Lead Grounds Keeper

About Us

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world‑class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

• Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912
• Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

Providing the highest level of quality service in a responsive and efficient manner to the entire university community while creating and caring for a physical environment in which those who seek knowledge, enlightenment and well‑being enjoy successful, productive, and fulfilled lives. Facilities Services Division provides quality customer service by maintaining a safe, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing environment in which students, faculty, and staff can function and accomplish their educational objectives and by supporting a patient care culture that continuously improves.

Facilities Services' responsibilities include Interior and Exterior Facilities Support, Construction, Space Management, and Environmental Services.

This position maintains and beautifies campus grounds, maintains ground equipment, performs set ups for events and performs waste management functions.

• Leads Grounds Crews
  • Participates in and assigns tasks to Grounds keepers
  • Reviews results continuously and confers with Grounds Foreman on daily activities
  • Provides safety and technical training
  • Ensures the use of appropriate personal protection equipment and power equipment safety devices
  • Responsible for recording labor and material information into Maximo for the Groundskeepers
  • Assist Groundskeepers with entering leave requests in OneUSG
• Maintains Ground covers, Shrubs, Trees, and Turfgrass
  • Prunes shrubs and trees; mows lawns with proper equipment; collects and removes lawn cuttings and debris
  • Line trims around signs, trees, valve boxes and edges along walks, curbs, and beds
  • Controls weeds manually and with the application of mulch and chemical herbicides to bed areas; applies fertilizer to shrubs and trees; hand waters new plants and trees
  • Inspects lawns and shrub beds prior to mowing or pruning for obstacles such as debris, irrigation heads, rocks, limbs, valve boxes, etc.
• Maintains Grounds Equipment
  • Performs and records routine maintenance on equipment (Oil change, filter change, blade replacement, lubricating trimmers, etc.)
  • Cleans equipment after each use
  • Notifies crew leader and supervisor of any performance/safety issues
• Operates Vehicles and Light Construction Equipment
  • Safely operates vehicles, golf carts, mowers, street sweepers and small tractors
  • Operates the backhoe (transporting mulch, debris, excavation assignments)
  • Checks fluid levels prior to starting
  • Cleans vehicle and equipment (Interior and Exterior)
  • Require training and certification in operation of the motorized personnel lift and forklift
• Waste Management
  • Removes lawn cuttings, plant clippings, and tree limbs; and places them in yard waste container
  • Removes litter and chewing gum from campus grounds, parking lots, and streets
  • Cleans and empties waste containers
  • Assist with packing waste, yard debris and cardboard roll off containers by operating backhoe
• Cleans and Organizes Grounds Warehouse
  • Sweeps floors and removes debris
  • Keeps tools, equipment, and vehicles in good condition and stored properly
  • Returns flammable products containers to fireproof storage cabinets at end of each day
  • Makes sure that all fuel containers are properly labeled and safety compliant
  • Safeguards and secures grounds equipment
  • Monitors…