Job Title: Groundskeeper 1
Department: Physical Plant**
Reports To: Grounds Superintendent
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt**
Job Code: A-1

Maryville College encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Vaccine status is vetted as part of the pre-employment screening once a contingent offer of employment is made. Questions may be directed to the Employee COVID-19 Coordinator and Director of Human Resources, Keni Lanagan.

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Summary: *Maintains grounds of campus by performing the following duties.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities: *include the following.

Cuts lawns. Trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls.

Prunes shrubs and trees as instructed to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.

Sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides as instructed.

Cleans grounds and removes litter.

Shovels snow from walks and driveways.

Spreads salt on public passageways to prevent ice buildup.

Plants, waters, and fertilizes grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs.

Repairs fences, gates, walls, and walks.

Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts.

Sharpens items such as lawnmower blades, edging tools, chainsaws, and shears.

Makes minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mowers, weedeaters, blowers, hedge shears, and other powered and non-powered tools.

Subject to work after hours weekdays, weekends, and holidays.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Ability to work well with others.

Regular attendance is required.

This position is an essential employee for inclement weather events and will be required to report for duty in adverse weather conditions when the College is closed. The position also is required to report on time in situations when the College is on a delayed start, and is required to continue working when the College is released early.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

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Qualifications: *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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Education and/or Experience:*
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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Language Skills:*
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

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Mathematical Skills:*
Ability to add, and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measure, volume, and distance.

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Reasoning Ability:*
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:*
A valid Tennessee Drivers license is required.

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Physical Demands: *The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and taste or smell.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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Work Environment: *The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly works in outside weather conditions that may include freezing temperatures and extreme heat. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and in high, precarious places and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually high.

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Required: All applicants must apply through the *Maryville College Careers portal website* on the page of the desired position.*
Maryville College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.* For a*dditional information about working at Maryville College, please visit our Careers at MC webpage.

Job Type: Full-time

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