Groundskeeper

Requisition No: 867144 

Agency: Military Affairs

Working Title: Groundskeeper

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 62000084 

Salary:  34,760.00 

Posting Closing Date: 01/01/2026 

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Department of Military Affairs

*** OPEN COMPETITIVE***

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. on closing date

VACANCY # 62000084

 

WORK LOCATION:  Starke, FL

 

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS (DMA)

The mission of the Florida Department of Military Affairs is to provide management oversight of the Florida National Guard and provide units and personnel ready to support national security objectives; to protect the public safety of citizens and to contribute to the national, state and community programs that add value to the United States of America and to the State of Florida.

 

OUR BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Dental, Vision, and Supplemental Insurance     
• Retirement Benefits   
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Tuition Waiver for Public College Courses
• Training Opportunities
• For benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to http://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com

 

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

1. New employees of the Department of Military Affairs will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening.
2. New employees of the Department of Military Affairs are required to participate in a direct deposit/electronic transfer program. 
3. The Department of Military Affairs is paid on a monthly basis.
4. This position is a Cooperative Agreement position.
5. As a CANDIDATE, you are required to provide documentation (i.e., High School Diploma or Equivalency, College Transcripts, ETC.) to verify meeting these Minimum Qualifications.
6. Must be able to obtain a completion of a favorable National Agency Check background investigation clearance.

 

*NOTE*

To be considered for this position, application must be fully completed, your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process and clearly stated within the employment history.   

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A High School Diploma or equivalent; AND
• One (1) year experience landscaping or maintaining grounds and property or related work. 

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to bend, squat, climb, kneel, twist, grasp, push, and pull.
• Must have manual dexterity with hands and fingers.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50lbs. or more.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure proper maintenance of base lawns, shrubs, and trees to include:

• Maintaining all lawns ensuring that the length does not exceed 6 inches between cuttings
• Maintaining all field areas ensuring that the length does not exceed 8 inches between cutting including fence lines
• Maintaining edging along all sidewalks and curb areas once a month during the growing season
• Maintaining hedges and shrubs ensuring that they are trimmed at least once a month during the growing season
• Caring for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch
• Trimming and/or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls
• Picking up and emptying waste and recycling receptacles as required
• Maintaining irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring
• Trimming or picking flowers and cleaning flower beds
• Ability to use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes
• Operate equipment and tools to prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws
• Operate vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws

 

Ensures proper maintenance and servicing of mowers,