"Groundskeeper"

Posted: 07-Jan-26

Location: New London, Connecticut

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 1444

Priority Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Prepares, installs and maintains decorative landscaping features to include flowers, plants, shrubs, ornamental grasses, trees, waterscapes, lighting and decorative and synthetic or natural materials in formal gardens, plant containers, borders and island beds.
2. Clears brush, debris and leaves from lawns and catch basins
3. Hauls materials, fills, grades and slopes work sites; pulls weeds, mulches, repairs drip lines, waters and fertilizes.
4. Installs and maintains turf by seeding or siding, repairing, mowing and fertilizing.
5. Installs and maintains recreational sports fields.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Installs, maintains and repairs asphalt pavement and other materials on traveled surfaces.
2. Operates and maintains various large and small power and construction equipment including bucket/boom truck, front loader, backhoes, bulldozers, forklifts, tractors, dump trucks of five (5) ton or greater capacity, plow and pickup trucks and trailers, street sweepers, leaf vacuums, wood chippers, mowers, leaf blowers, weed whackers and chainsaws.
3. Maintains and repairs small gas engine power equipment and large equipment to include, but not limited to, oil and spark plug change, blade sharpening, tire change or repair, fluid change and battery replacement.
4. Uses and maintains various hand tools; assists with the setup and dismantling of, but not limited to, plantings, fences, chairs, tents, bleachers and tables for special events; installs and maintains fences, bollards and signage campus wide.
5. Performs pre-treatment and snow and ice removal.
6. Assists arborists with tree pruning or felling operations.
7. Maintains orderliness and efficiency of landscape work sheds and surrounding areas.
8. Removes trash and changes bins daily.
9. Ensure all work processes comply with OSHA requirements and regulations, college policies and procedures including tracking work orders and service orders assigned to the department.
10. May direct student and/or temporary workers and/or contracted services as needed and assigned.
11. May apply pesticides under direct supervision.
12. May paint poles and other structures within the landscape.
13. Performs related duties as required.

About Connecticut College
Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut with a total undergraduate enrollment of over 1,700 students.