Groundskeeper

Mohave Community College seeks a detail-oriented individual to perform a variety of groundskeeping/landscaping to maintain the college property. This position may work non-traditional hours to include early mornings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays. 

This is a Monday thru Friday shift 6:00 am to 2:30 pm.

See more about this position here.

What you'll love about us: 

• We create the future by cultivating relentless curiosity in our students and each other to unlock new opportunities and break barriers. We take risks, adapt to oncoming challenges and opportunities, and engineer new ideas as we learn together from our mistakes and successes.  
• We engage fearlessly, bringing passion and energy to our work by dreaming big, being bold, having fun, and fostering a caring environment. Celebrating each other and our results with enthusiasm makes our work meaningful and exciting. 
• We build together. Our individual differences and backgrounds strengthen our teams, where we seek input and ensure every voice is heard. We amplify our impact when we empower each other to take ownership and work together toward common vision. 
• We live authentically, being our best when we share information openly, create clarity, invite stakeholders to participate in decision-making, and communicate with utmost respect. 
• We care! We care about our students, our communities and each other, finding ways to actively engage and invest in the success of those we serve.

What we’ll love about you:

• Your record of excellence in collaboration, working with others in the spirit of partnership, transparency and care, to inspire action. 
• Your strong ethical orientation and ability to make discerning, evidence-based decisions. 

• Your unwavering commitment to the academic, emotional and social development of each and every student.
• Your excellent communication providing regular, consistent, and meaningful information; listening carefully to others and ensuring your messages are understood. 

1. Maintain, operate, install, and upgrade irrigation systems. Program controllers. Operate remote control device to check irrigation systems.
2. Clean, repair, and service all equipment used in grounds maintenance such as mowers, tractor/trailers, dump trucks, front-end loaders, high-lift fork trucks, wood chippers, snow plows, salt spreaders, and a variety of hand/power tools.
3. Plant and trim lawns, trees, bushes, hedges, and shrubs using hand tools or motorized vehicles. Fertilize soil when needed for plant growth. Maintain desert landscaped areas.
4. Landscape new ground areas, repair damaged ground areas, replace bushes, hedges, shrubs, trees and desert landscaping as needed.
5. Care for and maintain desert landscaped areas.
6. Safely apply herbicide and pesticide chemicals to grounds, trees, bushes, shrubs, and lawns in order to control plant diseases and insects with minimal impact to other wildlife. Ensure compliance with OSHA guidelines.
7. Assist with basic construction tasks related to grounds maintenance (ditch digging, cement work, laying tar and asphalt, fence and sign installation, etc).
8. Responsible for notifying supervisor when supplies for all aspects of groundskeeping, including equipment, plants, trees, gravel, herbicides, fertilizers, etc, need to be ordered.
9. Drive vehicles such as a car, truck, or van to pick up other workers, supplies and materials as required.
10. Adhere to college administrative policies and procedures, state and federal guidelines, initiatives and directives to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations affecting college operations.
11. On those campuses where needed, remove snow from sidewalks and spread salt on sidewalks during icy conditions.
12. Perform other tasks of a similar nature or level as assigned.

NOTE: The job duties listed are typical examples of the work performed by positions in this job classification. Not all duties assigned to every position are included, nor is it expected that all positions will be assigned every duty.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance/FSA, HSA -see more detailed information here.
• PTO
  • 120 hours per year - Staff
  • 18 hours per year - 9-Month Faculty
  • 35 hours per year - 12-Month Faculty
• Paid Holidays
  • 21 days - Staff
  • 26 days - 9-month Faculty
  • 39 days - 12-Month Faculty
• Sick Leave – 40 hours per year
• ASRS (Arizona State Retirement System)
• Remote work eligible after 6-month employment for some positions
• Tuition Voucher (to use towards MCC courses)
• Summer hours - 4-day work week

 

Mohave Community College Board-Approved Diversity Statement

Mohave Community College is committed to building a social and educational environment free of harassment, prejudice, and discrimination. This environment supports a rich diversity of our communities, students, employees, and the many points of view they bring to campus to enhance the quality of the educational experience at Mohave Community College. We envision each student and employee creating the future and engaging fearlessly in serving our communities. We acknowledge and value differences because they strengthen our teams and communities when we work and build together. We will continue to strive to build and promote inclusive and equitable access to successful educational outcomes and overall college experiences for all Mohave Community College students, and a workplace culture of equity and inclusivity on all campuses so everyone can work and live authentically. 

 

Associate's Degree or completion of an apprenticeship period or certificated training though a vocational school or program or five (5) years experience in one or more relevant building trades or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.

It is the responsibility of each applicant to have the necessary documents on file in order to continue in the application process for this position.

1. A complete electronic employment application form. Please do not use 'see resume' in any application field. Statements such as this will disqualify your application.
2. Cover letter addressing the criteria listed in the job announcement and your qualifications for this position.

Salary : $18 - $20