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Employees may be required to perform other job-related instructions as requested by the supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.\nUsing a frontrunner mower, mulcher and trailer, mows grass, leaves and plows snow on university property. As trailer becomes full, disposes of leaves and grass clippings into a designated dumpster. Using a weed-eater, trims grass missed by mower and edges sidewalk/street/building areas and so forth.\nUsing gas trimmers, manual clippers, a gas chain saw, a pole saw, pole clippers and utilizing a boom truck or climbing, trims and/or removes bushes, vines, and trees. Getting down on hands and knees, pulls weeds and digs holes to plant flowers and shrubs. Using a manual shovel or mechanical backhoe, removes dirt or fills in dirt.\nUsing both manual sprayers and mechanical tank sprayers mounted on tractors, places herbicide, pesticide and fertilizers on grounds, trees and shrubs as required.\nUsing a manual shovel or a manual post hole digger, digs a hole, places, and positions the pole, pours concrete, manually mixed in a wheel borrow, in a hole and mounts the sign. \nUsing hand tools such as wrenches, sockets and gas engines maintains equipment such as tractors, trucks, lawn equipment and so forth, by performing engine general maintenance and repair.\nUsing hand tools such as carts, dollies, cranes, a forklift and so forth, climbs upstairs, bends, lifts, and carries, doing whatever is required to transport cabinets, boxes, furniture, fixtures. \nDuring graduation, sets-up the stage by lifting, climbing, carrying, and assembling, decorations, such as flags, drapes, carpeting, handrails, steps. \nUsing a boom truck or climbing, removes debris from guttering system. \nAssembles scaffold equipment to hang decorations, remove vines and debris from gutters.\nUsing manual or mechanical overseeding broadcast equipment, dispenses grass seed and fertilizer, then, using a mechanical aerator. Core aerates the soil covering the seed and fertilizer.\nReports progress, problems and recommendations to Assistant Director.\nTrains, directs, and oversees temporary personnel and work study students for short term and summer periods.\nDetermines needs and helps develop plan for the accomplishment of large-scale projects, emergencies, and in frequent needs as determined by supervisor. Acts a department contact person during special campus activities and events as needed.\nAttends all assigned meetings.\nUsing computers in facilities services break room, submits all time off requests in a timely manner complying with departmental policy.\nRequired Skills/Abilities:\nTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\n1-2 years related experience.\nAbility to drive for using tractors and trucks. Must have valid MO driver’s license and acceptable driving record.\nAbility to operate equipment, machinery, trucks, tractors and reading directions.\nAttention to detail is necessary for assembling decorations for job safety and accuracy.\nAbility to be on-call for snow removal.\nAbility to be alert and coordinated for thinking and reacting quickly when using equipment.\nKnowledge of plumbing for installing piping, sprinkler heads in irrigation systems.\nMath skills are necessary for calculating mixtures.\nAbility to read for combining mixtures.\nAbility to write for preparing daily work report.\nAbility to use hand clippers for trimming.\nAbility to operate a tractor for mowing or transporting trailers and lawn equipment.\nAbility to operate a power rake for raking and dethatching lawn.\nAbility to operate a weed-eater and an edger for trimming lawn.\nAbility to use a chain saw for trimming and cutting wood.\nAbility to use a push mower for cutting grass and bagging clippings.\nAbility to use hand tools for repairing equipment.\nAbility to use a mulcher to cut up leaves and grass.\nAbility to use a trailer for transporting leaves, grass, rocks, dirt, and equipment.\nAbility to use a pole saw and pole clippers for trimming shrubs and trees.\nAbility to use a shovel, pick and a rake for digging, removing concrete, asphalt, dirt, rocks, leaves and so forth.\nAbility to use manual and mechanical sprayers for applying pesticide, herbicides, and liquid fertilizers.\nAbility to use an aerator to aerate soil.\nAbility to use mechanical and manual overseeding broadcast equipment to distribute seed and/or fertilizer.\nAbility to use a wheel barrel for transporting rocks, dirt, and debris or for mixing concrete.\nAbility to use a posthole digger for digging holes for signs or gate posts.\nAbility to use carts, dollies, a forklift, and a boom truck for transporting fixtures, furniture, boxes, cabinets, etc.\nMust be able to provide a valid cell phone number or contact number where employee can be reached in the event of a campus emergency.\nPhysical Requirements:\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. Excessive temperature changes form cold to hot, dust, pollen, mold, wet/raining, smells are offensive. Excessive exposure to dangerous chemicals, gas and oil. Excessive climbing, lifting, bending and/or crawling. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.\nWORKING AT DU HAS ITS BENEFITS:\nGenerous time off including 4+ weeks of paid time off starting your first year\nFree tuition for your whole family \nFree tickets to Drury home sporting events\nHealth and wellness benefits at extremely competitive rates\nFree use of onsite fitness center on Springfield campus\nDiscounted meals and Drury merchandise on campus","description_format":"text","description_chars":6894,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Education","Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T12:04:26Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 2","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":2,"median_offered_wage_usd":57500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":true,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.391,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":53,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:2","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-19T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/drury-university-groundskeeper","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/drury-university-groundskeeper.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T22:09:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1137,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1825423},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1825423"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdrury-university-groundskeeper"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdrury-university-groundskeeper"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdrury-university-groundskeeper"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/drury-university-groundskeeper\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdrury-university-groundskeeper"}]}