Title: Grounds Lead Worker
State Role Title: Trades Technician III
Hiring Range: $31,200($15/hr),plus Generous Benefits Package
Pay Band: 3
Agency: Virginia Military Institute
Location: Virginia Military Institute
Agency Website:
Recruitment Type: Agency Employee Only - A
Job Duties
VMI is accepting applications for a full-time Grounds Lead Worker.
Position Responsibilities:
• Perform day to day work schedule and lead a crew with the maintenance of
grounds, such as turf maintenance and repair, tree maintenance, leaf removal
and mowing. Occasionally aid in instructing other employees in the
operation of equipment.
• Operates trucks, tractors, mowers, graders, snowplows and item of
equipment related to snow removal, preventive and corrective maintenance.
Make minor adjustments and repairs to equipment, aid in making major
repairs; clean and service equipment
• Maintain a variety of planting, landscaped areas and tasks that include but
are not limited to mowing, set ups, deliveries, minor equipment
maintenance, grounds care and maintenance, landscape installation, snow
and ice removal, applying nutrients as required and police grounds
• Responds to emergency situations as required and directed by supervision
• Maintains planting and fertilization records.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management such as event preparation
and support, inclement weather support, special project teams, tree
maintenance.
Minimum Qualifications
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, listening).
• Problem solving skills and adaptability.
• Valid Virginia driver’s license with clean driving record required.
Additional Considerations
• Experience using grounds related equipment and user level maintenance.
• Experience with fertilizers and pesticides.
• Knowledge of plants, trees, flowers, and grasses.
• Experience with or knowledge of work order systems.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Tamara Wade
Phone: 540-464-7322
Email: hroffice@vmi.edu
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.