Grounds Worker

1 week ago

Langley, Canada Trinity Western University Full time

Grounds Worker
// CAMPUS SERVICES

Position Purpose and
Summary**The Grounds Worker works with the Ground team to maintain the TWU Langley campus grounds.

Key Areas of Accountability*1) In conjunction with the Grounds Manager and Grounds team, complete all aspects of grounds maintenance for the campus.

This includes the following duties that are appropriate to the season of the year:

  • Lawns regular maintenance includes watering, mowing, weeding, edging, fertilizing, repairing, etc. Creates, builds and cares for new lawns as directed.
  • Flower Beds regular maintenance includes watering, weeding, raking, fertilizing, hoeing, transplanting, etc. Creates, builds and cares for new beds as directed.
  • Trees regular maintenance includes watering, spraying, trimming, pruning, etc. Plants and cares for new trees as directed.
  • Shrubs regular maintenance includes watering, weeding, spraying, trimming, pruning, etc. Plants and cares for new shrub areas as directed.
  • Sports fields to meet or exceed Industry Standards of excellence by daily mowing during the growing season, regular fertilization, seeding, aeration, and other normal practices as deemed necessary. Experience using various types of sports turf machinery is a must.
  • Irrigation regular maintenance, and repair as necessary.
2) Work with the Grounds Manager in using pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and hormones to properly control and promote healthy plant growth. Maintain an environmental awareness of the type of products used.

3) Assist with snow and ice removal from all campus sidewalks and parking lots before the arrival of staff, faculty and students during and after winter storms.

4) Assist with the preventative maintenance and repair of the Grounds Department equipment and tools.

5) Work in a flexible and adaptable manner with all interrelated campus departments and assist the Maintenance department staff as needed.

The Person*
Skills and Abilities

  • Skilled and knowledgeable in the year round maintenance and management activities necessary to maintain professional, attractive campus grounds.
  • Strong interpersonal skills required with a wide variety of staff, faculty and students.
  • Able to approach and accomplish the duties in a logical, organized and disciplined manner.
  • Able to establish goals consistent with the vision for the University grounds, independently plan and carry out required activities.
  • Strong Critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
  • Proven ability to work well as a contributing member of a team.

Personal

Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.

A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU's mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.

Servant-Leader Way of Life:

  • Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.
Key Internal Interactions*Reports: *None

Reports to:
Grounds Manager

Standards & Requirements*Education*: Grade 12 required.

Experience*:

one or more years of direct experience in commercial grounds management and maintenance including one year of grounds equipment experience preferred.

Extensive knowledge of plants as well as experience and knowledge of trimming and pruning a variety of plants/trees.

  • Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing._

Updated:
*April 2021

Salary Classification: 6

Agreed to by:
Executive Director of Campus Services & Executive Director, HR

Job Types:
Full-time, Contract

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