Groundskeeper - Outdoor Maintenance

**Now Offering DailyPay**

Overview

NEW WAGES

The Groundskeeper position provides lawn care for areas of main campus; including care of grass areas, gardens, shrubbery, and trees. Removes snow from roadways, walkways, parking lots, porches and steps during the winter. Also, acts as driver during periods of driver storages or during peak travel demands.

Shift: Full-Time 1st

Responsibilities

• Mows grass using hand-propelled or riding lawn mowers.
• Trims shrubbery and trees under supervision.
• Removes litter from campus grounds, roadways, and parking lots.
• Plants, transplants, prunes, and fertilizes flowers, shrubs, and trees.
• Assists in maintaining roadways sidewalks, and parking lots.
• Removes leaves from gutters, and rakes leaves as necessary.
• Applies pesticides as directed.
• Removes snow using power equipment, such as plows, snow blowers, or rotating brushes, or manually with shovels.
• Spreads salt using automatic spreaders or manually.
• Provides routine maintenance on lawn care equipment, i.e. check oil levels, sharpen blades, change spark plugs, and mix gas and oil as required.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: Valid Ohio driver’s license. CDL preferred. Pesticide License preferred.
• Experience: One to five years in grounds maintenance or related work preferred.

BENEFITS*

• Medical insurance with free virtual doctor visits
• Vision, dental, and Pet insurance and Legal and Identity Theft protection
• Paid Time off that accrues immediately
• Paid Holidays
• Life insurance
• Retirements Savings with a 401(k) with company match
• Access up to 100% of your net earned based wages daily through DailyPay
• Employee sponsored fund for employees in need
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Multiple partner discounts available
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• University Partnerships with University of Cincinnati and University of Toledo for scholarships up to 10% and Hondros up to 16% of eligible tuition costs

*Some benefits are based on hours worked

Apply today and begin a meaningful career as a Groundskeeper at Otterbein!