Building and Grounds Worker

Apply for Job Job ID 368319 Location All Other -See Job Description Job Family LR-Service/Maintenance/Labor Full/Part Time Part-Time Regular/Temporary Regular Job Code 6025 Employee Class Teamsters Local 320 Add to Favorite Jobs Email this Job About the Job As a member of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Facility Management Department, the Building and Grounds Worker (B+G) facilitates a centralized service to the Arboretum Community. The Facilities Department strives to provide a safe, reliable, and welcoming Arboretum campus for staff and visitors. The department is responsible for the physical assets and infrastructure of the Arboretum and operates with the utmost professionalism and efficiency while ensuring a positive experience for all. The Department includes Building and Maintenance Services, Custodial Services, Fleet Services, and Campus Safety maintaining approximately 200,000 square feet of structures ranging from institutional style buildings and greenhouses, to barns and garden structures. The Arboretum's extensive facilities, located in four geographically separated areas, include: Oswald Visitor Center, historic Snyder Building, and Learning Center Horticultural Research Center and AppleHouse Farm at the Arb complex Horticulture Operations and greenhouses The primary responsibility of B+G is to assist with set up and take down of event furnishings including large and small tables, chairs and other equipment. This position will respond quickly to a wide variety of guest and service needs, infrastructure related issues, spills, furnishing requests, and related tasks. This position works closely with the Reservations unit, which contracts all rentals of Arboretum space. Contracted events include: Weddings, Receptions, Celebrations of Life, Conferences, and a variety of other types of celebrations. Sensitivity to the nature of these events is cri