Grounds Worker

Western New Mexico University•Mission, NM

About The Position

Maintains exterior landscape of campus including tennis courts, fields, and garden areas; performs routine landscape maintenance including mowing, pruning, trimming trees, hedges, and bushes. Applies chemical substances to control weeds and undesirable plants/insects as well as encouraging/promoting healthy growth of lawns, trees, shrubs, and flowers. Plants new and replacement landscape materials to enhance exterior environment. Performs routine repair and maintenance of equipment; installs, maintains, and replaces automatic and manual watering and irrigation systems. Removes trash from buildings and grounds; sweep and removes ice and snow from campus walkways, applies ice melt when indicated. Prepares campus areas for special student events. Completes all beautification projects in accordance with indicated requests. Required to operate a University vehicle in the day to day operations. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Maintains exterior landscape of campus including tennis courts, fields, and garden areas
Performs routine landscape maintenance including mowing, pruning, trimming trees, hedges, and bushes
Applies chemical substances to control weeds and undesirable plants/insects as well as encouraging/promoting healthy growth of lawns, trees, shrubs, and flowers
Plants new and replacement landscape materials to enhance exterior environment
Performs routine repair and maintenance of equipment
Installs, maintains, and replaces automatic and manual watering and irrigation systems
Removes trash from buildings and grounds
Sweep and removes ice and snow from campus walkways, applies ice melt when indicated
Prepares campus areas for special student events
Completes all beautification projects in accordance with indicated requests
Operate a University vehicle in the day to day operations
Performs other duties as assigned