Full-time General Maintenance-Groundskeeper

Grounds Maintenance Worker

Full-Time
Performs grounds maintenance and landscaping duties on campus properties.
Cuts lawns; trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls.

• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
• Sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides; Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs; waters lawn and shrubs.
• Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts.
• Operates, cleans, repairs and services all equipment used in grounds maintenance such as mowers, spreaders, tractors/trailers, front-end loaders, fork trucks, blowers, trimmers, and a variety of hand/power tools.
• Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies and guidelines.
• Uses interpersonal skills and makes sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers, the supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
• Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).
• Working hours may include evenings, holidays or weekends depending on deadline requirements and special events.
• Knowledge of methods, supplies, equipment and tools used in planting, cultivating and caring for lawns, shrubs, annuals and perennials, and trees; plant identification and cultivation requirements; installation and repair of irrigation systems.
• Ability to use hand tools, including electronic equipment, and operate motorized equipment and vehicles such as carts, cars, trucks or vans.
• Ability to lead, instruct, and train others in the work, including the operation and proper use of equipment.
• Experienced in the use of standard grounds keeping equipment including all types of water sprinklers.
• Excellent customer service skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to use a computer for email access and use.

A high school diploma or equivalent OR 6 months of experience in grounds maintenance and landscaping.

• Forklift certification preferred
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The duties listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. Texas Southmost College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, gender, disability, age or military status in its programs and activities and provides equal access to services and other programs at the college.

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Official transcripts shall be sent directly from the issuing institution to the College District's Office of Human Resources and must include documentation of all credit earned, including the education requirements that specifically qualifies the applicant for the position. Office of Human Resources