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Groundskeeper

Houston, TX

Description

The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston - Houston's first vertical mixed-use, master-planned project combining hotel, office, residential, retail and restaurant offerings all in one tower. The 680,000 square-foot tower will showcase over 250 luxury hotel rooms, more than 150,000 square feet of boutique office space and 20 residential apartment units, all with dramatic interior finishes and unobstructed views of the surrounding neighborhoods and Downtown. This 38-story tower will also feature an elegant and expansive ballroom, the largest in the Uptown area that is prominently located in the Galleria and Uptown area along West Loop South with convenient access from Loop 610.

The Post Oak Hotel is seeking an experienced Groundskeeper to join our new hotel team. The Groundskeeper will be responsible to perform a wide range of landscaping operations including mowing, pruning and trimming, installation of plant material, care of flowers and bedding plants, small equipment use and safety procedures. Maintain property operations and appearance to the high standards set forth by management that may be required to ensure the quality of service provided to guests and colleagues the highest standard is maintained at all times.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will work under the direction of the Director of Engineering, Assistant Director of Engineering with assistance from the Engineering Manager.
The Groundskeeper is responsible to perform all assigned landscape tasks, including, but not limited to, installation of plant material, care of flowers and bedding plants, trimming and pruning trees.

Operate small equipment, i.e., blowers, hedge trimmers, rotary mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, pressure washing and pool vacuums.
Understand and perform basic construction methods and materials, i.e., concrete forming, grading, masonry, carpentry and demolition skills.
Basic irrigation operation and repair, i.e., drip systems, pipe repair and head repair
Execution of assigned tasks, projects or programs, as instructed by the department's management and ensure completion competently within a given time.
To ensure all logs, record sheets and day to day events are correctly completed and kept up to date prior to finishing your shift.
To ensure through inspecting and carrying out repairs of all areas within the Hotel, and execution of standard procedures, the highest standard of maintenance is achieved.
To ensure any work requests that may come from the Hotel's guests or senior management is responded to within a given time. All such requests are to be recorded along with what action is taken.
If, for any reason maintenance requests are not completed, these are to be highlighted and handed over to Engineering Management.
Ensure that at the start of each shift you obtain assignments of the function list for the day via HotSoS CMMS (Centralized Maintenance Management System).
Through contiguously searching for new ideas and product improvements, guest and colleague’s demands are met.

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS
In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel.

Additional duties as necessary and assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Display knowledge or ability to acquire knowledge in the following categories: fire life, health, safety, carpentry and finish skills, vehicles, energy conservation, painting, minor drywall and wood trim repair, light bulb replacement and/or general building.

EXPERIENCE:

Must have minimum of five years hands-on experience working around Landscaping

Knowledge
Having knowledge of or experience with Forbes 5 Star service standards is a plus.
Hotel opening experience preferred.
Licenses or Certificates
Ability to obtain and/or maintain any required licenses, certificates or permits.

Job Info

Houston, TX

THE POST OAK AT UPTOWN HOUSTON

Posted on: 04/09/2018

Position Available: Immediately

Work Permit: Applicants who do not already have legal permission to work in the location of this job will not be considered.

Management Position: No

Contact Info

Address: 1510 West Loop S. , Houston, TX, 77027, US

Description

Operate small equipment, i.e., blowers, hedge trimmers, rotary mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, pressure washing and pool vacuums.
Understand and perform basic construction methods and materials, i.e., concrete forming, grading, masonry, carpentry and demolition skills.
Basic irrigation operation and repair, i.e., drip systems, pipe repair and head repair
Execution of assigned tasks, projects or programs, as instructed by the department's management and ensure completion competently within a given time.
To ensure all logs, record sheets and day to day events are correctly completed and kept up to date prior to finishing your shift.
To ensure through inspecting and carrying out repairs of all areas within the Hotel, and execution of standard procedures, the highest standard of maintenance is achieved.
To ensure any work requests that may come from the Hotel's guests or senior management is responded to within a given time. All such requests are to be recorded along with what action is taken.
If, for any reason maintenance requests are not completed, these are to be highlighted and handed over to Engineering Management.
Ensure that at the start of each shift you obtain assignments of the function list for the day via HotSoS CMMS (Centralized Maintenance Management System).
Through contiguously searching for new ideas and product improvements, guest and colleague’s demands are met.

Additional duties as necessary and assigned.

Requirements

EXPERIENCE:

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