Grounds Worker
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Landscaping, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Grounds Worker
- Category: Administrative, Professional & Staff Positions
- Department: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
- Location: Macomb, IL
RESPONSIBILITIES: Under direct supervision from a designated supervisor, perform grounds maintenance or construction such as planting, transplanting, fertilizing, spraying, watering, pruning, mowing lawns, turfs, and otherwise tending to lawns, turfs, trees, flowers, bushes, or other shrubberies, ornamental plants, and snow removal.
WORK LOCATION: Macomb Campus
APPOINTMENT: As soon as possible
HOURLY WAGE: $21.22
Benefits- Health Insurance plans (HMO's, OAP's, QCHP, and CDHP)
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Plan
- Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Supplemental Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Flex Spending Accounts (HAS, MCAP, and DCAP)
- 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans.
- State Universities Retirement System (SURS) participation
- Paid time-off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Waiver programs
- Discounts to local YMCA
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Job Requirements- Coursework or vocational training in horticulture, landscaping, or a closely related field (measured by conversion table: fifteen (15) semester hours equals six (6) months).
- Work experience in grounds maintenance, landscape maintenance, nursery, agriculture work, grounds construction, and/or tending to lawns, turfs, trees, flowers, bushes, or other shrubberies, ornamental plants, and other grounds-related work.
Since 1899, Western Illinois University has provided outstanding educational opportunities to individuals in west central Illinois and well beyond our region and state. WIU’s traditional residential campus in Macomb, Illinois, is the educational, cultural and athletic center of the region, while the WIU-Quad Cities non‑residential branch campus in Moline, Illinois, is the only public university in the immediate Quad Cities region.
WIU‑Macomb, IL:
Western’s traditional, residential main campus offers a comprehensive slate of undergraduate and graduate programs, including a doctorate in ducation, and post‑baccalaureate certificates. A diverse community in west central Illinois, Macomb features a unique blend of agriculture, industry, service, retail, education, and culture. Macomb serves as the county seat, with connections across the state with Amtrak providing twice‑daily service from Macomb to Chicago (and point in between).
Macomb is located approximately 75 miles from the Quad Cities International Airport (Moline, IL) and 70 miles from the Greater Peoria Regional Airport (Peoria, IL). WIU‑Quad Cities:
Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Moline, Illinois, the WIU‑Quad Cities campus is the only public four‑year regional university that serves the Quad Cities region. Designed as a metropolitan commuter campus, WIU‑Quad Cities offers select undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Moline is located just 80 miles north of the Macomb campus and is centered within a diverse, bi‑state community of 383,000 that offers a broad range of cultural, social, and entertainment amenities and experiences, as well as varied businesses and industries.
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Management and Manufacturing
- Industries: Higher Education
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