Highlights
Job Summary: Under direct supervision, performs variety of grounds maintenance work to ensure hospital facility grounds, plant beds and parking area are neat, orderly and safe from debris; installs and periodically checks water sprinkler system making sure same is in good operable condition; participates in developing landscape plans. Weeds, mows, trims, cleans and rakes lawn in and around hedges, bushes, groundcover, and plant beds, including edges of all ground cover and grass areas; waters ground and plant bed areas.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Wailuku, HI |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1945 |
| Website | http://www.kp.org/careers |
Description
Job Summary:
Under direct supervision, performs variety of grounds maintenance work to ensure hospital facility grounds, plant beds and parking area are neat, orderly and safe from debris; installs and periodically checks water sprinkler system making sure same is in good operable condition; participates in developing landscape plans.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Vacuums and cleans debris in parking lot areas.
- Weeds, mows, trims, cleans and rakes lawn in and around hedges, bushes, groundcover, and plant beds, including edges of all ground cover and grass areas; waters ground and plant bed areas.
- Fertilizes hedges, bushes, plant beds (including lawn areas) as needed; applies pesticides as needed or directed; handles and disposes of chemicals in accordance with policies, procedures, laws, regulations and/or specific instructions.
- Inspect water sprinkler systems; reports and repairs sprinkler parts; installs irrigation systems as needed; monitors water flow of irrigation systems; ensures water conservation.
- Design landscape plans as directed; participates in development of landscape plans; plants vegetation as necessary; reports and replaces any damaged/destroyed vegetation.
- Ensures proper operation of exterior drains; cleans and flushes as necessary.
- Maintains small gas powered equipment (e.g. lawn mowers, weed trimmers, hedge trimmers, etc); repairs equipment as needed or directed.
- Reports types and quantities of supplies and tools required and used in performance of grounds maintenance work.
About Company
At Kaiser Permanente, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Driven by our mission to provide the highest quality preventive medicine, we are committed to eliminating health care disparities, and to making lives better through innovation, technology, and research.
Our desire to deliver the best possible care inspires us to promote wellness among our members, communities, and each other. It also fuels our belief that everyone — regardless of circumstance — deserves access to affordable care, which further drives our motivation to expand our reach.
Founded nearly 80 years ago, our unique business model sets us apart — positioning us to drive improvements across the industry and around the world.