PEAK - Turf Maintenance Worker

Position Introduction:

This position is being filled through OU's PEAK Temporary Staffing Service.

Assist with day-to-day operations of our team’s athletic fields and grounds. Duties will include mowing, weed eating, edging, watering, turf painting and other cultural practices.

Performs landscape duties involving strenuous physical activity. Tasks are precisely defined and are specified either verbally or in writing.

• Participates in routine grounds maintenance functions.
• Performs varied unskilled work, such as loading and unloading trucks, cleaning work areas, digging ditches, spreading sand, dirt, and asphalt, etc.
• Hand-waters and irrigates turf areas, hedges, and flower and shrub beds.
• Uses power mowing equipment to cut grass.
• Applies pesticides and fertilizers.
• Ensures that the assigned equipment being used is working at all times. Refills fuel and cleans equipment daily.
• Performs minor maintenance on equipment and hand tools. Reports equipment problems or failures.
• Moves and cuts tree limbs with a chain saw or runs through a chipper. Maintains records on tree maintenance activities and equipment usage.
• May plant, mulch, cultivate and weed flowers, shrubs and hedges.
• May use hand-cutting tools to trim grass, edging, curbs, trees and weeds.
• Performs related duties as needed to successfully fulfill the functions of the position.

Required Education and Experience:

• None

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to communicate verbally or in writing
• Basic math skills
• Ability to accurately read and understand written materials and instructions
• Ability to operate lawn equipment

Required Certifications and Licenses:

• Valid Oklahoma Driver's License in order to drive University vehicles or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire date

Department Preferences:

• 1 to 2 years lawn or landscape care