Groundskeeper

Overview

New Wages: The Groundskeeper position provides lawn care for areas of main campus, including care of grass areas, gardens, shrubbery, and trees. Removes snow from roadways, walkways, parking lots, porches and steps during the winter. Also, acts as driver during periods of driver storages or during peak travel demands.

Responsibilities

• Mows grass using hand-propelled or riding lawn mowers.
• Trims shrubbery and trees under supervision.
• Removes litter from campus grounds, roadways, and parking lots.
• Plants, transplants, prunes, and fertilizes flowers, shrubs, and trees.
• Assists in maintaining roadways, sidewalks, and parking lots.
• Removes leaves from gutters, and rakes leaves as necessary.
• Applies pesticides as directed.
• Removes snow using power equipment, such as plows, snow blowers, or rotating brushes, or manually with shovels.
• Spreads salt using automatic spreaders or manually.
• Provides routine maintenance on lawn care equipment, i.e. check oil levels, sharpen blades, change spark plugs, and mix gas and oil as required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• Valid driver’s license. CDL preferred.
• Pesticide License preferred.
• One to five years in grounds maintenance or related work preferred.

BENEFITS

• Health & Wellness: Medical Insurance with free virtual doctor visits, Vision & Dental Insurance, Pet Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Financial Security: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match, Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays.
• Growth & Development: University Partnerships with University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College for exclusive tuition discounts, Multiple Partner Discounts available for various products and services through Access Perks, Access to 1,000s of hours of personal and professional development material through RightNow Media @ Work.

Pay

Benefits: Some benefits, including PTO and tuition reimbursement, are based on hours worked and do not apply to PRN status.

Schedule

Shift: Full time 7:30a-4p (some weekend work)