Reiman Gardens is seeking a Groundskeeper 2 to oversee all aspects of turf care and irrigation maintenance, ensuring the highest standards for one of Iowas premier public horticulture institutions. This position plays a vital role in maintaining the gardens beauty and functionality, working closely with the horticulture team to support seasonal maintenance, event preparation, and broader groundskeeping efforts.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities
Performs all duties listed under Groundskeeper I.
Applies pesticides, fertilizers, fungicides, and insecticides using mechanized or hand equipment.
Maintains records/maps of all areas sprayed, chemicals used, and completes state records as required by state law.
Identifies turf, shrubbery, and flower problems and determines chemicals to use.
Calibrates sprayer/spreader equipment for appropriate dispersal rate of chemicals, mixes chemical solutions according to specifications.
Prepares seed beds and performs seeding, planting and transplanting, including flowers, trees and shrubs, and lawns.
Waters, weeds, hoes, sprays, and removed dead blossoms in flower beds.
Trims hedges and shrubs, digs up bulbs and transplants shrubs and trees; treats and controls plant diseases.
Supervises the operation of a greenhouse; submits requisitions for seeds and supplies; germinates seedling plants, roots, cuttings, and otherwise grows plants for the campus.
May assign, coordinate, and review the work of other groundskeeping personnel.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and specifications.
Ability to safely operate and maintain equipment and hand/power tools.
Ability to apply various groundskeeping techniques to different work situations.
Ability to satisfactorily perform a full range of duties such as spraying, pruning, seeding, sodding, fertilizing, weeding, transplanting, and trimming.
Knowledge of proper safety techniques to be used in the operation of gardening tools.
Knowledge of symptoms of plant diseases and appropriate treatment.
Ability to lift.
Knowledge of pesticide application, storage and recordkeeping.
Ability to assign and direct work of others
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About Iowa State University
Iowa State University is a student-centric leading land grant university known worldwide for excellence in science and technology, discovery, and innovation. Operating with the conviction that higher education should be accessible to all, Iowa State offers more than 100 undergraduate, over 110 graduate, and nearly 85 doctoral programs, and is established as an R1: Doctoral University with world-class scholars tackling challenges with innovate research and solutions. Iowa State University is a welcoming, global, and culturally diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. Campus community members have a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and are committed to engaging with each other respectfully as outlined in the university's Principles of Community. Iowa State recognizes that diverse intellectual and philosophical perspectives are vital to innovation, critical thinking skills, and a dynamic academic community that fosters the land-grant ideals of putting science, technology, and human creativity to work. All offers of employment, oral and written, are contingent upon the university’s verification of credentials and other information required by federal and state ... law, ISU policies/procedures, and may include the completion of a background check and/or a consumer credit check. Iowa State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, marital status, disability, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against.
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