Job description
Position Information
- Minimum Education Qualification can be substituted with an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
There are opportunities available at both the Longview and Penn Valley campuses.
We offer all full-time employees medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans, as well as retirement, 403b, employee assistance, and flexible spending and health savings account. We have a generous time-off policy including vacation, sick/personal days, holidays, and paid spring and winter break.
Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled
- Schedules and assigns work related to lawn and grounds maintenance activities; ensures that all operations are performed in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.
- Develops and implements plans for snow and ice removal and salting, and trash disposal.
- Works with contactors to maintain grass, beds, shrubs, trees. Performs lawn and tree chemical applications. Acts as contract quality assurance
- Leads maintenance mechanic assistants, as needed, to maintain grass, beds, shrubs, trees.
- Schedules and performs preventative maintenance and repair on all grounds equipment.
- Performs grounds maintenance activities, to include planting trees, plants, and shrub; mowing and raking lawns and assigned spaces; and aerating and watering lawns.
- Prepares and maintains records, and maintains and orders supplies as needed.
- Plans and designs campus landscapes according to the vision of the College.
- Operates equipment and machinery such as tractors, trucks, snow plows, forklifts, hedgers, and chainsaws.
- Ensures that all grounds related equipment is maintained to an acceptable level through mechanical troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance.
- Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
- Knowledge of applicable equipment, tools and cleaning chemicals;
- Knowledge of basic training principles;
- Knowledge of computers and related software applications;
- Skilled in prioritizing and assigning work;
- Skilled in cleaning and sanitizing facilities and equipment;
- Skilled in performing landscape maintenance;
- Skilled in handling and applying applicable cleaning chemicals;
- Skilled in using applicable tools and equipment;
- Skilled in monitoring and replenishing inventory;
- Skilled in preparing records and logs;
- Skilled in training staff on routine work methods;
- Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.
Positions in this class typically require: balancing, climbing, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, hearing, kneeling, pulling, pushing, stooping, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual
acuity, and walking. The work is very heavy work which requires exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force
constantly to move objects.
Incumbents may be exposed to hazardous physical conditions, such as, mechanical parts, electrical currents, and vibrations; atmospheric conditions, such as fumes, odors, gases, and poor ventilation;
hazardous materials, such as chemicals, blood, and other bodily fluids; extreme temperatures; inadequate lighting; work space-related movement restrictions; intense noise; other environmental conditions, such as, challenging behaviors, imminent danger, and threatening environment.
Valid Driver’s License required
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