Facilities Technician II - Grounds

Facilities Technician II - Grounds

The Facilities Technician 2 is responsible for maintaining all exterior areas of the Clifton campus, including landscape, irrigation, aesthetics, snow removal, and otherwise, ensuring a high level of aesthetics for outdoor areas. This position may assist with oversight of work performed by Co-Op Students, Work Study Students and/or Volunteers.

Essential Duties:

• Perform routine maintenance, repairs and Best Management Practices to exterior property, including, but not limited to: hardscapes, lighting, irrigation, turf, green infrastructure, snow removal, trash removal and equipment.
• Assist with design, installation and maintenance of landscape beds and seasonal floral displays.
• Ability to perform work orders and other duties assigned in an efficient manner.
• Assist other departments with special events, set-ups and emergency situations.
• Operate heavy machinery and small engine equipment and provide routine and preventative maintenance on the same.
• Respond to emergency situations concerning building security and integrity as needed.
• On-call assignments as required.

Minimum Qualification:

• Associate degree in Horticulture or relevant discipline OR at least seven (7) years of experience in Landscape or Grounds operations.
• Ohio Commercial Pesticide license required or within 120 days of employment.
• Extensive knowledge of plant material including Turf, Herbaceous, Woody and Native flora
• Valid driver's license
• Physical ability to work daily in variable weather conditions and maneuver hilly terrain and stairs
• Ability to operate heavy machinery and small engine equipment
• Ability to lift at least 50 lbs., kneel, climb ladders/stairs and raise arms above head

Preferred Qualifications:

• Plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, mechanical repair experience/licensure
• Forklift operator and OSHA certifications

Desired Competencies:

• Self-motivated team player with an emphasis on customer service for internal and external customers.
• Ability to communicate in a professional manner with co-workers, faculty, staff, visitors and students.
• Commitment and sensitivity to diversity and inclusion, with the ability to build effective, collaborative relationships within a diverse campus community.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous quality improvement.

Details:

• Reports To: Director of Buildings, Maintenance & Grounds
• Compensation: $24.27/ hr. Shift: 1st shift
• Contract Affiliation: IUOE 2
• Status: Full-time
• Classification: Non- Exempt

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance (PPO- employer covers up to 92% of the premium, HDHP- employer covers 100% of the premium)
• Dental Insurance (employer covers 100% of the premium)
• Vision Insurance
• NO WAITING PERIODS! Medical, Vision and Dental benefits are effective from day one of employment!
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account (employer contributions)
• Short-Term Disability: Offering 60% of your salary with a max of $500 weekly
• Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance (employer paid)
• Supplemental Life Insurance, Critical Illness and Accident: Optional at employee expense
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan for employees, spouse and dependents
• Tuition Waiver for employees, spouse and dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free parking
• 11 annual paid holidays in addition to generous paid time off options including vacation, sick, personal leave, and winter season days.
• Employees at Cincinnati State qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Retirement:

• As a Cincinnati State employee, and an employee of an Ohio public institution, you will not contribute to the Federal Social Security system. Instead, our employees will contribute to a State Retirement Plan (SERS or STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP): 403B and/or Deferred Compensation Program 457 Plan.

Statement of Commitment:

1. The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
2. The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
3. The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
4. The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
5. The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.