Grounds Maintenance Technician

Title: Grounds Maintenance Technician

Salary Range: $31,200.00 annually / $16.00 hourly

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.50

Work Location: 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Jefferson Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Jefferson Community College

Department: Maintenance and Operations

Total Rewards

Jefferson Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The M&O Department of Jefferson Community and Technical College has an opening for a full-time Grounds Worker.

Job Duties:

The primary duties of these positions are mowing grass, weeding, and trimming.
Other duties include but are not limited to:
Grounds cleanup
Planting
Mulching
Trimming
Equipment moves
Perform other duties as assigned.
Ensures cleanliness, orderliness, and safety in assigned areas.

1. Utilizes basic equipment and supplies to clean assigned facility areas and remove waste and recyclables.
2. Monitors and secures facility interior and exterior entrances, reports issues to appropriate entities.
3. Maintains organization of supply areas and equipment, documents inventory and requests additional supplies as needed.
4. Documents and reports repairs, violations and pest control needs.
5. Provides grounds keeping services and maintains clean walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow and ice."

Minimum Qualifications:

High School/GED, and one year related experience, or equivalent 

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge and ability to operate lawn and weed eating equipment. Some landscape knowledge

Additional Skills Requested:

This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consists of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with underrepresented minority students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates who have experience with intersectional, inclusive instruction and with a demonstrated ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into teaching and student engagement are encouraged to identify those experiences in the application materials. Jefferson Community and Technical College is working to build a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working.