Campus Location: Main Campus (Galloway)

Department: Facilities & Plant Operations

Salary Range: $51,987.70 - $59,077.77

Salary Information: Based on NJ Civil Service Commission regulations and is accompanied by an extremely competitive University benefits package

Work Hours:  40 hours per week

Brief Job Overview/Summary

Under direction of a supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, has charge of the maintenance of grounds; does other related duties as required.

Descriptions of Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Organizes the maintenance or institutional grounds and develops effective work measures, programs, schedules, and procedures.
• Prepares daily work schedules for employees having custody of inmates, patients, students, and/or employees assigned to grounds duties, provides assignments and instructions, and supervises the performance of their work.
• Plans, lays out, and directs work involved in maintenance of institutional grounds including preparation of soil, the seeding, rolling, weeding, and cutting of lawns, and the planting, transplanting, thinning, and harvesting of flowers for cutting and other use.
• May plan the removal of snow and/or direct the operation of snow blowers and salt spreaders.
• Plans, organizes, and assigns work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of
• subordinates.
• Supervises the care of non-cultivated areas of the grounds and sees that these are properly maintained.
• Supervises the proper use of equipment, materials, supplies, and implements used to maintain grounds including tractors, grass cutters, scythes, hoes, rakes, sprinklers, garden hose, cultivators, spades, shears,
• spraying devices, fertilizers, seeds, and other garden and grounds keeping equipment and tools.
• Prepares requisitions for equipment, materials, and supplies and ensures these are properly safeguarded, stored, used, and recorded.
• Supervises the measures taken to ensure the safety, custody, and progress of inmates, patients, and others assigned to grounds work.
• Reports suspicious persons and behavior and takes appropriate actions.
• Directs and performs tree care and tree surgery duties required on institution grounds which may involve climbing and topping of tall trees.
• Supervises the care and propagation of trees, and personally plants trees and shrubs.
• Prepare reports of unusual occurrences and significant conditions in the buildings or on the grounds and takes those steps required to ensure safe, orderly conditions.
• Prepares periodic reports of the progress of individual inmates, patients, or employees and prepares reports on grounds maintenance activities containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Maintains records and files.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Required Qualifications

• Two (2) years of experience performing large scale groundwork, gardening, tree surgery, and tree care operation, one (1) year of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

LICENSE

• Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
• Appointees may be required to obtain a NJ Certified Pesticide Applicator's or Operator's Permit in the required categories.

Screening Information:

How to Apply:
To apply please visit https://employment.stockton.edu or click the "Apply" button.

SAME APPLICANTS: If you are applying under the NJ “SAME” program, your supporting documents (Schedule A or B), must be submitted along with your resume by the closing date indicated above. For more information on the SAME Program visit their Website at: https://nj.gov/csc/same/overview/index.shtml , email:  CSC-Same@csc.nj.gov, or call 609-292-4144, option 3.

In accordance with P.L. 2021, c. 465 and P.L. 2021, 466, the SAME Program was established to enable New Jersey State agencies to hire, promote, retain, and advance qualified individuals whose physical or mental impairments impact their abilities to participate in the hiring and promotion process for non-competitive and unclassified titles within the State workforce. This program uses a fast-track process that permits people who are eligible for the program to request that the State appointing authority schedule with them a good faith interview. Individuals applying for non-competitive or unclassified positions under this program should contact us to determine if they are eligible for the fast-track hiring process. 

Only electronic documents will be accepted. Please complete the online application and include three professional references in addition to the following required documents. All required documents (Microsoft Word of PDF) must be submitted in order for your application to move forward. 

• A letter of interest describing qualifications and accomplishments
• Current resume