Groundskeeper/Events
- Missouri Western State University
- 4525 Downs Dr, St Joseph, MO 64507
- Apr 08, 2025
Job Description
Position Title: Groundskeeper/Events
Job Description:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Maintains university grounds, parking lots, streets, and athletic fields by mowing, landscaping, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, and patching with the aid of grounds maintenance equipment; including tractors, backhoes, skid loaders, dump trucks, and snow removal equipment.
- Performs routine maintenance and repair on grounds equipment.
- Picks up trash on campus grounds and streets and empties exterior campus waste receptacles.
- Assists with moving equipment, materials, supplies, furnishings, etc. for departments and university events.
- Assists in the installation of underground utilities, such as sprinkler systems, water, gas, sewer, and electrical lines.
- Measures and paints athletic fields for games and events and performs maintenance on sprinkler systems.
- Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Care and maintenance of turf, trees and flowers
- Operation and maintenance of grounds equipment
- Safe operation of mowers, tractors, backhoes, skid loaders, and dump trucks
- Communication as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, administrators, and the general public
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- Three years of groundskeeping experience.
- Candidate must have experience in lawn care, landscaping, and snow removal.
- Must be experienced in operating heavy equipment, tractor, trucks, and skid loader.
- Ability to work outside in all weather conditions.
- Able to work on call nights and weekends for emergency call in work.
- Ability to frequently lift 50 pounds.
- Ability to stand and walk on hard or uneven surfaces.
- Candidate must have reliable transportation and a valid driver's license, preferably a Class E license, or willing to obtain within 90 days.
- Candidate must be safety minded and have the ability to show up to work on time, consistently.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in horticulture, farming and landscaping.
- State chemical applicator's license
Physical Demands
- Very Heavy Work
- Exerting in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, work space restrictions, intense noises, and travel.
FLSA Non-Exempt
Additional Demands
Hours of Work
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Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive, state-supported institution serving more than 5,000 students on a beautiful 744-acre campus about 45 minutes north of Kansas City. Missouri Western is an active partner in the educational, economic, cultural, and social development of the people and region it serves. A distinct focus on applied learning and applied research is a hallmark of the innovative teaching and learning environment.
At Missouri Western, Griffons Succeed!
Missouri Western State University has a proud tradition of providing a high quality, affordable education to students in the state of Missouri and beyond. We are a four-year, state-supported institution providing a variety of degree programs and offering professional master’s degrees, four-year baccalaureate degrees, two-year associate degrees, pre-professional transfer programs and one-year certificates. In addition, the University offers seminars, conferences and workshops suited to the needs of the community.
Students come from throughout the United States and more than 25 countries. And our alumni live and work around the world. From its humble beginnings in 1915, Missouri Western continues to deepen its impact on the community, region, nation and world.
Accreditation
Missouri Western is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), one of the six regional accrediting associations in the United States. HLC accredits institutions of higher education in 19 states and has approximately 1,000 member institutions.
Accreditation supports our ongoing focus on institutional improvement, ensures that we remain accountable to our constituencies, and provides us with a broad framework for action as we work to achieve our mission.
Missouri Western’s accreditation was reaffirmed on January 24, 2017 and participates in the Open Pathway. We value the insights provided through the accreditation process and seek to use this information to strengthen our institution.
Missouri Western is a member of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA), which provides a voluntary, regional approach to state oversight of postsecondary distance education. When states join SARA, they agree to follow uniform processes for approving their eligible institutions’ participation. They also agree to deal with other states’ SARA institutions in a common way when those institutions carry out activities in SARA states other than their own. For a list of schools holding NC-SARA membership, please click here.
Specialized accreditations include:
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB International
- Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education
- Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
- Council on Social Work Education
- Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science
- National Association of Schools of Music
Missouri Western also has the All-Steinway School designation, the American Chemical Society curriculum approval, and the American Bar Association approval.
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Applicants with dual-career considerations can find university jobs such as professor jobs, dean jobs, chair / department head jobs, and other faculty jobs and professional and administrative staff employment opportunities at Missouri Western State University and at other institutions of higher education in the region on www.AcademicCareers.com
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