Grounds Equipment Operator Specialist
Grounds Equipment Operator Specialist
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Grounds Equipment Operator SpecialistJob Description
An Equipment Operator Specialist maintains repairs and utilizes heavyduty vehicles and equipment to care for the University grounds. This role involves using equipment to perform various duties including waste disposal mowing landscaping irrigation greenhouse maintenance and snow removal. The specialist operates sanitation trucks recycling trucks dump trucks frontend loaders backhoes tractors and other large motor vehicles.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- One year of relevant experience.
- Valid drivers license.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience operating heavyduty equipment (sanitation trucks mowers skid steers high lifts back hoes trenchers etc..
- Experience in groundskeeping horticulture or greenhouse management.
- Experience in maintaining and operating irrigation systems.
- Experience in applying chemicals.
Appointment Date: Start date will be determined after acceptance of an offer.
Priority Deadline: April 9 2025. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately following the priority deadline and will continue until the position is filled.
Salary: $15.03 per hour
Benefits: To review our competitive benefit package please visit FHSU Benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Operate and maintain sanitation trucks and recycling trucks. Retrieve empty and return trash and recycling containers at campus facilities.
- Operate a hydraulic dumping system.
- Operate large mowers tractors skidsteer loaders high lifts trenchers and backhoes to maintain campus grounds and complete landscaping projects.
- Mow trim and edge lawns and grass areas.
- Plants water and prune trees shrubs flowers and lawns.
- Apply fertilizers herbicides pesticides and other chemicals according to safety guidelines.
- Perform preoperational checks and minor repairs to heavyduty machinery.
- Assist with tree removal.
- Assist with snow removal for sidewalks streets and parking lots.
- Assist with irrigation installation and maintenance.
- Execute maintenance required to keep vehicles or equipment in working order.
- Manage the safety quality and cleanliness of work areas to maintain a suitable work environment.
- Take preventive measures to avoid injury to workers or other persons and damage to equipment and property.
- Ensure that all operations use proper equipment to maintain health and safety standards.
Application Process: To apply for this position please visit FHSU Careers. Only electronic applications submitted through the webpage will be accepted.
Required Application Documents: Applicants must submit a resume and the names and contact information for three professional references.
If you have questions regarding the position please contact:
Community of Hays
FHSU is located in Hays a vibrant college town of approximately 20000 located halfway between Kansas City and Denver on Interstate 70. Hays is the regional center for education health care professional services shopping culture and recreation for the western half of Kansas. The community boasts excellent recreational programs and facilities including the comprehensive Center for Health Improvement Hays Aquatic Park Smoky Hill Country Club Hays Municipal Golf Course and extensive walking running and biking trails. Hays is within 45 minutes of two large lakes that offer great opportunities for boating fishing and camping. The Hays Municipal Airport provides connecting service to Denver with several flights daily. The Hays community is home to excellent PreK and K12 public and private schools. With over 60 restaurants major retail outlets a low unemployment rate and very short commute times the city provides a safe welcoming lowcost highquality living environment for the residents who call Hays America home.
Notice of Nondiscrimination Fort Hays State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender race religion national origin color age marital status sexual orientation genetic information disability or veteran status.
Background Check: Final candidate will have consented to and successfully completed a criminal background check.
Notice to KPERS retirees applying for a position: Recent legislation changes workingafterretirement rules for both you and your employer if you go back to work for a KPERS employer. Please contact your KPERS representative or for further information on how this might affect you.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
