Outdoor Services at CU Boulder is searching for a Groundskeeper! Outdoor Services provides high quality, professional grounds and landscape services to provide a safe, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally conscious campus. Facilities Management (FM) provides a physical environment that promotes the advancement and transfer of knowledge. This role performs emergency and routine landscape oriented tasks for areas associated with the CU Boulder Main Campus location, and may serve as a work leader for temporary and/or student employees.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Turf Maintenance
- Perform turf management practices to ensure turf in assigned areas meets Campus standards for appearance. Practices may include the following: mowing, edging along hardscape, leaf removal and chopping, string trimming grass around plants and structures and hand removal of weeds from turf areas. May assist turf management personnel in other cultural practices.
Grounds Maintenance
- Perform daily maintenance procedures to ensure Main Campus grounds areas are free of trash, recyclable materials and litter that would negatively impact the Campus' appearance. Monitor and maintain sidewalks, stair-ways, building entryways, loading docks, bus stops, ADA structures, fences, flag poles, retaining walls, bicycle paths and landscape structures (benches, memorials, trash and recycle receptacles, and public art works) to ensure a safe and aesthetically pleasing appearance for campus occupants and visitors. Monitor and take appropriate actions for the removal of any signage, graffiti, markings or transient camps on campus property that are in violation of University Policy.
Plant & Shrub Maintenance
- Perform routine and technical maintenance procedures on shrubs, perennial, and annual herbaceous plant material. Assist with appropriate eradication procedures for plant disease, insect and weed problems. Assist with installations of all types of plant material and assist with providing appropriate cultural practices for successful establishment. Assist with planting bed maintenance, including Fall/Spring cleanup and renovation.
Snow removal & Ice Abatement
- Perform ice abatement and snow removal on all campus sidewalks, bike paths, stairways, ADA accessibility structures and building entrances and exits, including hand shoveling, operation of power snow removal equipment and/or vehicles, and the application of ice abatement products. Snow removal may require early and late arrival times, extended shifts, and after-hours call-ins. As an essential services position, the employee is expected to be available for regular, overtime and call-in/back hours as needed to perform snow and ice mitigation activities.
Crew Member Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily activities with supervisor, team leader or coworkers to ensure overall campus appearance and/or safety consistency. Charge appropriate work order(s) and other documents in an accurate and timely manner. Follow all State Personnel Board Rules and department Policies and Guidelines. Make requests or suggestions for purchases.
Equipment Maintenance
- Be accountable for the maintenance and inventory of all CU issued/owned tools and equipment. Equipment included are gas and electric power tools, high pressure power washers, pick-up trucks and utility vehicles. Perform appropriate daily, weekly and monthly preventive maintenance and scheduled maintenance activities such as service oil and grease fittings and sharpening blades for tools or equipment assigned. Ensure tools and/or equipment is kept clean, safe and in serviceable condition.
Safety
- Contribute to a safe working environment for self, staff, faculty and the general public. Adhere to all safety guidelines, especially those concerning using power tools, equipment and vehicles. Report unsafe conditions or accidents to supervisors. Attend, conduct and participate in safety training. Strictly adhere to the appropriate safety protocol for the use of chemicals and hazardous materials in the execution of job duties.
Native Area/Wetland Management
- Conduct noxious weed management under direction of supervisor to manage unwanted weed species. Use hand tools, string trimmers, blade cutters or brush mowers to remove and manage weeds identified on the State of Colorado’s noxious weed list. Assist with wildlife management at the Research Park wetlands area. Mitigation practices include the physical removal of beaver dams, maintenance of mechanical devices to mitigate beaver activity, preventative wrapping of desirable trees and monitoring of beaver activity. Assist with Eurasian Water Milfoil management in Research Park ponds and waterways by hand removal, cleaning screens and placing benthic matting materials.
