UCSD Grounds Equipment Operator

Work with campus facilities and planning offices in order to provide an aesthetically pleasing landscape conducive to learning, while offering excellent customer service. Maintaining over 1,200 acres of campus landscape, 10 miles of roadways, 28 acres of sports fields, and 25,000 trees in our urban forests, as well as the removal of over 10,000 tons annually of solid waste and recycling.

Under supervision this position will operate ride-on and walk-behind mowers and tractors with aerating and de-thatching attachments or fertilizer spreader. Perform turf care aeration and turf thatch removal. Operate loaders, tractors, dump trucks and pickup trucks to remove and transport thatch debris. Operate turf sweepers to perform core removal during aerating, and thatch removal during de-thatching, and clipping removal after mowing. Follow established specifications to project a rich, well-manicured turf. Perform preventive and routine maintenance on related equipment. Assist other grounds work crews with routine grounds and landscape maintenance tasks as necessary.

Filing deadline is January 23, 2025.