Lead Groundsworker

Apply now Job no: 559075 Work type: Staff Location: Chico Categories: Unit 5 - CSUEU - Operations and Support Services, Custodial/Facilities, Probationary, Full Time, Trades Position Description

California State University (CSU), Chico is a comprehensive and residential public university, holding Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation. Chico State operates as part of the 23-campus CSU system, which educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. The University enrolls over 15,000 students, with over half identifying as first-generation college students.

Chico State is committed to recruiting outstanding candidates. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and the elimination of equity gaps, have demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, and will contribute to policies, programs, and practices that support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning and working environment. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, veterans, and those with diverse abilities are encouraged to apply.

Under general supervision, the Lead Grounds worker oversees and assists Grounds employees engaged in specialized campus-wide work, including athletic field maintenance, or leads and assists crews engaged in grounds projects such as installing major landscape areas, planting trees and shrubs, maintaining irrigation systems, and performing concrete and asphalt work.

This classification is distinguished from other general or specialized grounds classifications primarily by the performance of lead duties requiring the ability to plan, train, coordinate, assign, and inspect the work of others. It is further distinguished from the Grounds worker classification by the greater technical knowledge of horticultural methods, materials, and plant care required.

Incumbents are responsible for coordinating work assignments for Grounds staff and student employees, completing required operational paperwork and documentation, conducting monthly safety meetings, providing safety training and reinforcing safe work practices, working independently and as part of a team, supporting special events, and providing landscape care and support within their assigned areas as well as other campus locations as operational needs dictate.

The Lead Grounds worker serves as a key field resource for coordinating daily operations, ensuring work quality and safety standards, and supporting campus events, projects and seasonal operational priorities.

Two years of experience in planting, cultivating and maintaining flowers and shrubs, or in general grounds maintenance work.

• Experience with horticultural spraying and pest eradication
• Experience with irrigation systems including the installation and maintenance of sprinkler heads, repairs of irrigation lines, and familiarity with smart irrigation controllers and software
• Experience with tree trimming, including knowledge of materials and tools used in trimming, pruning, cultivating and caring for trees
• Experience with landscape construction projects, including sports field renovations.
• Possession of a Qualified Applicators Certificate.

Full-time

12/12

$46,680 (Step
1) - $66,660 (Step 19) per year.

This position qualifies for benefits including tuition fee waiver (if eligible).

• 15 paid holidays, plus vacation and sick leave to support work-life balance
• Exceptional health benefits options, some currently with no monthly out-of-pocket premium
• Membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), offering lifetime retirement medical benefits for qualifying retirees
• And access to the fee waiver education program for eligible employees or their dependents

Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.

California State University, Chico, in accordance with CSU policy, requires that the successful candidate complete a background check (including a criminal records check, sexual offender registry check, and/or fingerprinting) prior to assuming this position. Failure to satisfactorily complete or pass the background check may impact the job offer or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for posted positions identified as sensitive.

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