
Groundskeeper - Big Sur
Big Sur, CAFull-time$20/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Groundskeeper performs routine and skilled maintenance, groundskeeping, and housekeeping to maintain the cleanliness, appearance, and sanitation of the facility. The role includes caring for park grounds, landscaping, equipment, and facilities, as well as cleaning indoor spaces and supporting guest cabins and special events. The position requires physical presence at the job site.
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Full job description
Big Sur, CA
Full time
JR04603
Compensation Amount:
20.00 USD Hourly
Job Summary:
The Groundskeeper performs skilled and routine maintenance, grounds, and housekeeping tasks necessary to maintain the cleanliness, appearance, and sanitation of the facility. The Groundskeeper performs custodial and maintenance activities for park grounds, landscaping areas, equipment, and facilities.
Job Description:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Pull trash from trash receptacles. Replace trash bags as needed. Clear trash from tables and floors/grounds.
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Clean patios and sidewalks, and all outdoor areas. Pick up leaves and litter from grounds.
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Trim and prunes tree branches. Pull and remove weeds, mow lawns, and maintain landscaping.
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Operate and perform maintenance on lawn mowers such as changing oil, and parts lubrication and adjustment.
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Maintain exterior of unit; paint as directed and needed. Repair exterior benches and sprinklers.
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Irrigate gardens and lawns. Dig up ground for flower beds, ditches and holes for sign posts.
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Stock and deliver firewood for guest cabins.
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Clean offices, recreation rooms, restrooms and locker rooms. Replenish supplies as needed.
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Set up or remove folding tables, chairs, barricades, traffic cones or similar objects as directed for special events.
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Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.
SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE
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Partial High School education; High School Diploma/G.E.D. equivalent preferred.
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Strong sanitation habits.
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Strong customer service abilities; actively looks for ways to assist customers and coworkers.
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Ability to recognize when a problem has occurred and communicate it to management.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
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Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit. Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise moves in a constantly changing environment.
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Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
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Ability to stand for the entire work day.
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Works in wet and slippery conditions. Frequently works in a hot and damp indoor/outdoor environment.
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Frequently immerses hands in water.
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Climbing steps regularly.
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Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
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Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
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Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
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Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced kitchen.
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Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.
EQUIPMENT USED
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Lawn and garden tools (including lawn mowers, weed-wackers, ladder, watering hose, etc.).
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Cleaning Supplies (including detergents, chemicals, mops, brooms, scourers, hand towels, etc.).
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Painting Supplies (including paintbrushes, rollers, paint, etc.).
Founded in 1917, Guest Services has worked tirelessly to earn the reputation as the premier hospitality management company and National Park Service concessionaire in the United States. Guest Services takes great care and pride in providing best-in-class services across a wide variety of client sites including luxury communities, hotels, resorts, government and business dining facilities, full-service restaurants, state and national parks, outdoor recreation, boathouses, marinas, museums, conference centers, senior living communities, health care systems, school and university dining facilities, and specialty retail stores.
Guest Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and promotion without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,706 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20/hr
- California median$21–23/hr429 hourly ranges
- US median$18–20/hr3,865 hourly ranges
This rate, $20/hr, is 9% below the California median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Maintenance hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 622 open Maintenance jobs in California and 11,706 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- McDonald's336 open
- Camping World9 open
- The Salvation Army9 open
- Experience
- Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,377 postings).
- Education
- 203 of the 11,706 open Maintenance jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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