Groundskeeper

Roles

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The Groundskeeper plays a vital role in preserving and enhancing Northwood University’s award-winning campus, recognized for excellence in beautification and landscape presentation. Spanning over 400 acres, with 70 acres of actively maintained grounds, this position goes beyond routine maintenance to actively support landscape enhancement, design implementation, and long-term environmental stewardship.

Through thoughtful planting, horticultural care, hardscape upkeep, and meticulous attention to detail, the Groundskeeper helps sustain the clean, vibrant, and inviting public spaces that distinguish Northwood University.

This role directly supports the University’s mission by maintaining safe, welcoming, and aesthetically exceptional outdoor environments for students, employees, and visitors year-round.

Responsibilities

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• Perform general grounds operations including but not limited to planting, seeding, weeding, application of herbicides, pruning, trimming, mowing and aeration.
• Conduct proper watering, fertilizing, herbicide and pesticide applications directed by supervision and incompliance with State of Michigan certification requirements.
• Operate grounds equipment including tractors, commercial mowers, weed trimmer, power edger, sweeper, snow blower.
• Perform service, preventative maintenance and repair on all equipment listed above and other auxiliary equipment.
• Attach and detach plows, power brooms, blades, mower decks and related equipment.
• Perform snow removal plan including snow blowing, plowing, salting, shoveling and other procedures.
• Perform additional duties which may be assigned by the Director, the Physical Plant Supervisor or the Maintenance Crew Leader.
• Assist other maintenance personnel as required.
• Set up and proper maintenance care of all athletic fields.
• Be able to operate and repair any of the sprinkler systems in place on campus.
• Participate in all aspects of campus b...