Groundskeeper

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Position Details

Position Title

Groundskeeper

Position Type

Staff

Location

Moorhead, Minnesota

Employment Type

Hourly Non-Exempt

Benefit Eligible

Yes

Position Opening Date

5/26/2026

Open Until Filled

Yes

General Employment Period

Year-round

General Work Schedule (days of week)

Monday - Friday (On-call as assigned)

General shift hours

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Job Summary

About the Role

Support the care and upkeep of campus grounds through turf maintenance, snow removal, landscaping, and seasonal projects. This hands-on role operates a variety of equipment while helping maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment across campus year-round.

Job Duties/What You'll Do

* Turf Care – 50%

Responsible for the welfare of turf on the main campus as well as the athletic fields and other campus property as directed. This includes completing or supervising: + seeding/patching, + watering, + picking up leaves and debris, + using various lawn maintenance equipment, including: - large riding lawn mowers, - push mowers, and - string trimmers. + Lawn watering and irrigation + Assist with monitoring conditions of lawn, turf and landscape planting areas and establish appropriate schedules and levels of watering

Assist with maintenance and installation of irrigation systems as needed to maintain an appropriate program of lawn irrigation + * Snow Removal & Parking Lot Maintenance– 20%

+ Operation of large wheel loaders + Operation of sidewalk snow broom + Operation of snow blowers + Operation of small loaders and other miscellaneous equipment + Operation of sand spreader + Operation of deicing equipment...