Grounds Worker - Facilities & Services Job Northern Kentucky USA,Outdoor/Nature/Animal Care

Location: Northern

Grounds Worker - Facilities & Services Building Maintenance & Grounds

Job Summary

Under direct supervision from a designated Sub-Foreperson, maintain the appearance and upkeep of campus by performing grounds maintenance such as planting, transplanting, mulching, fertilizing, spraying, watering, weeding, pruning, mowing lawns, collecting leaves, debris and litter from the ground and otherwise tending to lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamental plants and snow removal from sidewalks, bike paths and ADA ramps.

Duties & Responsibilities

Mowing assigned areas, maintaining mowing equipment, and giving instruction providing direction to extra/seasonal help.
Operate and maintain approximately 15 kinds of motorized equipment such as RTV’s, riding mowers, small tractors, leaf vacuums and blowers, skid steers, stump grinders, chippers and sprayers.
Aerate, fertilize, apply weed control, irrigate, renovate, seed and sod campus lawn areas.
Shrub, annual and perennial bed maintenance such as planting, watering, pruning, weeding and mulching.
Collect and remove campus leaves, litter and debris.
Remove snow, apply brine, salt and/or sand for ice removal on sidewalks, bike paths and ADA ramps.
Clear debris from surface drains.
Responsible for safe working habits.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

May work in extreme weather conditions.

Must be aware of potential danger from moving parts and equipment.

May be exposed to dust, loud noise, pesticides, and potentially dangerous equipment.

May work in temperature extremes ranging from freezing weather to high heat/humidity.

Lifting (minimum of 50 pounds), bending, digging and sustained walking and standing.

Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations

Work is assigned through the Work Management Group, Service office, Foreperson/Sub-Foreperson, or via the Director of Building Maintenance & Grounds or his Designee. The Grounds Worker is responsible for ensuring the work or projects are completed properly in accord with statues and codes in a safe and timely manner. The Grounds Worker is expected to support the Mission, Vision, Values, Guiding Principles and management operational directions and philosophies of Facilities and Services.

Interacts with campus customers, supervision, peers and other F&S employees.

The workload associated with the position can be stressful at times.

Work may include overtime as required, especially during emergency events and critical times such as snow removal, commencement, and back to school.

Use of Personal Protective Equipment is required when hazards exist.

Minimum Qualifications

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Any one or combination totaling six (6) months from the categories below:
A. Coursework or vocational training in horticulture, landscaping, or aclosely related field, as measured by the following conversion table orits proportional equivalent:
-Fifteen (15) semester hours equals six (6) months
B. Work experience in grounds maintenance, landscape maintenance,nursery, agriculture work, grounds construction, and/or tending tolawns, turfs, trees, flowers, bushes or other shrubberies, ornamentalplants, and other grounds-related work.

3. Valid/current driver’s license as required by the State of Illinois for the type of motor vehicle(s) to be operated.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Ability to obtain pesticide operator's license as required by state law within six months of hire.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

1. Basic knowledge of use/capabilities of grounds equipment and tools.
2. Basic knowledge of lawn, tree, shrub, annual and perennial care.
3. Basic knowledge of pesticide mixing and application.
4. Ability to work routinely with grounds related construction or maintenance.
5. Ability and…