Utility/Grounds Worker
Utility/Grounds Worker
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Job Description
Job Purpose: To provide technical expertise and labor to maintain college equipment and grounds to provide for a safe comfortable environment for students faculty staff and community. Maintain college landscape for a safe comfortable environment for students faculty staff and community.
Essential Functions:
- Maintain campus lawns and fields by cutting with riding mower tractor and gang mower bush hogging and string trimmer.
- Operate string trimmer daily in areas not accessible to riding mower.
- Maintain mowing equipment rotary mower units to include repair oil/fluid changes filters lubrication blade sharpening and minor repairs of bearings and cutting blades.
- Care for shrubbery trees and flowerbeds to include trimming fertilization weeding mulching removal of dead trees and replacement of cultivars.
- Application of pesticides and herbicides and other materials as directed by grounds foreman.
- Removal of debris from college campus assist with waste collection and disposal.
- Perform light maintenance duties as directed to include painting power washing and general repairs.
- Prepare and paint structures.
- Assist maintenance mechanics as directed on routine maintenance and special projects where additional personnel are required due to safety or time concerns.
Supplemental Functions:
- Repair of pasture and chain link fences
- Removal of snow and ice from college campus
- Preventative maintenance on yard equipment and college vehicles to include minor repairs
- Operation of a variety of equipment to include trucks tractors mowing equipment and front end loaders.
- Assist with snow and ice removal in winter.
- Backup mail carrier as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Specifications
Education Training and Experience Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Possess valid Tennessee Drivers license
- Experience with landscape maintenance and pertinent equipment
- Painting experience
Knowledge Skills Abilities and Work Characteristics:
- Ability to use power tools and hand tools safely
- Ability to communicate in written and spoken English to diverse stafffaculty and student population
- Must be able to operate a variety of power tools and equipment including pole saw hedge trimmers chain saw string trimmers bench and handheld grinders spray tanks drill cut off saw power washer and leaf blower.
- Knowledge of operation and maintenance of trucks tractors lift truck and mowing equipment and ability to operate manual transmissions in motor vehicles; familiarity with heavy equipment
- Minor mechanical ability and use of hand tools
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions
- Knowledge of surface preparation for trim and finish painting
- Knowledge of types of paint to use for assigned projects.
Working Conditions:
- Ability to carry out simple oral instructions
- Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods of time under unfaborable climatic conditions
- Bending Stooping and climbing
- Lift up to 50 pounds
Hiring Salary Range:$26450- $31730
This position is based at the Columbia TN Campus.
About Columbia State Community College:
As Tennessees first community college (established in 1966) Columbia State is committed to increasing access and enhancing diversity at all five of our campuses. Columbia State is a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents. Columbia State is known for excellence both inside and outside the classroom.
Columbia State offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to the following:
- Vacation and Sick Leave
- 14 paid holidays
- Medical dental vision and life insurance
- Retirement plans
- Optional 401K and 403B Deferred Compensation Plans
- Educational benefits for the employee and their spouse and dependents
Columbia State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion creed ethnicity or national origin disability age status as a protected veteran genetic information or any other class protected by Federal or State laws and regulations and by Tennessee Board of Regents policies with respect to employment programs and activities.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies:
Executive Director of Human Resources
1665 Hampshire Pike Columbia TN 38401
Employment Type
Full-Time
