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Job Description
Job Title
Groundskeeper - Wage
Agency
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Department
Emergency Services Training Institute
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Temporary/Casual Staff (Fixed Term)
Job Description
Groundskeeper
$18.00/hour
4 Positions to Be Filled
Temporary/Casual (Wage)
College Station, Texas
The Groundskeeper, under supervision, performs ground maintenance including mowing, weed eating, brush clearing, and trash pick-up. Assists full-time employees with assigned FMC tasks including but not limited to class clean-up such as cleaning thelunchroom, removing hay from hay-burning projects, and equipment storage. May be required to assist other programs such as Industrial, SCBA, Mechanics, andExtinguishers with facilities/class operations.
This position reports to theConstruction Foreman.
Required Qualifications:- High school diploma or GED.
- Six months of related experience in grounds maintenance.
Required Licenses/Certifications:- Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
Preferred Qualifications:- Any building trades, maintenance, or lawn care experience including any combination of the following: concrete, heavy equipment operation, and use of hand/power tools.
Physical Requirements:- Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
- Ability to work outdoors exposed to various weather conditions year-round, potential allergens, and elevated noise levels.
- Ability to travel independently by driving to other TEEX facilities.
- Physical conditioning consistent with movement/lifting heavy equipment using assisted-lift equipment, standing, walking, sitting, climbing, bending/stooping, kneeling/squatting, reaching, talking, hearing, lifting, carrying, pushing/pulling.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:- Ability to safely operate a Bobcat, Forklift, Industrial Mowers, and various types of vehicles. Training will be provided before the operation of heavy equipment.
- Must be mechanically inclined.
- Ability to follow instructions and communicate in English to perform job responsibilities.
- Ability to interact positively with students, vendors, and staff.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Working knowledge of lawn equipment or the ability to learn how to work lawn equipment.
Equipment:- Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone.
- Heavy equipment such as bobcats, forklifts, and industrial mowers.
- Weed eaters, push mowers, trucks and mules.
- Power equipment such as drills (drill press, hammer drills, magnetic and cordless), saws (table, circular, miter, band, saws all, chain saws, and chop saws), torches (oxygen/acetylene, plasma), grinders, etc.
- Occasional use of agency vehicles.
Notifications:- This position is security sensitive.
- This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
- This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
- All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.
- Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle and/or flying on commercial airlines.
- This is a wage position established to accommodate a temporary organizational need. As such, TEEX does not guarantee any set number of hours or length of employment in this role.
Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
Lawn Care - 90%- Performs grounds maintenance such as mowing,andweed eating around projects/classrooms, and various fuel lines.
- Picks up trash at and around training projects, shelters, buildings, roadways, and lunchrooms.
- Performs brush clearing around trees, ponds, and fence lines.
- Applies herbicide/insecticide as required.
Class Support - 5%- Assists with the preparation and clean-up of classes.
- Prepares projects for training by delivering and placing training equipment, setting up of classrooms and lunch areas, andassisting with the restoration of training projects by securing the equipment in designated storage areas.
- Assists other programs such as Industrial, SCBA, Mechanics, andExtinguishers with facilities/class operations which may include valving burn projects, refilling SCBA/ Extinguishers, or helping the mechanic shop upon request.
Supply Acquisition - 5%- Occasionally pick up materials, supplies and equipment from local vendors.
Other Duties:- Complies with thework schedule provided, maintains a set work schedule, and reports to work and duty assignments on time per the provided class schedule.
- Maintains a clean and neat appearance.
- Shows safety awareness and demonstrates safe working habits/practices.
- Ensures that buildings and property are secured when unattended.
- Takes all appropriate measures to prevent loss, theft, or damage to any TEEX property.
- Immediately report any loss, theft, or damage to TEEX property to any supervisor.
- Attends scheduled safety meetings.
- Completes listed training to include ESTI Safety Orientation, Basic First Aid, and in-house training before operation (Mule, Toro Mower, Forklift, and Bobcat).
- Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and specified uniforms as required.
- Performs additional work duties as assigned.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer. - High school diploma or GED.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Show moreIt comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.
Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.
As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.
The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.
By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.
Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.
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