Position DetailsPosition Information Position Type Professional Staff Faculty TrackPosition Title Groundskeeper/Recycling Staff Employment Status Full Time Months 12 Campus Biddeford, ME Description The Groundskeeper/Recycling Staff is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the campus grounds throughout the year, performing essential seasonal tasks, and ensuring compliance with waste diversion procedures. This role involves a variety of duties including landscape maintenance, snow and ice removal, waste management, and equipment upkeep.This position is primarily a Monday through Friday 1st shift position, with the ability to work some evenings, and weekends for winter storms and athletic events. Expected pay is $20.00 per hour (annualized $41,600). Total compensation ranges from $56,621 and $70,413, depending on the selected medical and dental plans.About the University of New EnglandUNE is Maine's largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state's top provider of health professionals and home to Maine's only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.UNE offers a generous comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The package includes varied health and dental plans; a retirement plan that includes up to an eight percent match; extensive paid leave including holidays, vacation, sick, and personal time; and educational benefits. Please visit the Human Resources Benefits site for additional information regarding UNE's benefits package.Responsibilities
- Maintain grounds in summer: Mow and fertilize lawns; plant grass, flowers, shrubs, and trees; prune and fertilize trees and shrubs; and remove weeds and brush using power equipment.
- Maintain grounds in winter: Remove snow and ice from parking lots and sidewalks using shovels, snow blowers, and plows; apply salt and sand.
- Perform other seasonal grounds work: Rake leaves, sweep sand, and apply protective coverings over shrubs.
- May maintain tools and equipment used in grounds work and perform specialized equipment maintenance and repair tasks as time allows.
- Understand and comply with University waste diversion procedures.
- Transport waste materials from collection stations located throughout the Biddeford Campus to the single-sort compactor, compost accumulation areas, and other waste diversion areas.
- Maintain recycling and compost stations throughout campus, including snow removal as needed at specific waste locations.
- Pick up trash around buildings and dorms and empty trash cans.
- Mentor student Eco-Reps in recycling, composting, and waste diversion practices.
- Comply with all occupational safety and health standards, rules, and regulations. Report all hazards, unsafe work practices, and accidents immediately to the supervisor.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications High school education desirable, plus two years of formal or informal experience in grounds maintenance, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired.
- Basic knowledge and skills related to the care and maintenance of lawns, flowers, trees, and shrubs.
- Basic trade skills and mechanical ability.
- Proficiency in operating hand tools and power equipment used in grounds work.
- Ability to operate a variety of heavy equipment.
- Physical capability to perform all primary job duties.
- Valid driver's license and good driving record.
- Ability to work cooperatively with a variety of university personnel, both independently and as part of a team.
EEO Statement Summary Consistent with federal and state law and University policy, the University of New England is committed to the fundamental concept of equal opportunity for all of the members of the University community. The University prohibits, and will not tolerate, discrimination in employment, the provision of academic services or in any other area of University life based on race, color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, ethnicity, genetic information, HIV status, or status as a veteran. Prohibited bias factors should not motivate decisions regarding students, employees, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, contractors, volunteers or participants in and/or users of institutional programs, services, and activities.COVID Vaccination Statement (PLEASE NOTE) Employees in clinical settings must meet the State of Maine's immunization requirements for clinical activity.Posting Detail Information Posting Number 2022PS0524P Open Date 09/17/2024 Close DateOpen Until Filled Yes