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Senior Building & Grounds Servicer - Facilities, Planning, and Management

University of Tennessee
Chattanooga, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Dec 2025

About the role

The Senior Building and Grounds Servicer oversees and participates in the preparation, development, and care of grounds, drives, walks, and parking areas; and participates in planting and maintenance of ornamental bedding areas, trees, lawns, and landscaping projects.

  • Operates and maintains specialized groundskeeping equipment in the performance of various maintenance and landscaping tasks, including operation of tractors, loaders, mowers, blowers, backhoe, tillers, aerifiers, gas trimmers, saws and pruners

  • Cleans and maintains lawns, streets, walks, parking areas etc. including removal of snow, ice, litter, leaves, and other debris

  • Performs specialized tasks associated with grounds maintenance and landscaping such as planting, fertilizing, watering, pruning, cultivating, weeding, cutting, trimming, and shaping

  • Assists in the maintenance of athletic/recreational fields

  • Assists in minor duties in Motorpool to include servicing customers at the gasoline pumps

 

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

  • Ability to safely operate machinery, tools, and equipment used in the performance of tasks assigned to this position (mowers, weed eaters, trimmers, blowers, pruners, saws etc.)

  • Ability to recognize plant conditions for proper care and reporting

 

The review of applications will begin December 29, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. 

 

Minimum: Typically requires a high school diploma and six months of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

 

Preferred: One year of experience in the landscape industry, and/or 3 years’ experience with large scale landscape company or university setting. 

 

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