Grounds & Nursery Specialist

Location

Spokane CC Main Campus Spokane

SCC Facilities

$3,262 - $4,320

Starting salary for this position is
: $3,262 (Monthly). Employees hired at the entry step of this range receive salary step advancement after six months and every 12 months thereafter. An employee hired at anything higher than the entry step of the range will have salary step advancement after 12 months and every 12 months thereafter until they reach the top of the salary range. Each salary step advancement will be approximately a 5% increase.

Spokane Colleges is comprised of two accredited colleges, Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) serving Spokane, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry, and Pend Oreille Counties, as well as portions of Lincoln County. Both colleges are accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and governed by the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.

Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. PST on 02/20/2026. The application process will not be available after this time. To ensure consideration make sure your application is completed and submitted as soon as possible. Applications will only be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. on the closing date.

JOB SUMMARY

Under general supervision of the Grounds Supervisor, the Grounds & Nursery Specialist 2 (G&NS2) will perform skilled gardening work in the maintenance of grounds, landscapes, nurseries as well as install, maintain, operate and adjust irrigation components for campus grounds and off-site locations operated by the Spokane Colleges.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Seed, mow, sweep, fertilize, top dress, edge, and maintain lawns.
• Plant, transplant, trim, and water plants, flowers, trees, and shrubs.
• Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain sprinkler heads, adjust spray patterns, and install sprinkler lines.
• Prepare soil for planting, seed, sod, plants, trees, and shrubs.
• Apply pesticides and herbicides to flowers and shrubs and pre-emergent to grass.
• Clean, service, adjust, maintain, and make repairs to tools and equipment.
• Use a variety of manual tools and equipment such as hand rakes, hand edgers, loppers, pruners, shovels, wheelbarrow, weeding fork, hoe, pesticide sprayers, and seed spreaders.
• Operate a variety of powered and motorized equipment such as weed trimmers, trenchers, top dresser, chain saws, backpack blowers, handheld gas blowers, tillers, light tractors, front-end-loaders, small tractors, utility vehicles, skid steer, lawn mowers, sweepers, aerators, rollers, sod cutters, and powered snow blowers.
• Remove debris, leaves, brush, and pruning clippings from sidewalks, grounds, roads, ramps, and stairs.
• Empty campus waste and recycling receptacles.
• Utilize a variety of techniques to enrich and build soil structure.
• Remove snow and ice from sidewalks, stairs, ramps and roads and sand/de-ice as required.
• Model professional decorum and mutual respect in all personal interactions.
• Complies with district policy, procedures and directives, state and federal regulations, orders and statute and collective bargaining agreements.
• Support and advance the Spokane Colleges strategic plan, and perform other duties as assigned.

* Indicates this is an essential duty.

• Action Oriented
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Ensures Accountability
• Drives Results
• Collaborates
• Values Differences
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness
• Self-Development
• Nimble Learning

Learn more about our competencies

• Ability to do required work.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
• Able to read and interpret instructions on Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

• Knowledge of grounds chemicals/fertilizers.
• One or more years of experience or training involving grounds maintenance, gardening, plant care, cultivation and landscape installation.
• Able to work alternate shifts.
• Experience using large grounds related equipment, e.g. backhoe, snow removal equipment, dump trucks, etc.
• Trained and knowledgeable in forklift operation.

• Work is commonly performed outdoors in uncontrolled elements.
• Work is…