Groundskeeper
$40,768,000–$43,492,800 year
On-siteEdwardsville, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Maintain school grounds by cutting grass, trimming bushes and trees, and repairing irrigation systems. Apply pesticides, fertilizer, and chemicals while preparing and marking athletic fields. Service sidewalks, parking lots, and signage, including sealing, painting, and patching. Perform snow removal and regularly service vehicles and equipment. Operate tractors, riding lawn mowers, and other necessary machinery. Lift items up to 100 pounds occasionally and move up to 40 pounds regularly. Clean restroom surfaces daily and empty trash carts. Requires pesticide application license and ability to work independently with administration and staff.
Required Qualifications
- Superior work habits and ethics
- Ability to work well with administration, students, faculty and staff
- Ability to work independently and ensure timely completion of work orders
- Ability to perform all duties of the position
- Has passed pesticide examine
- can do right of ways, ornamental and turf-grass spraying
- Lifting, pulling, pushing and moving items (some in excess of 100 pounds) on an occasional basis
- Lifting, pulling, pushing and moving items (20 to 40 pounds) on a regular and repetitive basis
- Emptying trash cans and carts on a regular and repetitive basis (between 5 and 40 pounds)
- Carrying/moving scrub buckets containing up to 3 gallons of water (24+ pounds)
- Reaching on a regular and repetitive basis over head and below knees
- Stooping, kneeling, bending action on a regular and repetitive basis
- Cleaning restroom surfaces on a daily/regular basis requiring stooping, kneeling, bending and hand scrubbing of all surfaces
- extensive use of hands including repetitive gripping, grasping, lifting, manipulation of tools, etc.
- the ability to ambulate independently and lift significant weight and sized items
- Operate tractors, riding lawn mowers and all other equipment necessary to perform the job duties
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