The Senior Building and Grounds Servicer oversees and participates in the preparation, development, and care of grounds, drives, walks, and parking areas; and participates in planting and maintenance of ornamental bedding areas, trees, lawns, and landscaping projects.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Operates and maintains specialized groundskeeping equipment in the performance of various maintenance and landscaping tasks, including operation of tractors, loaders, mowers, blowers, backhoe, tillers, aerifiers, gas trimmers, saws and pruners
Cleans and maintains lawns, streets, walks, parking areas etc. including removal of snow, ice, litter, leaves, and other debris
Performs specialized tasks associated with grounds maintenance and landscaping such as planting, fertilizing, watering, pruning, cultivating, weeding, cutting, trimming, and shaping
Assists in the maintenance of athletic/recreational fields
Assists in minor duties in Motorpool to include servicing customers at the gasoline pumps
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
Ability to safely operate machinery, tools, and equipment used in the performance of tasks assigned to this position (mowers, weed eaters, trimmers, blowers, pruners, saws etc.)
Ability to recognize plant conditions for proper care and reporting
The review of applications will begin June 9, 2026, and continue until the position is filled.
Minimum: Typically requires a high school diploma and six months of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Preferred: One year of experience in the landscape industry, and/or 3 years’ experience with large scale landscape company or university setting.
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The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee.