Assistant Director, Campus Grounds

The Assistant Director, Campus Grounds position exists to provide safe and healthy environment where members of the campus community can pursue their diverse institutional goals and objectives. They are responsible for daily service, seasonal maintenance and the repair of all exterior grounds and athletic fields, landscapes and hardscapes, as well as lawns and naturalized areas. They oversee a dedicated ground staff and outside contractors who perform preventative, corrective, and supportive maintenance, and serve as the key point of contact, dedicated to problem solving, for constituents and customers on grounds and environmental matters related matters.
Primary Accountabilities:
1. Plan, prioritize, assign, schedule and verify the completion of work to be performed by grounds maintenance personnel and contractors. Coordinate work with internal and external customers and constituents.
2. Staff, train, and manage the performance of grounds maintenance and personnel and managers accordance with the collective bargaining agreement and university policy.
3. Responsible for the oversight and execution of arboreal, landscaping, pest management, snow removal, and storm water management plans and is responsible for assignment of work to personnel and contractors as necessary.
4. Develop positive customer-centric relationships with campus community and service partners and develop thoughtful and enthusiastic customer service program and service level agreements.
5. Develop, implement, and support various key initiatives for the advancement of campus beautification, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, and energy efficiency/sustainability.

The Assistant Director, Campus Grounds, oversees a staff of approximately twenty-four (24) including managers, groundskeepers, operators and a mechanic. Most of which are members of the AFSCME 1699 collective bargaining unit.

This position involves traveling throughout the University and campus and could, on occasion, require bending, reaching, kneeling, crouching, crawling, standing walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, talking, and hearing. Must be able to spend prolonged periods of time working on an office PC; must be able to work under deadlines. Required to observe conditions of mechanical equipment. AD may be subject to drug screening and background checks at any time during employment, able to occasionally drive a university vehicle, work evening and weekends as needed, and meet attendance standards.

Facilities Management & Safety is a 24-hour operation for 365 days each year. Position will be required to serve on call in a regular rotation, and may be asked to answer and respond to various calls around the clock. Some University events such as move-in, homecoming, commencement, and planned service outages may require all hands.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $68,299.00 - $80,252.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Athens, OH 45701: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person