Groundskeeper

Job Summary

Facilities Management at CU Boulder encourages applications for a Groundskeeper! Outdoor Services provides high quality, professional grounds and landscape services to enhance a safe, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally conscious campus. Facilities Management provides a physical environment that promotes the advancement and transfer of knowledge. This role will perform emergency and routine landscape oriented tasks for areas associated with the University of Colorado-Boulder Research Park, East and South Campus locations.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Facilities Management (FM) provides outdoor services to general fund areas and several auxiliary funded facilities. FM Outdoor Services is responsible for grounds maintenance and irrigation system operation and maintenance for the general fund areas on campus.

• Perform turf management practices ensuring turf in assigned service areas meets campus standards for appearance. Practices may include mowing, edging along hardscape, leaf removal and chopping, string trimming of unmowable grass around plants and structures and hand removal of weeds from turf areas. May assist turf management personnel in other cultural practices. May serve as a work leader for student or temporary employees.

• Perform daily maintenance procedures to ensure East Campus grounds areas are free of trash, recyclable materials, and litter that would negatively impact the Campus' appearance. Monitor and maintain sidewalks, stairways, building entryways, loading docks, bus stops, ADA structures, fences, retaining walls, bicycle paths and landscape structures (benches, flag poles, memorials, trash and recycle receptacles, and public art works) to ensure a safe and aesthetically pleasing appearance for campus occupants and visitors.
  
  Monitor and take appropriate actions for the removal of any signage, graffiti, markings and/or transient camps on campus property in violation of University Policy. May serve as a work leader for temporary or student employees.

• Perform routine and technical maintenance procedures for shrubs, perennial and annual herbaceous plant material. Assist with appropriate eradication procedures for plant disease, insect and weed problems. Assist with installations of all types of plant material and assist with providing appropriate cultural practices to ensure successful establishment. Assist in planting bed maintenance, including fall/spring cleanup and renovations. May serve as a work leader for temporary or student employees.

• Perform snow removal and ice abatement on campus sidewalks, bike paths, stairways, ADA accessibility structures and building entrances and exits. Work requires hand shoveling, operation of power snow removal equipment and vehicles, and the application of ice abatement products. May assist and direct other Outdoor Services employees in snow removal and ice abatement activities. Snow removal activities may require early and late arrival times, extended shifts, and after-hours call-ins.
  
  As an essential services position, this employee is expected to be available for regular, overtime and call-in/back hours as needed to perform snow and ice mitigation activities.

• Be a crew (team) member by coordinating daily activities with supervisor, team leader, and coworkers to ensure overall campus appearance and safety consistency. Complete timecards, charging appropriate work order(s) and other documents in an accurate and timely manner. Follow State Personnel Board Rules and Facilities Management and Outdoor Services Policies and Guidelines. May be a work leader or train other Grounds & Nursery I’s, students, and seasonal…