Landscape Services Supervisor

About the role

Ball State University Facilities Planning and Management has an opportunity to work on the beautiful campus. This opportunity comes with excellent pay and a great benefits package that includes medical and prescription plans, dental, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid time off, holiday pay, university-funded retirement, tuition discounts, and more.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, schedule, and coordinate the daily operations of Facilities and Landscape workers, including landscape installation and maintenance, mowing/trimming, snow and ice removal, related equipment operation, fertilizer applications, etc.
• Inspect work in progress and completed work to ensure compliance with established standards; direct any rework or modifications; develop, implement, and monitor procedures to ensure efficiency of operations.
• Assign and review work, orient and train staff, and make recommendations as to interviewing and selection, performance appraisal, and discipline.
• Career with university departments for Facilities and Landscape Workers as needed for labor; assign and monitor work.
• Responsible for flowerbeds in zones assigned; includes layout and fertilizer application, supervision of installation and maintenance.
• Cookordinate/arrange repair and maintenance of grounds equipment as needed; follow up on such repairs/maintenance to assure completion.
• Plan, coordinate, and schedule training for various areas of ground maintenance practices and procedures, including landscape installation and maintenance, mowing/trimming, snow and ice removal.
• Update, maintain, and train workers on various job related chemicals, tools, environmental and safety concerns, and MSDS/OSHA regulations; have a working knowledge of Health and Environmental Safety Programs that apply to landscape services.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
• Monitor and enforce all safety, shop, and university rules and regulations and report problems to the Associate Director of Landscape/ Environmental Management and resolve problems appropriately.
• Gather and provide information to management for budget preparation, cost analysis, forecasting, recommendations for equipment purchases, time studies, etc.
• Participate in the rotation for the on call snow event emergency call process with other Landscape Services supervision.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Eighteen months of training or education beyond high school or equivalent.
• Three through five years of experience in grounds maintenance, landscape installation, nursery, garden center, or related area;
• One year in supervisory experience;
• Must possess and maintain a valid Indiana Driver’s License and be insurable under the university’s auto fleet policy.

Benefits

At Ball State University, we understand the importance of balancing professional responsibilities with personal well-being. That's why we offer paid 10 to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, and 10 holidays a year. Plus, our paid parental leave (6 weeks) is there for life's most significant moments. We offer affordable health and dental insurance, robust long-term disability and life insurance plans, as a range of retirement benefits to provide financial security to you and your family.