Groundskeeper

UR University of Richmond; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Richmond, located in Richmond, Virginia, is seeking a full-time groundskeeper to maintain campus properties and outdoor spaces. This role requires operating various lawn and grounds equipment to keep lawns, flowerbeds, and athletic fields in excellent condition.

Responsibilities include snow removal, landscaping, and routine maintenance of walkways and outdoor fixtures. A valid driver's license and a high school diploma or GED are required, with preference given to candidates

Qualifications

• Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
• Proficient in English written and verbal communication.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Basic knowledge of grounds maintenance and the equipment required to perform ground maintenance duties.
• Knowledge of pruning and trimming shrubs and trees is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Removes refuse and trash from campus grounds.
• Mows, trims, removes leaves, aerates, overseeds, fertilizes, and waters lawns and athletic fields using power equipment.
• Plants, trims, mulches, weeds, and fertilizes flowers, shrubs and trees as directed.
• Repairs and maintains campus walkways, roads, benches, signs, light poles and fountains by cleaning, painting, patching, etc.
• Removes snow and ice and applies sand and chemicals in all campus areas using hand tools and power equipment.

Skills

Verbal communication

English proficiency

Dependable

Grounds maintenance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

SUMMARY:

Performs skilled landscaping and manual work necessary to maintain university properties.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Removes refuse and trash from campus grounds
• Mows, trims, removes leaves, aerates, over seeds, fertilizes and waters lawns and athletic fields using both push and riding power equipment and other power equipment
• Plants, trims, mulches, weeds and fertilizes flowers, shrubs and trees as directed or as necessary to ensure proper standards are maintained
• Repairs and maintains campus walk, roads, benches signs, light poles and fountains by cleaning, painting, patching, etc.
• Removes snow and ice and applies sand and chemicals in all areas of campus as directed using hand shovels, brooms, power snow blowers, tractors and trucks equipped with blades and spreaders and other power equipment

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong verbal communication and listening skills
• Proficient in English written and verbal communication skills
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Basic knowledge of grounds maintenance and the equipment required to perform ground maintenance duties
• Basic knowledge of groundskeeping and elementary horticultural practices and procedures
• Some knowledge of the pruning and trimming requirement of shrubs and trees
• Required: Must have a valid Driver's License and be able to produce a driving record with a minimum of 3 years of driving history in good standing,

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• H.S. Diploma or GED required
• Less than 2 years prior work experience in landscape maintenance preferred

WORK HOURS:

Full-time; Nonexempt Monday-Friday 6:30AM-3:00PM All university facilities employees are designated as essential personnel and are subject to work outside the normal work schedule on an emergency basis and are also subject to planned overtime work as required by the immediate supervisor.

SALARY STRUCTURE:

Pay Grade 1 Hourly ($15.00 to $17.79 per hour)

Located just minutes from downtown Richmond, Virginia, the University of Richmond blends the intimacy of a small college with exceptional academic, research, and cultural opportunities usually found only at large institutions.

The mission of the University of Richmond is to educate in an academically challenging, intellectually vibrant, and collaborative community dedicated to the holistic development of students and the production of scholarly and creative work.

A Richmond education prepares students for lives of purpose, thoughtful inquiry, and responsible leadership in a diverse world.

Our strategic priorities are academic excellence, belonging and community, access and affordability, well-being, and experiential learning and community engagement.

These priorities, coupled with strong benefits, makes the University of Richmond an employer of choice in the Richmond area.

UR is a private, highly selective, liberal arts university with a welcoming spirit that prizes diversity of experience and thought.

With more than 60 undergraduate majors and an average undergraduate class size of 15 students, the University provides a collaborative learning and research environment unlike any other in higher education, offering students an extraordinary combination of the liberal arts with law, business, leadership studies, and continuing education.

The University of Richmond ranks number 30 among the nation’s best liberal arts colleges by US News and World Report, one of many accolades that showcases Richmond as a premiere place to grow professionally and personally.