Groundskeeper - 82639

St. Charles Community College; Lake Saint Louis (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Charles Community College is seeking a Full-Time Groundskeeper to maintain and enhance the grounds of its main campus. Responsibilities include caring for turf and ornamentals, ensuring campus cleanliness, and performing routine equipment maintenance.

Qualified candidates should have a high school diploma, a minimum of three months experience in grounds maintenance, and a valid driver's license. This is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of three months experience and/or education in grounds.
• Valid Class A, B, C or E driver's license required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain grounds, including mowing, fertilizing, and pest control.
• Ensure appearance of campus grounds; pick up trash and clean areas.
• Perform routine maintenance on grounds vehicles and equipment.
• Assist with maintenance needs and heavy lifting.

Skills

Turf maintenance

Ornamental care

Snow removal

Irrigation system maintenance

Heavy lifting

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Grounds maintenance equipment

Campus vehicles

Job description

St. Charles Community College is located just west of St. Louis, in the heart of growing St. Charles County. At St. Charles Community College, we have a passion for student success. We serve a growing diverse student population, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff who will help prepare our students for a global society. Qualified candidates will have demonstrated success in serving diverse student populations.

Full-Time Groundskeeper - Responsible for maintaining, caring for, and enhancing the grounds of the College's main campus in Cottleville, Missouri, ensuring a safe, attractive, and welcoming environment for students, employees, and visitors.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cares for turf, including mowing, fertilizing, weed killing, aerating, seeding and pest control.
• Maintains ornamentals and trees, including fertilizing, planting, watering, pest control, pruning, mulching and weed control.
• Ensures proper appearance of campus grounds, including picking up trash, emptying parking lot trash containers, emptying trash containers at buildings, and cleaning parking lots and plaza areas.
• Performs routine service maintenance on grounds vehicles and equipment; communicates problems with equipment to supervisor.
• Performs snow removal, including shoveling, plowing and brushing sidewalks, plaza areas, parking areas and access roads, and application of snow removal chemicals.
• Cares for irrigation system, making necessary minor repairs and adjustments, communicates issues to supervisor.
• Cares for the fields at the Dardenne Creek campus.
• Performs holiday light installation and removal.
• Completes work orders in a timely fashion.
• Assists with maintenance needs as needed.
• Assists housekeeping department with maintaining appearance of the campus.
• Assists with heavy lifting, loading, unloading, and moving heavy products/deliveries.
• Operates campus vehicles as needed.

Other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of three months experience and/or education in grounds.
• Valid Class A, B, C or E driver's license required.

St. Charles Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.