Grounds Maintenance Worker

University of Southern Indiana • Evansville, IN

18d • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Southern Indiana is accepting applications for Grounds Maintenance Worker. Perform preventive maintenance and general upkeep of landscaped and turfed areas; roads and walkways; parking lots; lakes, streams, and watersheds; playing fields and recreational facilities; and minor construction related thereto.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED.
• Valid driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience in grounds keeping including methods used in planting, cultivation, pruning, and caring for plants, shrubs, flowers, and turf.
• Operation of ground maintenance equipment including motorized equipment and hand tools and knowledge of routine equipment and methods.
• Agricultural background and high mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with tractors and trucks.
• Knowledge of microcomputers, word processing, spreadsheet, and electronic mail software.

Responsibilities

• Performs semi skilled landscaping, grounds maintenance, and roads maintenance tasks in a multi building University complex.
• Uses vehicles, tractors, machinery, and hand tools to do seeding, sodding, aerating, weeding, fertilizing, mowing, and trimming turfed and planted areas.
• Assists a certified grounds maintenance worker in applying chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides to trees, shrubs and turf.
• Operates machines and uses hand tools to maintain and develop outdoor facilities to include playing fields, shelter houses, fences, picnic areas, campgrounds, recreation facilities, fishing areas, nature trails, and fences.
• Plants and prunes trees and shrubs.
• Cleans and maintains vehicles and equipment.
• Maintains roads, walkways, parking lots, and loading docks to include minor paving, patching, grading, ditching, and snow removal.
• Collects and removes trash and debris.
• Cleans and maintains vehicles and equipment.
• Makes outdoor set ups for special events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, vision, life and short term and long-term disability insurance plans.
• Retirement plan where the University makes the total contribution equivalent to 7% of annual salary.
• Full tuition fee waiver for employees/75% for spouses and dependent children.
• Accrue up to 10 paid vacation days per fiscal year – accrual increases after 4, 7, and 11 years of service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees