Head Groundskeeper/Lead Operator
Western New England University seeks an experienced Head Groundskeeper to serve in our Facilities Department. This position performs a variety of duties that will include Grounds maintenance and repair, irrigation repair, plant design and installation. And full fill a lead role in the Snow removal procedures. Other essential duties may include completing projects and tasks with a front-end loader or Skid steer. Also mulching plant beds, over seeding turf grass, mowing and string trimming, pruning and trimming hedges and shrubs.
Qualifications:
- Must have or able to obtain a Class 2C front-end loaders license.
- Must have 2 years of landscape or grounds maintenance experience.
- Must possess a Massachusetts driver's license.
- Must have or able to obtain a Massachusetts pesticide license.
Excellent benefits including tuition remission for employee, spouse, and dependent children.
Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE’s 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.
WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Western New England University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome candidates whose background may contribute to the further diversification of our community.
To apply to this position please visit http://employment.wne.edu.
