Grounds & Facilities Worker

Responsibilities

• Moves office and conference room furniture within rooms, between buildings, regional learning centers and off-campus locations.
• Arranges event setups for campus meetings, classroom activities, public events, or conferences (e.g. furniture, stage, equipment, tables, chairs).
• Conducts regular and routine building upkeep duties to include but not limited to emptying recycle containers and ensuring buildings are in presentable condition (e.g. floor mats straight, white boards clean, chairs pushed in, etc.).
• Paints small interior areas and exterior areas (e.g. offices, handrails, curbs) and does minor drywall repair as assigned.
• Utilizes forklift, box trucks, utility vehicles, cardboard baler, trash compactor, as directed; utilizes hand tools as necessary.
• Enters, fulfills, completes, and submits work orders in timely manner.
• Participates in snow removal as assigned; utilizes shovels, snow blowers, utility vehicles, tractors, salt spreaders and trucks for snow removal; cleans walkways, stairs, parking lots and roadways of ice and snow; applies de-icing products to various areas to melt ice and provide safe conditions.
• Maintains lawns, landscape, leaf clean-up, sidewalks, parking lots and parking garage.
• Pickup and delivery of items from dock and to and from other campus locations.
• Mows, trims, blows, edges, aerates and overseeds.
• Plants, waters, fertilizes, prunes, mulches, weeds; maintains plant beds, shrubs and trees.
• Applies pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides.
• Patches potholes, stripes lots, installs signs and performs general cleaning responsibilities to maintain sidewalks and parking lots; maintains flags.
• Removes debris from walks, lawns, plant beds and parking lots; empties trash cans and picks up loose trash on campus grounds and parking lots.
• Performs emergency flood cleanup as assigned.
• Assists Police Department during building evacuations and emergencies.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability to gain access to work site(s).
• Possession of or ability to obtain required Forklift Operator’s Certificate within 180 days of employment.
• Must possess the Ohio Commercial Pesticide Applicator license within 180 days of employment.