Grounds Supervisor

Overview:

The Campus Services Department invites applications for a Grounds Supervisor. The Grounds Supervisor plans and assigns work, oversees the daily activities of the grounds crew, and exercises independent judgment in prioritizing tasks, resolving operational issues, and ensuring work is completed efficiently and in accordance with established standards. 

 

Auburn University at Montgomery reserves the right once interviewing has begun to stop accepting applications.

 

For full consideration upload a cover letter, resume, and a list of at least three professional references. 

Responsibilities:

• Assigns work to grounds crew; reviews job performance by observing and critiquing work techniques and completed assignments.
• Trains crew in the work involving landscaping and maintenance of grounds.
• Cleans, repairs, and services all equipment used in grounds maintenance such as mowers, tractor/trailers, dump trucks, front-end loaders, high-lift fork trucks, wood chippers, snow plows, salt spreaders, and a variety of hand/power tools.
• Plants and trims lawns, trees, bushes, hedges, annuals, and shrubs using hand tools or motorized vehicles.
• Landscapes new ground areas, repairs damaged ground areas, replaces bushes, hedges, shrubs, and trees.
• Cares for and maintains color beds. Produces and cares for nursery stock; fertilizes soil when needed for plant growth; plants flowerbeds.
• Applies herbicide and pesticide chemicals to grounds, trees, bushes, shrubs, and lawns in order to control weeds, fungus, plant diseases and insects.
• Orders supplies for all aspects of groundskeeping; e.g., equipment parts, blades, herbicides, pesticides, flowers, bushes, or trees.
• Drives vehicles such as a car, truck, or van to pick up supplies and materials.

Working Conditions

• Job requires the ability to work outside in all weather conditions, with excessive dust or dirt.

 

Physical Requirements

• Job requires standing for long periods of time.
• Job requires walking for long periods of time on different types of terrain.
• Job may require bending, lifting, and climbing.

Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned similar to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Two years of experience as a laborer, farmer, gardener, florist helper, groundskeeper, or similar work involving general laborer duties which may include the planting and maintenance of vegetation, landscaping duties, nursery inspections, or pesticide applications.
• Valid Driver’s License

Equal Opportunity Compliance Statement:

AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. It is our policy to provide equal employment and education opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable law. The Office of Human Resources/ Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) strives to ensure an inclusive and equitable working, living, and learning environment for members of the AUM community.