicle receiving all scheduled maintenance as well as notifying managers when additional maintenance or repair is required.
• Responsible for driving Bideawee vehicles for the purposes of delivery, set up and cleanup of deliveries, delivery of equipment to parties, and packing.
• Maintain landscaping, grave sites for appearance and functionality.
• Operate and perform maintenance on power lawn mowers.
• Clean sidewalks, offices, recreation rooms, restrooms and locker rooms.
• Paint building surfaces and picnic tables, set up or remove folding tables, chairs, barricades or similar objects.
• Dig up ground for flower beds, ditches, and holes for sign posts.
• Prepare gravesites for burial.
• Snow removal as needed.
• Assist with facilities and repairs as designated.
• Light duty repairs such as changing lights, ballasts, drain clogs.
• Assist with completion of work order repairs across all sites.
• Provide immediate repairs to damaged equipment, especially when it poses an immediate safety hazard.
• Travel to other sites when needed.
  

Requirements

• Valid New York State driving license with good record.
• Ability to walk, stand, sit for long period of time, bend or stoop repeatedly, move heavy objects (40+ pounds), short distances (20 feet or less).
• Ability to work in different weather conditions with exposure to the elements, travel over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces.
• Ability to learn cleaning, maintenance, gardening methods, materials, equipment, use of hand tools, and irrigation techniques using sprinklers, hoses and flooding methods.
• Ability to follow instructions, communicate with coworkers and the general public.