Lead Duties:
- Effectively communicate and maintain positive working relations with faculty, staff, students and the campus community as well as Facilities Management Department (FMD) management team. Perform work in a manner that provides excellent service with nominal to no inconvenience or disruption for the client. Perform quality work that meets or exceeds the expectation and satisfaction of the client.
- Perform work using Best Practices while maintaining compliance with applicable laws, policies and procedures to provide a safe workplace.
- Provide training.
- Lead and instruct subordinate personnel performing various grounds maintenance activities.
- Assign and inspect work assignments for completion; ensure departmental standards and deadlines are met; report status and condition to supervisors. Provide feedback to supervisor to assist with work assignments and job performance. Review time keeping and work order entries for accuracy.
- Evaluate the performance of student/temporary assistants.
- Instruct assigned personnel in the proper use of equipment and safety practices while maintaining compliance with applicable policies and procedures to provide a safe workplace. Lead team safety discussions.
- Read, interpret, assign and process work orders as required.
- Prepare cost estimates, coordinate, plan and upon approval execute landscaping projects.
- Inventory materials including small equipment, pesticides and fertilizers.
- Assume additional responsibilities in supervisor's absence.
Perform all aspects of grounds maintenance duties to include but not limited to:
- Manage vegetation including plant, tree, shrub and turf care.
- Perform general gardening maintenance such as raking leaves, mowing lawns, laying sod, setting irrigation pipe and sprinklers, planting trees and other landscape material using a variety of manual tools and equipment such as rakes, pruning shears, edges, loppers, shovels, wheelbarrows, pesticide sprayers, lawn mowers, lawn sweeper.
- Operate tractors and carts with pesticide spray equipment for application of pesticides and herbicides. May diagnose and treat plant diseases and pests. Maintain throughout employment a Washington State Department of Agriculture Pesticide Applicators License.
- Operate turf renovation equipment to top dress, aerify, over-seed and edge.
- Manually or with self-propelled equipment, remove debris/litter, leaves, brush snow and ice from areas such as walks, stairs, roads, ramps and parking facilities. Apply ice melt, sand and gravel as required for safety.
- Use aerial lifts as elevated platform to prune and remove trees. Use power saws to trim, shape and remove dead and diseased trees and shrubs.
- Operate motorized equipment such as automobiles, trucks, dump trucks, forklifts, small tractors and front-end loaders, street cleaning equipment, lawn sweepers, trailers, trenchers, turf renovation equipment, aerial lift devices, woodchippers and snow blowers.
- Operate tractors for plowing/hauling snow, hauling sand, dirt and gravel; tilling, fertilizing and landscape maintenance. Operate one and two-ton dump and flatbed trucks to haul snow, sand, dirt, gravel, trees, equipment and lumber.
- Operate lawn mowing equipment including push mowers, large riding mowers for mowing turf and large power pto driven mowers for mowing raw areas.
- Perform general maintenance on synthetic turf such as sweep to remove foreign debris, groom for game ready conditions, spray to disinfect turf, wash turf and/or hard surfaces to clean spills and stains. Identify low and high spots in infill material and correct elevation changes to safe standards. Repair/glue seam damage.
- Walk playing fields synthetic/natural to visually inspect for foreign and/or dangerous material, inspect for damage or dangerous conditions and make necessary repairs for safe game play.
- Operate Tool Cat, turf sweeper, magnet, groomer, sprayer, blower, shop vacuum, and hand rakes to maintain synthetic turf.
- Set-up, tear-down and clean for special events using safe standards for synthetic turf.
- With the assistance of staff team members, safely and efficiently setup and take-down goal posts for all sports and events.
- Operate/drive University owned vehicles.
- Operate forklift to move benches, sandbags, parking rails, lumber, pipe and other materials.
- Assist trades or crafts in maintenance and construction such as repairing and installing sanitary storm drains and sewers, building and repairing parking lots and sidewalks, removal of asphalt and concrete, installing light bases and protection bollards.
- Work on the construction of new/renovated landscape projects including the planting of trees and shrubs, hydro seeding large turf areas, installing mulch and bark. Also, to include installing concrete landscape blocks and pavers and the conversion of raw areas into lawns including rough and fine grading.
- Clean catch basins, storm sewers, roofs and gutters. Install sandbags in flooding situations.
- Operate power tools and equipment such as electric and gas engine-driven compressors, pneumatic tamper, jackhammer and portable pumps.
- Make walkways or temporary bridges to cover flooded areas. Build forms for walkways and planting areas.
- Repair and replace fences and signs.
- Assist in activities such as removing construction debris from job site or digging ditch for pipe. Assist in installation and repair of lawn sprinkler system components.
- Enter Time and Attendance daily with accurate work order numbers.
- Respond in emergency situations.
- Ensure all tools, equipment and vehicle are maintained in good working order. Keep all work areas clean, well-organized and safe at all times.
- Attend departmental meetings, safety meetings and actively participate in training sessions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
