Groundskeeper

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The Groundskeeper will work in an extremely collaborative educational environment to care year-round for the 326 acres that make up campus grounds. This includes approximately 100 acres of athletic fields, lawn, and manicured landscaping; 150 acres of woods and prairies; 65 acres of sidewalks, parking lots, and streets; and 90 acres of land at the Platte Mound.

Position Title:

Groundskeeper

Category:
University Staff

Employment Type:

Regular Job

Full-time position comes with excellent fringe benefits—medical, dental, paid leave, Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) retirement benefits, and more!

• Maintains clean clear lawns, walkways, roadways, and parking lots to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice.
• Constructs lawn and landscaping projects including soil grading, seeding, and sodding.
• Identifies and acts to remedy plant diseases and insect damage.
• Implements and monitors chemical and fertilizer programs.
• Installs, propagates, and maintains the health of new and existing plants and landscape using a variety of vehicles and equipment.
• Maintenance and modification of grounds installation and restoration of lawn, landscape beds and prairie areas.
• Use appropriate equipment to maintain lawns, athletic fields, prairie areas, landscape beds, etc.
• Application of fertilizer and pesticides as needed.
• Plant trees, shrubs and flowers as needed.
• Trim trees and shrubs and maintain flower beds and water as needed.
• Collect trash from grounds, empty trash and recycling containers and dispose of properly.
• Maintain grounds accessories to include picnic tables, benches, receptacle containers.
• Installation and maintenance of signage.
• Maintain bituminous and concrete pavements.
• Assist carpenters with material handling, demolition, hanging drywall, etc.
• Assist electricians with installing light poles, underground conduit, trenching, and pulling wires.

Apply Online:
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Current Employees:
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Criminal background check is required for employment. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in the U.S. at time of hire.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville is a committed AA/EEO employer. The names of nominees and applicants who have not requested in writing that their identities be kept confidential, and of all finalists, will be released upon request.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industries:
  Higher Education