Job Description Summary:
Responsible for maintaining the Athletic fields. Field care is very labor intensive and requires the use and operation of an assortment of field maintenance equipment, such as lawn mowers, trimmers, edgers and hand tools to accomplish task.
Washington and Lee University actively promotes a dynamic and inclusive environment that allows students and employees of multiple backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to learn, work, and thrive together. Successful candidates will contribute to that environment and exhibit potential for excellence in their areas of expertise.
Essential Functions:
On duty for all designated sporting events/games.
Assist other crew members with event preparation and event operations, such as event setup and breakdown.
Performs natural and artificial turf care and maintenance.
Edges with a small push type edger, trimming turf away from sidewalks and curb edges.
Shears Shrubs using gas powered hedge clippers.
Performs hand weeding in flower beds.
Cuts back brush, small saplings and small branches using hand held loppers.
Uses a chain saw for the removal of large branches and small trees.
Prunes, hedges, shrubs and trees; cuts flowers and mows lawns; ensures application of fertilizer, pesticides, plant treatments, and other methods to maintain healthy lawns/fields.
Assist supervisor in applying fertilizer; aeration and topdressing of turf.
Uses leaf blowers, turfvacs, power sweepers and other tools or hands to remove trash and debris from grounds.
Operates power equipment such as, but not limited to, ride-on mowers, chippers, power sprayer, aerial-lift truck, flail mower, aerators, edger, hedge trimmers, chain saws, and tractor/loaders as necessary.
Complies with all DOT and FMSCA Alcohol and Drug Free Workplace Safety Sensitive job function regulations and corresponding University policies and procedures.
Performs minor equipment repair and maintenance as required; sharpens blades, chain saw chains & check and maintain proper lubrication & oil levels.
Supports campus wide activities in the areas of setups, snow and ice removal and any other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and on designated sporting events/games. Weekends and nights are required.
Minimum Qualifications:
Application Instructions: Review of applications will begin in Janurary , and will continue until the position is filled. Resume is required. You will be asked to provide names and contact information for three professional references.
Physical Requirements:
Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
Working Conditions:
The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.
The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
Types of Work: Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Position Type: Non-Exempt, Full Time, Benefit EligibleMinimum Pay:$19.51 – Pay Commensurate with Experience
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