Groundskeeper

Groundskeeping at a luxury apartment community requires a specific combination of physical consistency and observational sharpness. You're not just picking up litter and trimming shrubs. You're the first person most residents and prospects see when they pull into the property, and the condition of the grounds communicates something immediate about how the community is managed. Griffis Residential operates a portfolio of upscale apartment homes, and this role reflects that standard.

Skills This Role Requires on Day One

Attention to detail is the primary skill this role draws on constantly. Walking a property and seeing what needs attention before a resident notices it is a trained habit, and Griffis expects that habit to be already developing when you arrive. At minimum, one year of experience in multi-family housing, hospitality, or a comparable environment gives you the foundation. Beyond the eye for detail, you'll need solid communication skills, the ability to follow standardized procedures across a range of tasks, and a genuine comfort with physical, outdoor work across all seasons. Denver winters mean snow removal and ice treatment are real parts of the job, not occasional footnotes.

The scope of daily work includes:

• Full community inspections for cleanliness, litter, and hazards (pet waste, cigarette butts, dumpster areas)
• Light landscaping: sprinkler adjustments, trimming trees and shrubs, sod replacement, general plant care
• Parking lots, curbs, and walkways kept clean and clear
• Pool and spa upkeep including chemical balancing and documentation
• Snow and ice removal with ice melt application as conditions require
• Identifying areas where maintenance processes could improve and communicating those observations to the team

Skills This Role Builds

Groundskeeping at a professional property management company is a real entry point into multi-family operations. The CPO (Certified Pool Operator) license is preferred at hire but required within your first six months. Griffis will expect you to obtain it, and that credential carries genuine weight if you move toward a maintenance technician or lead maintenance role later. Beyond the CPO, you'll develop a working knowledge of how a luxury community presents itself, how curb appeal connects to occupancy and resident retention, and how your daily work contributes to a property's NOI by protecting asset condition and supporting resident loyalty.

Working inside Griffis's resident loyalty programs also builds customer service habits that transfer well across the industry. Groundskeepers who understand the connection between curb appeal, first impressions, and lease renewals tend to advance more quickly than those who treat the role as purely physical work.

What Griffis Offers

The compensation range for this position runs from $20.75 to $23.00 per hour. The benefits package is genuinely broad: medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with up to 4% company match, a 50% rental discount, three weeks of PTO accruing immediately, 11 paid holidays, up to $2,000 in annual on-site bonuses tied to reputation and occupancy, tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year, and paid parental leave. For a grounds-level role, the total compensation picture here compares favorably to hospitality environments where similar physical demands often come with less schedule stability and fewer structured benefits.

Spanish bilingual skills are a plus given Denver's resident population, and Griffis emphasizes a commitment to inclusive team culture. If you take pride in property presentation and want to grow within a structured, professionally managed company, this role is a solid place to start building that career.