Grounds Person

Schedule

Reports to: Grounds Supervisor. Full time, 12 months/year, 40 hours/week. Typical hours Monday–Friday, 7:00 am – 3:30 pm; schedule may vary according to departmental and Academy needs. This position is designated as Essential Personnel.

Pay

Wage range: $26.25 – $27.30 per hour, based on relevant education and/or experience.

Position Purpose

Maintains and preserves the Academy’s physical environment to ensure a clean, safe appearance and functional condition for those visiting, working on, and using the main campus, athletic facilities, and woodlands.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine and repetitive manual labor.
• Cleans culverts, drains, roads, and ditches; spreads sand and gravel; erects road markers; shovels snow; collects refuse; rakes leaves and grass; mows grass.
• Operates light equipment related to above duties, including minor maintenance and cleaning of equipment.
• Performs other grounds maintenance as required.
• Maintains natural grass and synthetic turf athletic fields, including measuring and painting field markings.
• Maintains and repairs lawn irrigation systems.
• Maintains and repairs athletic equipment including goals, nets, and benches.
• Maintains outdoor tennis complex and Phelps Stadium venue.
• Assists with maintenance, event setup, and breakdown for athletic facilities.
• Cleans restrooms, athletic support buildings, and outside areas.
• Moves furniture, heavy objects, and equipment.
• Responsible for cultivating, transplanting, pruning, watering, fertilizing, and maintaining lawns, athletic fields, shrubs, trees, and plantings as instructed.
• Operates all motorized and non-motorized small grounds machines and tractors with implements (e.g., snow blower, power brush, aerator, vacuum, overseeder, sweeper, large rotary mowers, forklifts).
• Operates bucket truck for tree work.
• Participates