Grounds Maintenance

Job Title: Grounds Technician

Job Description

This role focuses on maintaining attractive, safe, and well-kept outdoor grounds across a large campus. You will perform a wide range of landscaping and groundskeeping tasks, including lawn care, plant care, debris removal, and snow removal, while working outdoors in all weather conditions. The position follows a Monday–Friday daytime schedule, with on-call responsibilities during winter weather events.

Responsibilities

• Inspect assigned outdoor areas regularly to identify maintenance needs and ensure grounds remain clean, safe, and visually appealing.
• Perform litter control by removing trash and debris from lawns, gardens, walkways, and other outdoor spaces.
• Carry out leaf removal and general cleanup of landscaped areas and pathways.
• Perform lawn care duties including mowing, edging, fertilizing, and watering to maintain healthy turf.
• Conduct plant care activities such as planting, pruning, trimming, deadheading, and thinning trees, shrubs, and flowers.
• Weed gardens, flowerbeds, and other landscaped areas to maintain neat and orderly grounds.
• Perform string trimming and other detailed edging work around obstacles, borders, and hard-to-reach areas.
• Support periodic fertilization and pre-emergent weed control under the supervision of a licensed applicator, following all safety and application guidelines.
• Assist with snow removal by clearing snow and ice from walkways, steps, and parking lots during winter months.
• Be available on-call for winter precipitation events outside of normal business hours to help maintain safe access across the property.
• Operate lawnmowers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment safely and efficiently.
• Work collaboratively with Landscape Technicians on occasional group projects to complete larger maintenance or improvement tasks.
• Perform general labor and other groundskeeping duties as needed to support overall campus maintenance and appearance.

Essential Skills

• Ability to perform physical work, including lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.
• Capability to work outdoors in various weather conditions, including rain, heat, cold, and snow.
• Experience or aptitude in groundskeeping, general labor, and lawn care tasks.
• Ability to safely operate landscaping equipment such as lawnmowers, trimmers, and leaf blowers.
• Reliability to work Monday–Friday from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm and to be on-call in winter for heavy snow or other precipitation events.
• Attention to detail in maintaining clean, orderly, and well-groomed outdoor spaces.
• Basic understanding of lawn and plant care practices, including mowing, watering, pruning, and weeding.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Preferred verifiable experience in lawn care or gardening.
• Comfort working under the guidance of a licensed applicator for fertilization and pre-emergent weed control.
• Willingness to participate in occasional group projects with Landscape Technicians.
• Strong work ethic and ability to stay productive while working independently outdoors.
• Interest in learning more about landscaping, horticulture, and grounds maintenance practices.

Why Work Here?

Employees benefit from a comprehensive package that supports health, financial security, and professional development. Available offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, 401(k) retirement savings, and HSA/FSA options. Tuition assistance through a tuition benefit plan provides subsidies toward course costs, extending to eligible spouses and tax dependent children. This environment values long-term employment, skill development, and access to educational opportunities, creating a supportive and stable place to build a career.

Work Environment

This role is entirely outdoors, requiring comfort working in all elements—rain or shine, in both hot and cold conditions. You will spend your days across a university campus, ensuring that lawns, gardens, and common outdoor areas remain clean, well-maintained, and safe. The work is hands-on and can be physically demanding, with tasks that may involve soil, plants, debris, and snow, so you should expect to get dirty depending on the assignment. The schedule is Monday–Friday from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, with additional on-call responsibilities in winter for snow removal and other weather-related needs, using standard landscaping and snow removal equipment.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Bloomington, IN.

The pay range for this position is $15.00 - $15.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Bloomington,IN.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 2, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills, and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role in solving companies’ construction, manufacturing, and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are-everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.