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Medical University of South Carolina

Health sciences university in Charleston, SC

Building Grounds Supervisor 1

Full-Time
$40.1k - $68.1k
Mid
Charleston, SC, USA
In Person
Grounds & LandscapingLandscaping & Grounds Maintenance

About the job

Requirements
  • A high school diploma and three years of custodial, groundskeeping, or maintenance experience directly related to the area of employment.
  • Ability to perform job functions in an upright position, while walking or moving, and while kneeling; ability to climb and work from ladders and work from elevated areas.
  • Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes.
  • Ability to bend at the waist.
  • Ability to lift and carry weights of 50 pounds or greater unassisted for 20 feet, and weights of 100 pounds or greater with assistance.
  • Ability to lift objects up to 15 pounds from floor level to a height of 36 inches unassisted.
  • Ability to move materials weighing 50 pounds or more from ground level to truck beds unassisted.
  • Ability to maintain corrected 20/40 vision and hearing acuity with correction.
  • Ability to control movement of power-operated equipment, such as polishers, and to push or pull carts and mowers.
  • Ability to be physically qualified for respirator use.
  • Some positions require the ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license.
  • Some positions require successful completion of DHEC certification as a commercial pesticide applicator.
Responsibilities
  • Lead a landscaping team of 1–3 individuals in landscaping and hardscaping grounds based on season and priority.
  • Follow a daily schedule of MUSC properties and perform landscape maintenance, including pruning with power shears and manual hedgers, weed eating, mowing, edging, laying pine straw, mulching, and picking up leaves and debris.
  • Assist other team members with tree maintenance, chemical applications, annual plantings, landscape plantings, and other tasks as needed.
  • Monitor trees, shrubs, and turf for disease and insect damage; identify harmful insects and disease; and determine when and how to control them using biological, cultural, physical or mechanical, and chemical management tools.
  • Perform other grounds maintenance tasks as needed, including picking up litter and pressure washing sidewalks.
  • Provide hazardous-weather preparedness and support during critical times by scheduling and leading the landscaping team, preparing grounds and facility areas, protecting plants, grasses, and shrubs, and ensuring safety precautions are taken.

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Medical University of South Carolina

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Medical University of South Carolina is a public academic health sciences university in Charleston, South Carolina. It offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees through six colleges in dental medicine, graduate studies, health professions, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy.

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