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Grounds & Maintenance Worker
Job no: 493142
Work type: Staff Full Time - Full Year
Location: Lewiston, ME
Categories: Facilities: Grounds & Maintenance
Title: Grounds & Maintenance Worker
Position Purpose:
The Grounds & Maintenance Worker is responsible for maintaining the grounds of all College owned properties.
Job Duties:
- Operate all grounds maintenance related equipment.
- Perform all grounds maintenance related tasks.
- Perform all tasks in accordance with recognized National and College safety policies and procedures.
- Complete all assigned work orders in a timely manner.
- Continually strive for work performance and shop procedure efficiencies.
- Perform routine emergency response “on call” duty when necessary.
- Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays, and other non-traditional schedules to support campus emergencies, snow removal and major campus events.
- Mandatory work includes but is not limited to the weekends of Convocation, Commencement and Reunion, athletic events and snow removal.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must have valid Maine driver’s license.
Experience
- 2 years of experience.
Skills and Knowledge
- Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Basic math and computer skills.
- Ability to logically trouble-shoot equipment problems.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions in the conduct of the job.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with supervisors, co-workers and outside contacts.
Benefits:
Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an additional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace.
Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $19.64 to $20.86 . Placement within the range depends on experience and other factors.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu.
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.
Advertised: 17 Jul 2026
Applications Close:
Benefits:
Health Insurance, Retirement Plan, Vacation & Paid Time OffSalary : $20 - $21