Landscape Crew Member

Grand Canyon University! One of Arizona’s leading institutions of higher learning. Located in the Valley of Sun in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, GCU is an institutionally accredited, private, nondenominational Christian University.

Join a dedicated Landscaping team that takes pride in keeping our campus beautiful and inviting. Our team works together to maintain safe, attractive outdoor spaces while supporting the overall campus experience.

What you will do

• Performs seasonal grounds duties as directed.
• Operates mowing, portable blowers/vacuums, and lawn trimming equipment with related implements, chain saws, brushing saws, chipper and numerous hand tools.
• Maintains high standards of beautification and cleanliness and inspects grounds for needed maintenance and picks up and disposes of any accumulated debris, removes and repairs graffiti, ensures seating areas and public gathering spots are in good condition, cleans drains, gutters and troughs.
• Plants, trims and prunes shrubs, bushes, hedges, trees, ground cover, cacti, flowers, turf, etc.; may water trees, shrubs, flowers and lawns and perform irrigation activities.
• Assists in the maintenance of parking lots and other surfaces, including asphalt repairs and minor masonry or plastering work as required.
• Loads or unloads dirt, timber, pavements, sand, gravel and related landscaping materials by hand.
• Operates landscaping vehicles including Gators, pick-up trucks, flat-rack trucks, vans, golf carts or other motorized vehicles as needed for hauling purposes and/or trash and debris removal.
• Removes weeds by various means including by hand and tool or uses unrestricted herbacides and pesticides.
• Places fertilizer, mulch or gravel where needed and directed and ensure soil is kept in good condition.
• Digs up and/or transplants, replaces/plants various species of vegetation, plants, flowering plants, bushes, hedges, ground cover, trees and the like according to specifications or as directed....