Groundskeeper / Irrigation Technician

Position Overview

The position is responsible for providing technical support, skills and labor towards the routine care and maintenance of a clean, beautiful and safe campus environment. Works in concert with the grounds team to maintain and enhance the function and aesthetics of the campus grounds.

Essential Duties

• Operates heavy equipment including zero turn mowers, articulating tractor, skid steer tractor, farm tractor, and large area mowers in the routine completion grounds maintenance tasks.
• Routinely clears sidewalks, entrances, courtyards, campus roads and parking lots of debris using tractor with hydraulic high-powered blower.
• Performs routine lawn and landscape maintenance including mowing edging, weeding, tree and shrub pruning.
• Routinely clears sidewalks, entrances, courtyards, campus roads and parking lots using tractor with hydraulic high-powered blower.
• Routinely collects and properly disposes of litter, trash, organic debris and recyclables in assigned areas.
• Affords assistance in the routine maintenance of athletic fields and facilities.
• Affords assistance in the repair of brick sidewalks, road signs, parking lots and campus roads surfaces.
• Performs snow and storm related campus clean up, removing debris and snow from sidewalks, parking lots, and building entrances to ensure safe conditions for students, faculty and staff.
• Performs other related duties as necessary or as assigned by supervisor.

Skills Needed

• Must be able to effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with supervisor, coworkers, customers and others.
• Must be highly skilled in the operation of grounds powered equipment and heavy machinery including the safe operation of: skid steer, tractor, articulating tractor, backhoe, hydraulic leaf blower reel mower, zero turn mower, snow broom and snow plow.
• Must be highly skilled in the performance of grounds maintenance tasks such as mowing, edging, string-trimming, hedge-trimming, leaf and trash removal.
• Must have knowledge of irrigation system repair and installation.
• Must be highly skilled in the repair and maintenance of irrigation pump stations, controllers, solenoid valves and sprinkler heads.

Key Interfaces

• Works closely with Grounds Supervisor and other Grounds Staff.

Education, Experience, Certifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Must have irrigation repair and installation experience.
• Grounds and landscape maintenance experience is required.
• Valid NC Driver's License and clear driving history is required.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

• The nature of the working environment may produce moderate levels of stress and involves discomfort and/or risk such as operating gas-powered equipment, heavy machinery and dangerous cutting equipment.
• Workers are subject to environmental discomfort such as frequent exposure to loud noises, and/or extremes of heat or cold.
• The work frequently requires wearing protective gear that may be uncomfortable.
• Must be able to perform strenuous work that involves frequent exertion and/or periods of continuous machine operation.
• Frequent lifting of objects over 50 pounds.
• Occasional lifting of heavy objects weighing 75 pounds or more is required.
• Frequent standing and operating machinery.
• May be required to work during periods of inclement weather.

Required Documents

• Resume.