COTA Grounds Landscaper; Seasonal - PART TIME

COTA Grounds Landscaper (Seasonal – Part Time)

Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is a 365-entertainment destination for world‑class events located in Austin, TX. The sports and entertainment portfolio at COTA is unmatched in the country with Formula 1 US Grand Prix, NASCAR and MotoGP attracting global fans during championship races on the famed Circuit and Live Nation producing over 30 headline concerts every year at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater.

Opening in 2026, COTA’s amusement park is a 20‑acre theme park featuring two first‑of‑their‑kind roller coasters and over three dozen rides.

The Seasonal Part Time COTA Grounds Landscaper performs semi‑skilled work in the maintenance, care, and modification of COTA’s campus grounds and landscapes, which includes the operation of electrically powered and gasoline‑powered grounds‑keeping equipment and machines, and the use of small hand and power tools or equipment in planting, cultivating, and trimming grounds and landscaping. The Landscaper also performs maintenance on grounds‑keeping equipment and tools and makes minor repairs (within demonstrated capability) as directed.

Additionally, the Landscaper assists as needed to: change light bulbs, paint walls, woodwork, furniture, and equipment; make minor carpentry, plumbing, and electrical repairs; deliver supplies, materials, and equipment as needed; retrieve and document transfer of accountability of surplus property; provide custodial services, etc.

The position requires the use of power equipment, small to large maintenance equipment, as well as large machinery.

This is a Seasonal Part‑Time on‑campus position, Monday through Friday with weekends as needed.

• Performs tasks common to the care of grounds and landscapes by seeding, watering, mulching, fertilizing, and applying chemicals to outside plantings, lawns and turf, as well as inside flowers and cuttings used in transplanting; inspecting plant materials for insects, disease, physical and mechanical damage and identifying replacements; transplanting, pruning, trimming, and cultivating trees, shrubs, ground cover, and flowers; and storing and caring for bulbs and cuttings in the winter season.
• Performs regular and directed grounds and landscape maintenance by mowing lawns with riding or push mowers; trimming and edging around trees, shrubs, ground cover, flowers, sidewalk, and buildings; weeding, thinning, and cleaning flower beds and other grounds by hand or utilizing proper tools and equipment; and setting up, adjusting, repairing, and cleaning irrigation systems.
• Provides a record of grounds and landscape watering and chemical spraying by keeping daily logs of areas watered and duration of watering and the application of chemicals, including areas sprayed, amount and type of chemicals used, substances sprayed and reason, and the wind speed and direction at time of spraying.
• Performs campus‑wide general maintenance and repairs by installing, removing, repairing, and maintaining landscape lighting, parking meters, signs, cables, chains, barricades, gates, bicycle racks, feeders, posts, fences and rock walls; and repairing streets, parking lots, and omni turf, as applicable.
• Removes unsightly trash and debris from public areas by regularly inspecting grounds, drains, utility hole covers, etc., for debris; raking, sweeping and bagging leaves, debris, dirt and trash from streets, sidewalks, parking lots, tunnels, and transporting the trash to designated central collection points daily.
• Reduces the likelihood for the spread of diseases and unsightly appearance of trash containers in public areas by emptying, cleaning, and disinfecting trash and cigarette receptacles on a regular basis, and removing, repairing, and installing trash and cigarette receptacles on COTA’s property on an as‑needed basis.
• Assists in preventing accidents resulting from snow‑ or ice‑covered walkways by removing mowing decks and installing snow‑removal equipment on riding mowers and tractors; operating snow blowers, tractors or mowers with blades and using shovels to remove snow and spread sand, chaff, and salt on snow‑ or…