Groundsworker

Overview

At Oakton College, we know education changes lives - and that starts with the people who make it happen. For more than 50 years, we've built a welcoming and inclusive community where students from all backgrounds and experiences thrive.

We're looking for passionate professionals to join our team.

• Continuing Education
• Paid Winter Break
• FRIDAYS OFF during the Summer

• Perform routine tasks in maintaining lawns and grounds, including seeding, fertilizing, mowing, watering and weed control, install, plant, spray and maintain flower beds
• Plant, fertilize, spray and prune shrubs and trees
• Maintain and repair sidewalks, roads and parking lots
• Maintain and repair water and sanitary lines, storm sewers, drainage structures and manholes and drain lines
• Perform tasks in snow removal including use of snowplow, UTV or tractor to remove snow and add ice control by using salt or liquid deicers
• Perform leaf raking, tree cutting, grass cutting and stump removal
• Applies fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides as directed
• Preform daily campus litter and garbage can pick up
• Operate job related power equipment such as end loader, snow blower, air compressor and air hammer, mowers, painter, chain saw, and other power equipment
• Perform other general maintenance tasks as may be assigned by Supervisor or Director of Facilities
• Perform Athletic fields maintenance, repair and striping
• Perform Sprinkler system repair and maintenance
• Preform other job-related duties as assigned

• High school education or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired
• Two years of landscaping groundskeeping and athletic fields experience
• Illinois State Public Applicator or Operator License and /or Ornamental and Turf license must be obtained in 6 months of employment
• Ability to operate various types of power equipment including lawnmowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment
• Ability to use hand tools required for landscaping