Groundskeeper II

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top‑ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top‑ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Perform general and specialized landscape and grounds maintenance activities to include plantings, chemical applications and equipment maintenance. This position will interact on a consistent basis with supervisor and coworkers, advise Groundskeepers I, and does not supervise.

• Maintain trees, shrubs, ground covers, and flower beds (planting, fertilizing, mulching, watering, pruning, etc.).
• Transport equipment and personnel via motor vehicle to and from job sites.
• Perform lawn maintenance (mowing, line trimming, edging, aeration, fertilization, lime application, etc.).
• Maintain landscape and grounds; clear debris, trash, branches, and leaves; remove ice; empty trash receptacles; clean storm drains and ash urns.
• Apply integrated pest management principles to maintain the Institute’s lawn, trees, shrubs, ground cover, and flowers through cultural practices and chemical use.
• Perform routine maintenance of equipment (pressure washers, blowers, weed eaters, etc.).
• Complete daily grounds maintenance reports.
• May provide or assist in training to new employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

High school diploma, GED certificate, or vocational school diploma.

One to two years of job‑related experience; working knowledge of grounds maintenance processes and practices including operation and maintenance of related equipment, use of radio communications equipment, and operation of a motor vehicle.

Position works closely with Institute central and unit development to assist in obtaining external corporate funding for GT; works closely with communications and marketing, and is occasionally asked (or contacted directly by media) to represent GT to the media, most often local and national print/web‑based media, pertaining to job‑market conditions generally and for GT students specifically.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services.

Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities. Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national…