Maintenance Worker II - Roads & Grounds

The department of Roads and Grounds at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Maintenance Worker II.

About the Opportunity

Under the supervision of the Operations Manager and/or Lead Landscape Construction Worker shall perform skilled landscape maintenance duties to include pressure washing, painting and general maintenance of exterior surfaces and site furnishings. Shall work with other crafts as needed.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including\:

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• 15 annual leave (vacation) days per year or more based on years of service (employee leave)
• 18 sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ’s.
• Wellness programs

What You'll Do

• Performs general maintenance of exterior surfaces including but not limited to retaining walls, signs, site furnishings, steps, sidewalks, curbs, planters, bollards, and trash receptacles. May assist with cleaning of exterior windows and other building surfaces as needed.
• Removes graffiti from walls, sidewalks, and site furnishings; performs all outside cleaning activities as required. Operates high-pressure washers, sandblasters, and other power equipment to complete these tasks. Operates blowers and walk-behind sweepers to clean and remove debris in maintaining the appearance of campus grounds.
• Maintains landscape structures using materials such as concrete, bituminous concrete, flagstone, field stone, sculptured stone, brick, blocks, pavers, retaining wall blocks, and landscape timbers.
• Assist with painting of surfaces as well as in the application of sealers, anti-spalling compounds, adhesives, etc. in performing normal duties.
• Removes snow from sidewalks, steps, roads, and parking lots by means of trucks, tractors, power brooms, and hand tools.
• Must be able to respond to emergency situations on all occasions and must be available for telephone contact during all emergency and unsafe environmental conditions.
• Performs repairs on all equipment as needed. Completes service and maintenance on equipment and trucks such as greasing, oil changes, etc. Assists the mechanics with major repairs.
• Performs duties as needed to complete seasonal change over on all trucks and equipment.

Pay Grade\:11

Hours\: Monday thru Friday 6a - 2p