Athletic Groundskeeper

Abundance Network; United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking a grounds maintenance worker to prepare outdoor facilities for sports events and maintain grounds across Physical Education facilities. The role requires one year of grounds experience or equivalent and familiarity with safety procedures for athletic settings.

Responsibilities include equipment operation, field setup, minor repairs, and ensuring clean, safe playing surfaces. Valid California driver’s license may be required; the position is on-site at Stanford.

Qualifications

• Usually requires one year of Physical Education grounds experience or equivalent education/experience.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and sports facility prep for events.
• California driver’s license may be required as stated in the posting.

Responsibilities

• General grounds maintenance, equipment repair, irrigation head replacement and field setup.
• Prepare outdoor facilities for events by mowing, leveling, marking fields and installing equipment.
• Check grounds and playing areas and report unsatisfactory conditions to supervisor.
• Clean and maintain outdoor playing surfaces and repair minor issues.
• Operate a range of equipment to mow, trim, spray, and perform rough carpentry and painting.
• Water, weed, seed, and trim plants and trees; perform laboring duties as needed.
• May coordinate ground crews on occasion and adhere to safety rules.

Skills

Outdoor work

Ability to stand/walk

Follow instructions

Operate tractors

Knowledge of sports prep

Tools

Tractors

Mowers

Hand tools

Job description

Under the direction of a lead or supervisor, employees in this classification perform a variety of grounds and other maintenance duties for DAPER facilities, requiring experience and familiarity with applicable sports regulations, safety requirements, etc.

Employees are expected to act independently to apply knowledge of sports activities to properly set up for events, etc. Work may be reviewed during progress and/or upon completion.

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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classifications and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a help ticket.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. See Admin Guide 1.7.4: Equal Employment Opportunity, Non-Discrimination, and Affinity Action Policy; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

This job classifications describes a position in which the major responsibility is to perform a variety of grounds and other maintenance duties for Physical Education facilities.

Core Duties:

• Perform a variety of general grounds maintenance to include equipment repair, irrigation head replacement, field setup and layout.
• Prepare outdoor facilities for events, games, and practices by mowing, leveling, raking, and marking fields or courts, installing practice or game equipment, goals, posts, yard markers, bases, beach volleyball nets, etc.
• Check the condition of grounds and playing areas, and take steps to correct unsatisfactory conditions or reports findings to supervisor.
• Clean and maintain outdoor playing surfaces such as concrete, grass, synthetic turf, and dirt surfaces.
• Perform minor plumbing and electrical work, clean and repair sprinkler heads, sharpen mower blades, perform rough carpentry and painting.
• Operate a variety of mobile and non-mobile equipment to mow, spray, trim, rake, level, clean, vacuum, aerate, roll, etc.
• Water, weed, seed, and trim plants and trees, seed play area.
• Perform laboring duties such as moving sports or other equipment by hand, removing leaves and rubbish from playing areas, etc.
• May act as a coordinator or ground crews on an occasional basis.
• Operate equipment for performing cultural practices to grass fields including tractors, aerators, slicers, verticutters. and topdressers.
• Repair, prepare and groom all field areas that contain sand, dirt, and/or clay.
• Clean and maintain all equipment to satisfactory operating conditions.
• Adhere to safety rules.

Minimum Education and Experience

Usually requires one year of Physical Education grounds experience or a combination of equivalent education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work outside in all types of outside weather conditions.
• Ability to withstand extensive standing, walking, pushing and pulling.
• Ability to follow job related instructions.
• Ability to operate tractors with attachments and mobile and non mobile mowing equipment.
• Knowledge of applicable sports regulations, safety procedures, and general practice involved in preparing facilities for sports events.
• Ability to use hand tools to perform a variety of minor repairs, including hand powered blowers, edger, etc.

Certificates and Licenses Required

Valid California non-commercial class C driver’s license.