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This position performs care and maintenance of campus grounds, athletic facilities, parking lots, sidewalks, and all other landscaping. Serve as a team lead, assist in coordinating work, and provide general instruction to the grounds team. This is a full-time, on-campus position. Generous benefits include health, retirement, considerable time off, and access to multiple tuition programs for employees and dependents.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Groundskeeping duties; turf, bed, and irrigation system maintenance; serve as team lead, coordinate work to cover absence, assist in coordinating projects, and provide general instruction to grounds team
• Athletic Field Maintenance and Event Support; turf management and maintenance (mowing, aeration, seeding, weed control through pesticide application); artificial turf care and maintenance; layout and painting fields according to NCAA guidelines for all athletic events; removing trash, bleacher, and stadium cleaning
• Equipment operation, maintenance, and repair; ability to operate mowers, trimmers, tractors, and forklifts; maintenance of small engine equipment; routine maintenance inspections to ensure equipment is in safe operating condition; mechanical maintenance of grounds vehicles including riding mowers, utility vehicles; equipment attachment removal and replacement
• Arboriculture duties; pruning, planting, pesticide application, tree and limb removal
• Snow Removal; shoveling, using snow moving equipment to clear walkways, and salt application