Director - Grounds

Salary: $84,010.00 - $98,835.00 Annually

Job Type: FT Exempt Salaried Staff

Job Number: FY2706590

Closing: 10/11/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

Location: Main Campus
- Orem

Division: VP Administration/Strategic Rel

Join Utah Valley University in a leadership role that helps shapeand maintain the campus environment that supports learning,recreation, and community engagement. As the Director of Grounds,you will oversee the stewardship of the university's landscapes,athletic fields, urban forestry, irrigation systems, and snow removal operations across all university-owned properties. This position offers the opportunity to make a visible and lasting impact on the campus experience while leading complex operations that contribute to the university's daily success.

The successful candidate will lead a skilled team, manage strategic planning and landscape improvement projects, and guide the allocation of personnel, equipment, and resources to support departmental goals. This role is ideal for a collaborative leaderwho enjoys balancing long-term planning with hands-on operational management, developing employees, and ensuring the university'soutdoor spaces remain safe, functional, and welcoming year-round.

UVU offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic higher education environment where innovation, service, and professional growth arevalued.

• Directs and manages annual budgets for the organization and performs periodic cost and productivity analysis. Advises the University administration on the funding needs to adequately maintain the campus grounds.
• Designs, establishes, and maintains staffing and an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the department function; recruits, employs, supervises, and evaluates departmental staff; directs the implementation of management development, skill straining, and safety and labor relations programs.
• Oversees the overall operations of the Grounds Department. Provides leadership and direction in all aspects of administering grounds management, including landscape design, plant selection, equipment justifications, maintenance of existing equipment, strategic planning, and customer-focused programs.
• Establishes and implements short- and long-range organizational goals, objectives, strategic plans, policies, and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates programmatic and operational effectiveness, and effects changes required for improvement.
• Attends meetings representing the Grounds department both on and off campus.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Graduation from an accredited institution with a bachelor's degreein a related discipline plus three years of progressive management-level experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience related to the Summary of Dutiestotaling seven years.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3 years of progressive management-level experience.
• OR an associate degree in a related field and 5 years of progressive management-level experience.
• OR one year of college coursework (approximately 30 credit hours) in a related field and 6 years of progressive management-level experience.
• OR two years of college coursework (approximately 60 credit hours) in a related field and 5 years of progressive management-level experience.
• OR three years of college coursework (approximately 90 credit hours) in a related field and 4 years of progressive management-level experience.
• OR a high school diploma or GED and 7 years of progressive management-level experience.

Certified Grounds Manager or ability to achieve certification within 1 year of employment.

• Knowledge of record-keeping procedures.
• Knowledge of how to create tables, charts, and graphs that interpret and explain needs.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques of effective supervision.
• Knowledge of mechanical operations and methods of repairing equipment.
• Knowledge of grounds maintenance, horticulture standards, plantlife, and landscape design.
• Knowledge of insects and pests that can damage landscaping.
• Knowledge of in-service training and staff development techniques.
• Knowledge of reading blueprints and working with design professionals.
• Knowledge of effective public relations techniques.
• Knowledge of effective methods of resolving immediate critical situations.
• Knowledge of sustainable practices in groundskeeping and grounds maintenance.

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