Position Number: 009734 Department: Facilities Management (Adm) Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time Months Per Year: 12 Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Grounds Service Technician/Playing Fields performs under the direction of the Grounds Supervisor/Playing Fields Supervisor. + All maintenance procedures associated with NCAA division one sports fields + Plant flowers, bulbs, trees, and shrubs in accordance with plans. + Cultivate, mulch, and remove weeds from established plant beds. + Prune trees and shrubs to ensure proper health and vigor of plant material. + Fertilize trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawn areas following the established fertilization program. + Seed newly prepared lawn areas and reseed established lawn areas as required. + Apply chemical spray applications to plant material under the direction of a licensed pesticide applicator. + Monitor and train others in the proper application of herbicides or pesticides as necessary. + Mow grass, trim trees and shrubs, remove the trash and remove snow as needed. + Contribute to the overall appearance and condition of the university’s buildings, academic and office spaces. + Assist in maintaining the University facilities in good working order and maintaining an overall pleasant working, teaching, and learning environment. + Support the associated grounds and landscaping requirements due to the development of expanded highly maintained landscaped areas of campus. + Maintenance to include: herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, and fertilization treatments which requires basic knowledge of materials, elemental horticulture, and the skill to fulfill these duties; litter control, weed control, trimming of undergrowth and pruning of trees, rip rap and erosion repair, upkeep of drainage structures and snow and ice removal along walkways and steps. Minimum Experience / Education: Required Minimum Qualifications: Some knowledge of grounds keeping procedures, ability to follow instructions and to perform medium to heavy physical work; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. University Preferred Qualifications: Graduation from high school, or completion of its equivalency, and two (2) years of related grounds experience. Preferred Education Skills and Experience: + High school diploma or GED equivalency. + Two or more years of experience in professional turf-grass maintenance. (golf course/ NCAA division 1 sports fields). + Two years’ experience in progressive grounds/landscape maintenance fieldwork is preferred for position. + Experience marking out and painting sports fields. + Advanced pruning/plant care techniques + Experience operating and maintaining Reel mowers; and operating heavy grounds machinery. + Experience and ability to oversee and supervise the installation and maintenance of landscaped areas, transplant, mulch, fertilize, and water flowering plants, trees, shrubs, and lawns. + Experience and/or ability to coordinate quality and direction of work as a lead Grounds Services Technician. + Experience and/or ability to coordinate and schedule grounds maintenance work and may act as lead worker on assigned tasks and Grounds Maintenance projects. + Comprehensive verbal and written communication skills needed for position.