Groundskeeper

Position Summary:

La Luz is seeking a motivated and resourceful Groundskeeper to maintain the grounds of our unique campus. Reporting to the Grounds Manager, the main responsibility of this role is to complete grounds grooming, maintenance and repair tasks. If you have experience in landscaping or grounds maintenance, we want to meet you. If you have arborist or golf greens know-how, that’s a bonus. We’re especially interested in candidates who are attracted to our historical significance.

Key Responsibilities:

To keep the campus looking its best and La Luz functioning efficiently, you will:

• Care for all things green (or dormant), including turf, trees, and plantings. This includes mowing, trimming, pruning, hand weeding and weed control (may apply pesticides).
• Maintain hardscape areas, including gravel, sidewalks, and firebreaks.
• Keep the irrigation system running smoothly and attend to leaks, clogged valves, etc. when they occur.
• Assist with fountain care including weekly cleaning, setting pump timers and seasonal start-up and winterization.
• Assist with swimming pool seasonal start-up, ongoing maintenance, and winterization. Maintain cleanliness of the pool area, including restrooms.
• Trash and debris collection and clearing across the property.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma required; prefer trades certification or other post-High School education
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a groundskeeping/landscaping crew member, or similar role
• Experience with irrigation systems
• Experience in operating grounds equipment, tools and machinery (mowers, trimmers, work utility vehicle)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Written and verbal English communication skills
• Basic conversational Spanish would be ideal
• Ability to take direction, and accurately and efficiently complete tasks in a quality manner

Physical demands:

• Work most of the day outdoors in all seasons, mostly on a 7AM - 3:30PM schedule
• Lift 50 lbs.
• Walk our large campus
• Operate a work utility vehicle (Gator), mowers, and other landscape grooming tools
• Work on a ladder
• Climb, bend, reach, sit, dig and lift

Other requirements:

• Valid Driver’s license and use of a suitable vehicle
• Legally authorized to work in the US

Organization Description:

La Luz del Oeste is a 96-unit townhouse development designed in the late 1960s by award-winning architect Antoine Predock. ​Our adobe homes are clustered on a parcel of developed land with an additional approximately 40 acres of open space, for a total of 60 acres which we own and care for as a community, next to the Rio Grande bosque. We take pride in our community and our communal spaces: plazas, fountains, gardens, tennis courts, and a swimming pool. ​La Luz was added to The State of New Mexico Register of Cultural properties in 1977 and The National Register of Historic Places in 2023. Come work with us in our gem of a development, with the best views of the Sandias in town.

EEO/ADA Compliance:

La Luz Landowners Association is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate and to comply with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, color, gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, or other applicable protected classification.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: In person