Grounds Technician

Job Details Job Location: Bridgewater College - Bridgewater, VA Salary Range: Undisclosed Description GROUNDS TECHNICIAN Bridgewater College seeks a full-time Grounds Technician beginning immediately.

The Grounds Technician is responsible for maintaining campus grounds, including mowing, edging, watering, weeding, and fertilizing.

Other duties will include moving furniture and removing snow.

The position will generally work 38 hours per week, Monday through Friday with occasional overtime and weekends.

RESPONSIBILITIES: * Maintain campus turf areas to include mowing, edging, watering, weeding, and fertilizing.

* Performs patching or resodding of dead areas, reseeding, dethatching, and aerating soil.

* Maintains shrubs and trees including trimming and shaping branches, watering, mulching, and weeding, and complete removal of shrubs and trees.

* Prepares soil and plants new shrubs and trees.

* Removes dead leaves and other debris.

* Maintains flowerbeds and other landscaped areas.

* Performs mulching, weeding, watering, removal of dead materials, preparation of beds, and planting of new flowers and other decorative plants.

* Removes trash from facility buildings to designated areas, police grounds, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, and building entrance areas.

* Assists in the removal of snow and ice and the dispensing of ice-melt chemicals.

* Operates and performs maintenance of lawnmowers, weed eaters, edgers, shop trucks, tractors, and related equipment.performs all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: * High School Diploma or equivalent * Valid driver's license with good driving record required * Prior lawn and athletic field experience preferred.

* Must be able to lift up to 100 lbs.

This full-time position offers a full benefits package, including paid tuition at the College for eligible dependents.

GENERAL INFORMATION: Bridgewater College was founded in 1880 as a coeducational liberal arts college to serve the local community.

Located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley, just minutes outside of Harrisonburg and within driving distance of Charlottesville, Washington D.C., and Richmond, Bridgewater is home to approximately 1,400 full-time students from 26 states and 19 countries.

Bridgewater students study across 60 majors and minors, in addition to four graduate programs and 10 pre-professional programs.

Bridgewater College is an NCAA DIII school with approximately 40 percent of its students participating in intercollegiate athletics on 23 teams.

To learn more about Bridgewater College, visit: bridgewater.edu ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Email DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

APPLY: Please complete the online application and attach a resume and include the names and contact information (email and mobile phone) for three references COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: Bridgewater College, an equal opportunity provider and employer, is a welcoming and vibrant workplace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, marital status, disability, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Non-Discrimination Notice: ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT AND ANNUAL FIRE SAFETY REPORT: The Bridgewater College Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report summarizes policies on campus security and personal safety, crime prevention, fire safety, and crime reporting, and includes crime and fire statistics for the past three years: To request a printed copy, please call E-VERIFY AND RIGHT TO WORK: Bridgewater College has partnered with the U.S.

Department of Agriculture to obtain resources to enhance the College's facilities, including the recent addition to and renovation of the College's primary athletic facility.

The College is posting the following Notice as required by federal law for organizations which benefit from the USDA's funding program: NOTICE If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at or at any USDA office, or call to request the form.

You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form.

Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20250-9410, by fax at, or email at . Qualifications