URL

N/A
Close Date (11:59 p.m. Central)
8/25/2025
Contact
Name
Racine SupportDefault Contact
Title
Human Resources
Email
human.resources@rusd.org
Phone
(262)631-7020
Website
http://www.rusd.org
Position Details
Position Start Date
As soon as possible
Salary/Wage
Level 8
Terms/Schedule
Tuesday - Saturday
Appointment Type
Full Time
Description
The Grounds Engineer is responsible for maintaining the school’s outdoor areas and assisting with indoor maintenance and custodial tasks to ensure a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors. This position combines landscaping, snow removal, and outdoor upkeep with light building maintenance and cleaning responsibilities. Provides leadership over the district’s day-to-day operations in their assigned building by maintaining a clean, sanitary, orderly and safe workplace. Engineers perform all aspects of Preventative maintenance, light mechanical and cleaning operations completing proper forms and schedules, operation of equipment in a safe manner. Engineers maintain an assigned cleaning area and perform to standards of care established by the Department of Facilities and Maintenance Services.
Core Competencies • Leading People and Leveraging Diversity • Responsible, Trustworthy and Ethical • Results Driven and Customer Oriented • Self-management Skills and Thoroughness • Problem Solver • Communicative and Team Oriented • Appropriate Technical Skills
Grounds Maintenance • Mow, trim, edge, and water lawns; prune trees and shrubs; weed and maintain landscaped areas. • Perform seasonal work such as snow plowing, shoveling, and salting walkways in winter; leaf collection in fall. • Operate and maintain grounds equipment such as mowers, trimmers, blowers, and snow removal machinery in a safe and responsible manner to ensure peak operation and longevity of equipment. • Perform ground inspections and ensure any unsafe conditions are corrected. • Coordinate building snow removal and de-icing activities to ensure student, staff, and public safety. Care for lawns and shrubs; clean sidewalks and driveways.
Indoor Maintenance & Cleaning • Perform light maintenance tasks including changing light bulbs, minor repairs, and basic plumbing fixes. • Assist custodial staff with cleaning floors, restrooms, locker rooms, and common areas as needed. • Set up and tear down furniture, equipment, and supplies for school functions and events. • Coordinate and assist with the setup of facilities for meetings, classes, conferences, events, etc., and develop alternate cleaning schedules to cover vacancies internally. • Respond to work orders and maintenance requests promptly and effectively.
Building Operations & Safety • Monitor the state of the building to detect and anticipate issues and problems that may arise and take corrective action. • Submit work orders to correct building mechanical, structural, life safety, and support conditions. • Lock and unlock assigned buildings; secure buildings when not in use by checking for unlocked doors and windows, reporting unauthorized occupants, and ensuring lights are turned off. • Maintain clean and organized storage areas for tools, cleaning equipment, and supplies.
General Responsibilities • Requisition, receive, and account for equipment, materials, and supplies. • Follow all safety procedures and wear appropriate PPE. • Maintain accurate records of work performed and report issues to the Head Engineer. • Contribute to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds. • Collaborate with the custodial and maintenance team to ensure facilities are ready for daily operations and special events. • Perform other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position and actively support the RUSD Strategic Plan.
Supervision Received: Receives direction from the Head or Lead and/or the Facilities Supervisor. The Engineer establishes methods and procedures for attaining specific goals and objectives and receives guidance in terms of broad goals. Only the results of work are typically reviewed.
Supervision Exercised: Engineer is responsible for the supervision of the custodial staff including but not limited to assigning duties; outlining work methods; directing work in process; reviewing completed work; providing input into employee evaluations and providing ongoing formative feedback; taking or recommend disciplinary action.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
1. Speak and read English
2. 15 course credits or equivalent in landscaping, small engines, HVAC, basic supervisory training.
3. Valid WI Driver’s License
4. FOE 3 or higher ASOPE and City of Racine Stationary
5. Pesticide applicators license within 6 months of appointment
6. 1 year as head elementary or 1 year as shift engineer and two years as a custodian or equivalent experience
7. Ability to display necessary initiative and dependability to work alone or in groups.
8. Must be able to schedule work effectively.
9. Good physical condition, ability to lift 50 pounds on a repetitive basis and 100 pounds periodically, push and pull on repetitive basis, work in adverse weather conditions.
10. Years of experience documented practical work experience and successful completion of the interview process will be basis of position award.
11. If all qualifications are not met, the school district may assist the most qualified applicant with developing a plan for achieving them.
12. Must have excellent attendance
13. A broad range of mechanical equipment, systems and processes.
14. Equipment operations following standard departmental operating procedures and policies to minimize potential hazards associated with inappropriate use.
15. Knowledge of safety and environmental requirements associated with tasks performed.
16. Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
17. Modern office practices, methods, computer equipment, and basic computer applications.
18. Principles and procedures of record keeping and reporting.
19. English usage, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation.
20. Techniques for providing a high level of customer service.
21. Occupational hazards and safe work practices.
22. Dealing with individuals with a range of moods and behaviors in a tactful, congenial, personal manner to not alienate or antagonize them.
23. Gathering, collating, or classifying information about data, people, or things. Reporting and/or carrying out a prescribed action or presenting alternative actions.
24. Proper use and storage of chemicals, including OSHA Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for hazardous chemicals used in the workplace.
Ability to:
1. Use tools and supplies properly when cleaning building areas, including the knowledge and ability to clean tools, supplies and equipment to ensure they remain in good working condition.
2. Apply safety laws, rules, methods and procedures when cleaning building areas and disposing of hazardous materials, including applying applicable OSHA regulations, and to recognize and take appropriate action in situations that may pose a risk to others.
3. Provide information and assistance to customers, and to interact effectively with co-workers, supervisors and others.
4. Apply ethical standards when cleaning building areas.
5. Maintain integrity of confidential information.
6. Appropriately interact and develop effective working relationships with District administrators, school staff, and representatives of private and public agencies and the public for different purposes and in different contexts.
7. Diffuse and manage volatile and stressful situations.
8. Interpret drawings, plans, blueprints and specifications for building and grounds projects.
9. Prioritize, plan, and coordinate work to meet deadlines.
10. Analyze problems, identify solutions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
11. Recognize an emergency and take appropriate action.
12. Adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate. Think through the consequences of a decision prior to making it.
13. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Requires tact, discretion and clarity when communicating.
14. Work independently and identify potentially more effective methods of work operation.
15. Operate a computer, tablet, and proprietary or variety of mass market software or applications.
Licenses and Certifications:
1. Must possess and maintain a valid WI Driver’s License along with a good driving record. A good driving record is defined as zero moving violations (points) within the past 12 months.
2. Must maintain availability of a properly insured personal vehicle always.
3. FOE3 or higher-class engineer’s license from the American Society of Power Engineers and City of Racine Stationary Engineer License.
4. Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator License within 6 months of appointment (Park, Horlick, Case Grounds Engineers).
5. Blood Borne Pathogen and other RUSD required safety training (lead, asbestos, ALICE, etc.) within 12 months of employment.
6. RUSD supervisory certification within 12 months of employment.
Required Attire:
The above statements are intended to describe the essential functions and related requirements of persons assigned to this job. They are not intended as an exhaustive list of job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts the administration’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description is subject to change at any time. The Engineer is required to wear and maintain a uniform, ensuring a professional appearance while representing the
Work Environment:
1. Busy work environment with multiple priorities and frequent interruptions. Work includes a commitment to irregular working hours, when needed.
2. Hearing and speaking to exchange information in person or on the telephone; seeing to read a variety of documents; sitting for extended periods of time; walking; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate office equipment; intermittent bending, stooping or reaching overhead to retrieve or store materials; driving a vehicle to conduct business activities.
3. Primarily an outdoor work environment with potential exposure to hazardous materials and construction equipment.
4. Most of the workday is spent walking, standing and lifting.
5. Work with a schedule of activities to perform daily, weekly and at other intervals.
6. Job duties will require working outdoors in adverse weather conditions.
Physical Demands:
1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform using a full range of motions including standing, sitting, talking, hearing, and using hands and fingers to operate a computer and job-related equipment, intermittent bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, crawling and reaching to execute job duties.
2. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 75 pounds.
3. Ascending or descending ladders, scaffolding, ropes, poles and the like using feet/legs and/or hands/arms.
4. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to clients or the public and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
5. Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand(s). Entering text or data into a computer or other machine by means of a keyboard.
6. Complete heavy workload within established time frames.
7. Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medical codes/alarms).
8. Ability to work in confined spaces, mechanical areas where noise, heat and operating equipment are present.
9. Job duties may require working outdoors in adverse weather conditions.
10. Ability to work with a respirator if needed.
Safety:
Employee is responsible for taking all steps necessary to protect yourself and others against occupational accidents, injuries, and illnesses. Employee is responsible for ensuring all work performed meets the highest industry standards and is done in compliance with all local, state and federal requirements. Contacts with other departments, outside organizations, and the general public: Daily interaction with all departments, school personnel, vendors and service providers, the public and private organizations using district facilities. Statement of Supervisor: Performs a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature. Frequently, the application of multiple, technical activities is employed; therefore, analytical ability and inductive thinking are required. Problem solving involves identification and analysis of diverse issues. Requires regular contacts with internal persons of importance and influence involving considerable tact, discretion and persuasion in obtaining the cooperation of others. Requires the handling of delicate/sensitive relationships and complex situations. Performs with frequent interruptions and/or distractions. Makes appropriate job decisions following standard operating procedures and best practices. Recognizes an emergency and take appropriate action. Thinks through the consequences of a decision prior to making it. Must have the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and the public. Complete heavy workload within established time frames. Adjusts priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.

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