Groundskeeper

Position Information

Hiring Department
:
Facilities Management

Reports To
:
Associate Director - Custodial and Grounds

Job Location
:
El Paso, Texas

Posting End Date
:
Open until filled. This posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.

Hours
: 40 hours per week, standard Monday–Friday 7:00am–3:30pm, flexibility is required on evenings and weekends.

FLSA status
:
Non-exempt

Earliest Start Date
:
As soon as possible

Salary
: $26,000.00 Annually

• Resume

Submitting a cover letter and a list of three references is encouraged.

Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property.

• Performs daily trash pickup route.
• Sweeps and washes main entrances to buildings, sidewalks, and streets with broom or blower.
• Mows, trims, and edges lawns around walks, flowerbeds, and walls.
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
• Fertilizes lawns, shrubs, and trees with various fertilizers.
• Rakes, bags, and disposes leaves and weeds.
• Cleans grounds by removing litter, emptying out trashcans, and replacing trash bags.
• Shovels snow from walks and driveways.
• Spreads salt on public passageways to prevent ice buildup.
• Digs, plants, and cultivates grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs and reports infestations.
• Waters lawns, shrubs, flowers, and trees.
• Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts.
• Sharpens tools such as weed cutters, edging tools, shears, and makes minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mower, spreader, and snow removal equipment.
• Operates sweeper equipment to remove litter from parking lots, sidewalks, and streets.
• Loads and unloads dump truck with rock, gravel, sand or plants for landscaping projects.
• Assists with Sun Bowl events by cleaning streets and parking lots prior to and after events.
• Assists masons with mixing and laying cement.
• Assists irrigators with digging trenches, laying pipe, and replacing broken sprinkler heads.
• Assists with the maintenance and fertilization of grass athletic fields.
• Applies herbicides and pesticides.
• Must be available on an “On Call” basis.
• Overtime may be required.
• Knowledge of all Microsoft Office software and able to learn and use institutional software systems.
• Complies with all State and University policies.
• Other duties may be assigned.

No supervisory responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Education
  :
  High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience
  :
  No minimum experience required.
• Note:
  
  This position requires a valid, state issued drivers license.

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a comprehensive public research university that is increasing access to excellent higher education. We advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve.

UTEP is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university. Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, 84% of our 26,000 students are Hispanic, and half are the first in their families to go to college. UTEP offers 170 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs at the only open-access, top-tier research university in America.

This is an especially exciting time to join UTEP as it advances the goals of its 2030 Strategic Plan. Built around the institution’s core strengths—its location, its people, its supportive culture, and its community partnerships—the plan lays out a bold vision for the next decade, aimed at maximizing the University’s regional impact and national stature.

Facilities Management, under the leadership of Assistant Vice President of Facilities Management Stanley Joshua, oversees Facilities Services, Planning and Construction and Space Management. Working together as a team, we strive to fulfill the mission and vision of the…