Groundskeeper

University of Wisconsin Stout • Kenosha, WI

6h • $17

About The Position

The groundskeeper maintains and landscapes campus lawns, planting beds, wooded areas, trees and fields . They inspect the grounds to ensure conditions meet institutional grounds keeping standards. The work environment for this position is predominantly indoors. Exposure to dust, odors, moving mechanical parts and noise is common. A key part of the University that ensures the campus roads are clean, that utilities like water and electricity are operating effectively and efficiently, and that our campus is clean and beautiful.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent GED
• Acquire and maintain a valid Driver’s License within 3 months of hire date
• Must be able to climb ladders, scaffolding and rooftop access stairs.
• Required to carry tools and parts often weighing 50 pounds or more.
• Use ropes and pulleys to hoist tools and parts to installation elevations.
• Ability to tolerate working in areas where temperature may exceed 85 degrees of atmospheric temperature , or may drop below 20 degrees of atmospheric temperature .
• Proper and safe tool utilization requires dexterity and mobility of hands and arms.
• Long periods of standing, sitting, kneeling, walking and computer work are possible.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the implementation of outreach-program-focused strategic planning initiatives and objectives
• Develops and implements operating policies and procedures to promote the outreach program in alignment with the strategic plan
• Monitors the unit or program budget and approves program expenditures
• Reviews recommendations for and provides input on the design and development of new outreach programs or services
• Determines outreach program needs and the personnel resource allocation plan
• May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED