Groundskeeper

Position Summary:

The Groundskeeper at Bastyr University is responsible for the care and maintenance of the university's grounds under the direct supervision of the Director

• Facilities, Safety and Security. This position involves managing outdoor turf, flower gardens, ornamental trees and shrubs, athletic fields, and parking lots. The Groundskeeper also coordinates with the Director

• Facilities, Safety and Security for preventative maintenance of grounds equipment and ensures the availability of necessary supplies.

Essential Responsibilities:

Essential Job Duties

• Maintain and manage outdoor turf, including irrigation, weed control, insect control, mowing, and fertilization.

• Provide care for flowering gardens, including pest control, pruning, planting, fertilization, debris removal, and winter preparation.

• Care for ornamental trees and shrubs through pruning, planting, fertilization, pest control, and irrigation.

• Coordinate with the Facilities Manager to ensure the preventative maintenance of grounds equipment.

• Ensure the removal of debris from parking lots, walkways, and other areas.

• Monitor and maintain the availability of needed supplies and equipment.

• Manage the care of athletic fields, including mowing and fertilizing as needed.

• Assign tasks to Groundskeeper Assistant(s) as required and serve as a team leader.

• Perform other maintenance shift duties as scheduled.

Other Responsibilities

• Perform year-round turf management tasks.

• Carry out chores related to flowering gardens, ornamental plants, shrubs, and equipment care.

• Execute ornamental plant and shrub chores.

• Perform parking lot chores year-round.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to coordinate tasks for the week.

• Proficiency in maintaining the working operation of motor vehicles, tractors, and grounds equipment.

• Knowledge of lawn maintenance techniques.

• Familiarity with proper fertilizers and grounds care products for turf and shrubs.

• Ability to monitor and clean equipment and tools.

• Understanding of MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) data and its application.

• Experience working as a team leader and assigning job tasks to assistants.

• Ability to assess and decide on plant care, including recognizing when a plant can be saved through cooperation with nature.

• Proficiency in pruning to enhance the aesthetic appeal of plants.

• Skill in considering the overall setting and use of ornamental plants.

• Quick decision-making in prioritizing tasks based on limited time and changing weather conditions.

Experience

• Minimum of five years of progressive responsibility in lawn and garden maintenance, including large grounds, with a demonstrated background in the Northwest region.

Education

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.

• Past job experience and/or training in grounds keeping. Horticultural training is beneficial and can substitute for experience.

• Ability to read, write, and understand English.

• Ability to read and understand MSDS data.

Benefits:

All regular employees (faculty and staff) who work at least 20 hours a week in a permanent position are full benefits eligible. These employees are eligible for health care benefits, retirement, flexible spending account plans, supplemental insurance, free tuition credits, and all paid leaves. Eligibility for the tuition credit benefits starts after 12 months of continuous employment. To learn more details, visit our benefits page.

Supplemental Information:

Bastyr University believes that inclusive diversity is essential for achieving academic excellence and creating a profoundly enriching university experience. Our faculty and staff are committed to achieving our mission by educating students to be future leaders that bring the natural health arts and sciences to people from all backgrounds. Promoting an educational environment that allows students, faculty and staff to develop their talents while experiencing a sense of community, we expect campus members to engage in respectful communication, behaviors and thoughtful self-reflection, increase their understanding of cultures and empower people who are disenfranchised, marginalized or oppressed. In so doing, the University pledges to prepare our students (and support faculty and staff) to recognize and appropriately respond to health inequities that affect multiple communities. This involves infusing DEI knowledge, skills, and practices in all academic programs, clinical training and patient services. In all, Bastyr University is dedicated to the welfare of our students and patients as well as to promoting equal opportunity and access in education and health care.

In alignment with Bastyr's DEI commitment, applications from members of underrepresented groups are encouraged.

Bastyr University does not discriminate against any person in matters of employment, application for employment, student or applicant for admission, or participation in our programs or benefits on the basis of the following protected classes: ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, religion (includes religious dress and grooming practices), sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions), ethnic or national origin (includes language use and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law), age (40 and above), disability (mental and physical, including HIV and AIDS), marital status, genetic information, medical condition (genetic characteristics, cancer or a record or history of cancer), veteran or military status or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law. Our programs, services and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities. Please don't hesitate to contact hr@bastyr.edu to request or discuss a special accommodation due to a disability.