Maintenance​/Groundskeeper, Campus

Job Title:
Maintenance/Groundskeeper

Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt

Reports to: Grounds Foreman

Pay Grade: 7

Dept. /School: Facilities

Days: 247

Primary Purpose:

• Refer to major responsibilities and duties

Education/Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Valid Texas Driver’s License

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• General working knowledge of HVAC repairs, maintenance and installation techniques
• General working knowledge of plumbing repairs, maintenance and installation techniques
• General maintenance skills including operation of lawnmowers and other lawn equipment
• Fluent in English; written and orally
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations
• Ability to diagnose and resolve problems
• Ability to use hand and power tools

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Perform general maintenance on heating/air conditioning units
• Work with the maintenance yard crew to keep the campuses mowed, assist in grooming trees and shrubbery
• Keep trash picked up in assigned areas of the campus grounds
• Keep the outside trash barrels dumped
• Replace burned out ballasts
• Repair minor plumbing leaks and problems
• Receive and/or generate work orders from campus administrators and complete in a timely manner
• Make necessary repairs to broken lockers and assist students with jammed lockers when requested by office staff
• Make necessary electrical repairs to, but not limited to, switches, wall plugs etc.
• Ability to follow instructions and be able to prioritize and analyze work orders
• Ability to operate hand and power tools using good safety practices
• Ability to maintain and demonstrate an attitude of quality service, teamwork, public relations, and communicate well with co-workers, supervisors, and district employees at the various facility sites
• Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Working Conditions:

• The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, move throughout the room and/or facility, and communicate verbally and electronically.
• Use hands and fingers to handle tools. Able to reach with arms and hands, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb, balance, and drive.
• Must be able to lift or exert force of up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities are required for this position.
• Must be able to handle environmental characteristics of this job which are but not limited to:
  Noise levels ranging from moderate to high.
• Handle moving mechanical parts and equipment.
• Handle outdoor weather conditions.

Equipment Used:

Common equipment such as (but not limited to): screwdrivers, pliers, hose clamps, extension cords, blowers, mowers, weed trimmers, edgers, sprayers, post hole augers, and ladders.