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Grounds Supervisor
Job ID: 291299
Location: Georgia College & State Univ
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
About Us
Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is the state's designated public liberal arts university, where students learn the essential skills to compete in a fast-paced and technology-driven global society. The university prepares students for successful careers, leadership in communities, problem solving and life-long learning through personalized attention in a residential setting with opportunities for a variety of transformational experiences through its award-winning, high-impact practices. One of only three selective universities within the University System of Georgia and a top 10 ranked public university in the Southeast, GCSU offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 majors, more than 30 graduate programs, doctorates in education and nursing, professional certificates, and continuing education programs.
As a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), GCSU is committed to fostering a liberal arts environment that values academic preeminence, interdisciplinary inquiry and an inclusive learning community. GCSU enjoys a strong reputation for academic excellence and nationally ranked programs according to US News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction - among other ranking sources.
Georgia College & State University takes great pride in combining the educational experience of a private liberal arts college with the affordability of a public university. Faculty and staff are dedicated to student engagement and experiential learning through high-impact practices such as internships, service- and community-based learning, leadership development, study abroad opportunities, mentored undergraduate research and a capstone project that fosters intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry and critical thinking.
The university's beautiful and historic campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming, diverse college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia, and only 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. Milledgeville is also the home of noted American author and alumna, Flannery O'Connor, '45, and the college community enjoys many exciting literary arts programs at O'Connor's former home, Andalusia, a National Historic Landmark owned by the university. Milledgeville is located on the banks of beautiful Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee, allowing faculty, staff and students to take full advantage of the environmental and recreational benefits of being part of a lake community. For cultural, educational and leisure opportunities beyond Milledgeville - Macon and Atlanta are located within easy driving distances.
Georgia College & State University is dedicated to protecting academic freedom in addition to supporting freedom of expression as outlined in the University System of Georgia's Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom<https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653> policy and its Ethics Code of Conduct<https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct>. For more information, visit us online at gcsu.edu.
Job Summary
Manages comprehensive grounds maintenance and horticultural operations across a 210-acre university campus, or areas of the campus assigned.
Includes applying technical expertise to direct all exterior landscape and plant care activities.
Responsibilities
Supervision - 30
- Leads all aspects of personnel management including hiring, training, supervising and motivating grounds maintenance crew; sets and upholds performance standards while ensuring accountability and efficiency in daily operations
Communication - 20
- Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal and communication skills through professional, courteous interactions with various campus stakeholders while effectively leading, coaching, and mentoring team members to foster independent thinking and growth
- Shows strong self-direction and organizational abilities and accountability at all levels in managing grounds operations. Sets clear standards, and delivers concise directives while maintaining transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness across all maintenance activities and personnel management
- Computer knowledge, and expertise enough to learn new computerized systems plus similar technical office knowledge.
Horticultural and Technical Knowledge - 15
- Oversees all equipment, landscape, and horticultural operations including design implementation, turf management, irrigation systems, chemical applications, and tree care
- Maintains detailed documentation of plant materials, chemical usage, and irrigation records
Plan - 15
- Plans, assigns and oversees comprehensive grounds maintenance operations within assigned campus zone, ensuring quality completion of vast tasks including mowing, landscaping, irrigation repair, athletic field preparation, tree work, pesticide application, and operation of specialized equipment/machinery
Maintains Accountability - 15
- Maintains direct accountability for zone aesthetics, safety and project completion while ensuring efficient use of resources, equipment and personnel to meet established maintenance standards
Other - 5
- Other requirements, requests, and assignments
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
Associate's degree or vocational or technical school degree in horticulture, turf management or grounds maintenance.
Other Required Qualifications
Valid Driver's License; Commercial State Pesticide License Category 24 - ( already have one) or one must be obtained within 6 months of being hired
Required Experience
- Landscape, grounds maintenance or similar experience of 5 years
- 5 years of related work experience in plants /Horticulture (or) supervising
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Educational Qualifications
BS degree in Horticulture, Turf Management, Grounds Maintenance, Golf Course, Athletic/Sport Fields, or Nursery
Preferred Experience
- 3 years of prior experience in Horticulture, Turf Management, Grounds Maintenance, Golf course, Athletic/Sport fields, or nursery experience
-3 years of Supervisory experience
Required Documents to Attach
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
ABILITIES
- Can do physical work requiring coordination and balance
- Can identify plants and learn landscape techniques
- Can lift: regularly 25 lbs, sometimes 50 lbs
- Works outdoors in all weather conditions
- Works well both independently and in teams
- Acts professionally and respectfully
KNOWLEDGE
- Safe operation of basic grounds equipment
- Plant identification and care
- Team communication and cooperation
- Can read work orders and safety documents
- Basic math and computer skills (email, timecards, training)
SKILLS
- Operates equipment safely and effectively
- Maintains awareness while multitasking
- Uses proper body mechanics for physical tasks
- Has strength to lift/move required weights
- Coordinates well when using equipment
USG Core Values
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, be excluded from employment or participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination, under any program or activity conducted by GCSU.
Georgia College & State University is a national award-winning institution in areas of student success and achievement. It strives to achieve excellence in the composition of its community, educational programs, university policies, research and scholarship, campus life, employment practices, extracurricular activities, and community outreach. It is a priority of the university to be a welcoming and inclusive environment so that its campus culture will enhance the ability of its community members to succeed in their endeavors, to be respected as individuals, and to feel a sense of belonging.
Other Information
This is a supervisory position.
This position has financial responsibilities.
This position will be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position requires a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position may travel 25% - 49% of the time
Background Check
To apply, visit https://careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=36000&JobOpeningId=291299&PostingSeq=1
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Job Description
Grounds Supervisor
Job ID: 291299
Location: Georgia College & State Univ
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
About Us
Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is the state's designated public liberal arts university, where students learn the essential skills to compete in a fast-paced and technology-driven global society. The university prepares students for successful careers, leadership in communities, problem solving and life-long learning through personalized attention in a residential setting with opportunities for a variety of transformational experiences through its award-winning, high-impact practices. One of only three selective universities within the University System of Georgia and a top 10 ranked public university in the Southeast, GCSU offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 majors, more than 30 graduate programs, doctorates in education and nursing, professional certificates, and continuing education programs.
As a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), GCSU is committed to fostering a liberal arts environment that values academic preeminence, interdisciplinary inquiry and an inclusive learning community. GCSU enjoys a strong reputation for academic excellence and nationally ranked programs according to US News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction - among other ranking sources.
Georgia College & State University takes great pride in combining the educational experience of a private liberal arts college with the affordability of a public university. Faculty and staff are dedicated to student engagement and experiential learning through high-impact practices such as internships, service- and community-based learning, leadership development, study abroad opportunities, mentored undergraduate research and a capstone project that fosters intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry and critical thinking.
The university's beautiful and historic campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming, diverse college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia, and only 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. Milledgeville is also the home of noted American author and alumna, Flannery O'Connor, '45, and the college community enjoys many exciting literary arts programs at O'Connor's former home, Andalusia, a National Historic Landmark owned by the university. Milledgeville is located on the banks of beautiful Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee, allowing faculty, staff and students to take full advantage of the environmental and recreational benefits of being part of a lake community. For cultural, educational and leisure opportunities beyond Milledgeville - Macon and Atlanta are located within easy driving distances.
Georgia College & State University is dedicated to protecting academic freedom in addition to supporting freedom of expression as outlined in the University System of Georgia's Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom<https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653> policy and its Ethics Code of Conduct<https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct>. For more information, visit us online at gcsu.edu.
Job Summary
Manages comprehensive grounds maintenance and horticultural operations across a 210-acre university campus, or areas of the campus assigned.
Includes applying technical expertise to direct all exterior landscape and plant care activities.
Responsibilities
Supervision - 30
- Leads all aspects of personnel management including hiring, training, supervising and motivating grounds maintenance crew; sets and upholds performance standards while ensuring accountability and efficiency in daily operations
Communication - 20
- Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal and communication skills through professional, courteous interactions with various campus stakeholders while effectively leading, coaching, and mentoring team members to foster independent thinking and growth
- Shows strong self-direction and organizational abilities and accountability at all levels in managing grounds operations. Sets clear standards, and delivers concise directives while maintaining transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness across all maintenance activities and personnel management
- Computer knowledge, and expertise enough to learn new computerized systems plus similar technical office knowledge.
Horticultural and Technical Knowledge - 15
- Oversees all equipment, landscape, and horticultural operations including design implementation, turf management, irrigation systems, chemical applications, and tree care
- Maintains detailed documentation of plant materials, chemical usage, and irrigation records
Plan - 15
- Plans, assigns and oversees comprehensive grounds maintenance operations within assigned campus zone, ensuring quality completion of vast tasks including mowing, landscaping, irrigation repair, athletic field preparation, tree work, pesticide application, and operation of specialized equipment/machinery
Maintains Accountability - 15
- Maintains direct accountability for zone aesthetics, safety and project completion while ensuring efficient use of resources, equipment and personnel to meet established maintenance standards
Other - 5
- Other requirements, requests, and assignments
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
Associate's degree or vocational or technical school degree in horticulture, turf management or grounds maintenance.
Other Required Qualifications
Valid Driver's License; Commercial State Pesticide License Category 24 - ( already have one) or one must be obtained within 6 months of being hired
Required Experience
- Landscape, grounds maintenance or similar experience of 5 years
- 5 years of related work experience in plants /Horticulture (or) supervising
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Educational Qualifications
BS degree in Horticulture, Turf Management, Grounds Maintenance, Golf Course, Athletic/Sport Fields, or Nursery
Preferred Experience
- 3 years of prior experience in Horticulture, Turf Management, Grounds Maintenance, Golf course, Athletic/Sport fields, or nursery experience
-3 years of Supervisory experience
Required Documents to Attach
- List of References
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
ABILITIES
- Can do physical work requiring coordination and balance
- Can identify plants and learn landscape techniques
- Can lift: regularly 25 lbs, sometimes 50 lbs
- Works outdoors in all weather conditions
- Works well both independently and in teams
- Acts professionally and respectfully
KNOWLEDGE
- Safe operation of basic grounds equipment
- Plant identification and care
- Team communication and cooperation
- Can read work orders and safety documents
- Basic math and computer skills (email, timecards, training)
SKILLS
- Operates equipment safely and effectively
- Maintains awareness while multitasking
- Uses proper body mechanics for physical tasks
- Has strength to lift/move required weights
- Coordinates well when using equipment
USG Core Values
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, be excluded from employment or participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination, under any program or activity conducted by GCSU.
Georgia College & State University is a national award-winning institution in areas of student success and achievement. It strives to achieve excellence in the composition of its community, educational programs, university policies, research and scholarship, campus life, employment practices, extracurricular activities, and community outreach. It is a priority of the university to be a welcoming and inclusive environment so that its campus culture will enhance the ability of its community members to succeed in their endeavors, to be respected as individuals, and to feel a sense of belonging.
Other Information
This is a supervisory position.
This position has financial responsibilities.
This position will be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position requires a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position may travel 25% - 49% of the time
Background Check
- Credit Report
- Criminal Background Check
- Education Verification
- DMV
- Drug Screening
To apply, visit https://careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=36000&JobOpeningId=291299&PostingSeq=1
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