Job Summary:
This position exists for the purpose of overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of the campus grounds, vehicles, and equipment.
Status: Full-time/Exempt
Emergency Designation: Essential
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Assists Operations Director with recruiting, interviewing hiring, and training full-time employees and student workers.
- Oversees all aspects of Grounds care and all aspects of vehicle and equipment repair and maintenance.
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
Physical Requirements (Also see Physical Demands at the end of this job description): The physical ability to use the body in primary type skills necessary to perform duties such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Heavy lifting, carrying, and reaching high places.
- Working in adverse elements such as rain, snow and cold.
- Proficient use of hand tools
- Using power tools and various pieces of grounds keeping equipment such as push-mowers, riding mowers, chainsaw, pruners, tractor etc.
- Driving of vehicles and powered equipment such as riding mowers, tractors, backhoes, aerial lifts, and snowplows.
Personal Qualities - The ability to identify personal strengths, weaknesses, skills, and limitations and to use this understanding profitably.
- The desire to grow, develop, and mature, both spiritually and professionally.
- The ability to create and maintain a Christian professional atmosphere in all internal and external relationships.
- A spirit of cooperation and willingness to serve as a member of a team.
- A professional appearance.
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in grounds keeping and landscaping.
- Valid driver's license required.
- PA Pesticide License categories 6 and 7 or the ability to obtain within 6 months of employment
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Decision-making abilities.
- Provide care and maintenance of campus grounds in accordance with industry best practices
- Operation of lawn mowers, both riding and push, to maintain grass at acceptable levels
- Landscape by planting of flowers, grass, shrubs, bushes and trees or the coordination thereof.
- Application of fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides to promote healthy growth and activity of plant life and to prevent disease and pest infestation
- Maintain sidewalks and roadways is a safe a passable manner that is clear of debris
- Trimming of shrubs and trees for both general maintenance and appearance as well as for hazards
- Provides oversight for the maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment
- Oversee and assist in salting and shoveling snow from walkways to ensure safe passing
- Oversee and assist in salting and plowing of roadways for safe passing
- Reading and understanding written instructions such as Work Orders.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Ability to be flexible and adjust to changing priorities based on the needs of the College
- Conduct grounds keeping operations in accordance with College standards and industry best-practices
- Supervise and train full and part-time employees and student workers in all aspects of grounds-keeping operations
- Assist Director in management of budgeted line items associated with grounds keeping
- Assist Director in on-going development and updating of grounds keeping strategic plan/standards and guidelines
- Assist Director in procurement of estimates and contracts with outside vendors in the maintenance and upkeep of College grounds
- Provide input and ideas which promote a fresh and updated look to the Colleges landscape in keeping with College standards
- Planning and scheduling of periodic/seasonal maintenance of campus landscape
- Planning and installing of exterior Christmas decorations
- Assist Athletics Department in the care and maintenance of athletic fields as needed
- Assist Director of Operations in providing leadership and organization of inclement weather needs such as during snow removal.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.