Campus Groundskeeper — Student Worker

Mid-America Nazarene University; Olathe (KS); Sur place; USD 28 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

MidAmerica Nazarene University is seeking a Grounds Worker to maintain, install, and care for campus grounds, ensuring a safe and aesthetically pleasing outdoor environment.

The role involves turf management, landscaping, snow and ice removal, and equipment maintenance, with opportunities to assist greenhouse activities and athletic fields. This position requires flexibility and a team-oriented attitude in a university setting.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of and ability to use different hand tools (shovels, rakes, saws, pruners, hoses, wrenches, hammer, pliers, brooms, drills).
• Be available for on-call duties in winter season, to work overtime hours early or late and sometimes weekend hours may be required for snow and ice removal.

Responsabilités

• Maintain, install, and care for the University grounds to provide a safe, well-maintained campus outdoor environment.
• Control turf overgrowth by weed eating around fixtures, borders, and other areas not reached by mowers.
• Daily operate a pickup truck or golf-type work cart for transport to assigned work areas on or off campus.
• Perform regular maintenance of equipment used.
• Maintain flower and landscape beds: soil prep, planting, watering, fertilization, weeding, trimming, renovations, mulching, edging.
• Assist with athletic fields as needed.
• Shovel or sweep snow and ice from walkways and drives on and off campus; salt and sand sidewalks as needed.
• Work safely and professionally; cooperate with staff, students, faculty, admins, visitors.
• May assist with other tasks such as furniture moving, room setup, deliveries; may require flexibility in duties.
• Assist in greenhouse plant production or maintenance as needed.
• Provide tree care assistance: planting, pruning, limb pickup, chipping, mulching, leaf collection.
• Perform rounds for trash pickup and receptacles; keep areas clean.
• Support with special events and cross-departmental tasks as assigned.

Connaissances

Hand tools usage

On-call/overtime readiness

Outils

Shovels

Rakes

Saws

Pruners

Hoses

Wrenches

Hammer

Pliers

Brooms

Drills

Description du poste

MidAmerica Nazarene University is seeking a Grounds Worker to maintain, install, and care for campus grounds, ensuring a safe and aesthetically pleasing outdoor environment.

The role involves turf management, landscaping, snow and ice removal, and equipment maintenance, with opportunities to assist greenhouse activities and athletic fields. This position requires flexibility and a team-oriented attitude in a university setting.