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Title: Laborer I (Full-Time Temporary – 4 positions to be filled)
FLSA status: Non-Exempt
Hiring Salary: This position is a pay grade 02. Please see Pay Grade Table at: https://pa-hrsuite-production.s3.amazonaws.com/116/docs/636763.pdf
This is a full-time, temporary, non-benefits eligible position expected to end on or before two months from hire date.
Occupational Category: Service Maintenance
Department: Facilities Campus Services
Division: Division of Finance and Operations
Open Date: 09/15/2026
Open Until Filled: Yes
Educational and Experience Requirement: Less than a high school diploma with the ability to read and write. No experience required. Prefer any experience acquired in landscape maintenance, hauling work, or related assignments. A combination of education, experience, and training that would produce the required knowledge and abilities could be considered.
Nature & Purpose of Position: Responsible for performing a variety of unskilled manual tasks for Landscape and Building Services.
Primary Responsibilities: Performs repetitive duties in the field of landscape maintenance and tasks related to moving, hauling and recycling for Landscape and Campus Services; this includes but is not limited to operating landscape equipment, maintaining horticulture, litter collection, recycling related tasks, event set-ups and moving and hauling activities. Requires the ability to operate landscape equipment, assist with moving various types of objects, and perform various recycling processes. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Other Specifications: As required by assignments. Accurate in following specific oral and written instructions. Working conditions are continuously exposed to one or more disagreeable elements such as dirt, dust, heat, fumes, cold, noise, wet, vibration, poor lighting, or congested working area.
This is a full-time, temporary, non-benefits eligible position expected to end on or before two months from hire date.
Full Time Part Time: Full Time Temporary
Quicklink: https://shsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/48597
EEO Statement: Sam Houston State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and Smoke/Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, ancestry, marital status, citizenship, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or protected veteran status. The University takes seriously the initiative to ensure equal opportunity in the workforce and to comply with Title VII as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Sam Houston State University is an “at will” employer. Employees with a contract will have additional terms and conditions. Security-sensitive positions at SHSU require background checks in accordance with Education Code §51.215.
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About Sam Houston State University
For more than 140 years, Sam Houston State University has been preparing students for meaningful lives of achievement. Its motto, "The measure of a Life is its Service," resonates among its 21,000 students, eight colleges and well beyond its historical roots through research, creative endeavors, service learning, volunteering and more.
SHSU is an institution whose mission is to provide high quality education, scholarship, and service to students. With over 90 bachelor degrees, 50 master’s, and 11 doctoral programs—including the nation’s first Ph.D. in forensic science, SHSU provides an exceptional college experience for every student: traditional or non-traditional; first generation; international; or online.
Service to self and others is paramount at SHSU and reflected in all university organizations and programs. In fact, the university was named to USA Today’s Top 50 in the U.S. for “commitment to civic engagement and global awareness,” in addition to being classified a "Community Engaged Campus" by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. This honor, bestowed to only 311 public institutions nationwide, acknowledges the university's significant commitment to service.
Sam Houston State University has a small town feel with large scale opportunities. Located in the Piney Woods region of East Texas, Huntsville provides area residents with a sense of community and belonging, although just an hour drive north of Houston.
Sam Houston State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and Smoke/Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, ancestry, marital status, citizenship, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or protected veteran status. The University takes seriously the initiative to ensure equal opportunity in the workforce and to comply with Title VII as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Sam Houston State University is an “at will” employer. Employees with a contract will have additional terms and conditions. Security-sensitive positions at SHSU require background checks in accordance with Education Code §51.215.
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