Seasonal Grounds

Job description

General Statement of Job The Groundskeeper performs routine mowing, trimming, landscaping and grass maintenance for campus grounds. This position may assist with event support and other tasks. Assist with other departmental needs. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Duties: Maintains campus lawns by mowing, trimming, edging, hand blowing areas. General lawn maintenance of watering and maintaining landscape beds. Operates riding mowers, trimmers, edger’s, vacuums/blowers or other job-related hand tools as assigned. Maintains campus trees, shrubs and hedges by planting, pruning, watering, spraying, weeding, hedge trimming/cleaning and mulching. General maintenance of sidewalks and parking lot areas by making any minor repairs using hot and cold patch as needed or instructed. Operates departmental vehicles of trucks, UTV’s, tractors and other specialized equipment as assigned. Maintains surface drainage by keeping catch basins free of debris during heavy rainstorms. Picks up campus litter and empties campus trash receptacles cleaning up as needed around them. May have contact with disposal services for special needs. Performs other related duties as required or assigned th...