Supervisor, Groundskeeping, Landscape Enhancement

Supervisor, Groundskeeping, Landscape Enhancement

Job

Location:

Kennesaw, Georgia

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower our 47,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens.

Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision.

Come Take Flight at KSU!

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

• Leads and coordinates in-house tree removals
• Oversees campus landscape lighting systems, including troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance
• Installs, services, and repairs irrigation systems, including sprinklers, pumps, valves, controllers, and water lines
• Conducts routine inspections and preventative maintenance to ensure irrigation systems are operating effectively across university locations
• Diagnoses and repairs irrigation system issues, including malfunctioning components, leaks, electrical issues, and system inefficiencies
• Completes and maintains progress reports, maps, and records related to irrigation installations, repairs, and maintenance activities
• Maintains inventory of irrigation and related materials and communicates purchasing needs to department leadership
• Trains and mentors departmental staff on proper irrigation troubleshooting, repair techniques, and system operation
• Develops and maintains irrigation schedules that support plant health while preventing unsafe conditions for the campus community
• Conducts initiative-taking routine system audits to identify deficiencies, potential system upgrades and prevent malfunctions
• Performs seasonal irrigation system start-ups and winterization procedures
• Installs and maintains drainage systems, including but not limited to dry creek beds, French drains, catch basins, downspout tie‑ins, and grading adjustments
• Create and maintain records of all irrigation systems located within the university

• Knowledge of basic irrigation hydraulics, pipe sizing, and irrigation system design
• General understanding of two‑wire irrigation control systems
• Knowledge of plants water requirements
• Knowledge of surface and subsurface drainage principles and applications
• Knowledge and experience related to tree removals and associated safety practices
• Experience with commercial and residential irrigation systems
• Able to read, interpret, and scale construction drawings and irrigation plans
• Able to perform low‑voltage electrical troubleshooting related to irrigation systems
• Able to install, troubleshoot, and repair low‑voltage landscape lighting systems

Supervises the landscaping maintenance of all University grounds keeping crews and directs the planting, pruning, and cultivating of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and the seeding, fertilizing, mowing, and trimming of all University grounds.

• Supervises and performs a variety of semi‑skilled manual tasks and duties in support of various services provided by the grounds team
• Installs plant materials, operates, repairs, and maintains various types of grounds equipment and hand tools
• Knowledge of proper and safe use of equipment, chemicals,…