Building and Grounds Specialist 2026-00657

The Wyoming Life Resource Center (WLRC) is located in Lander, Wyoming, and is looking for a dedicated and hardworking individual to join our team as a Buildings and Grounds Specialist. In this role, you will be responsible for keeping the grounds, streets, and sidewalks of WLRC clean and safe. The main duties of this job involve physical work outdoors and operating various types of equipment.

• Maintain all lawns, green spaces, sidewalks, and roads at the WLRC campus.
• Operate heavy equipment safely, including tractors, backhoes, bulldozers, trenchers, mowers, bucket trucks, and dump trucks.
• Use power tools and hand tools like chain saws and sweepers.
• Care for the lawns (mow, water, fertilize, and remove weeds).
• Plant, prune, and remove trees and perform general landscaping tasks.
• Handle and apply chemicals for weeds and pests safely (pesticides/herbicides).
• Perform year-round maintenance, including snow removal in the winter.
• Repair and maintain campus infrastructure, such as streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and fencing.
• Perform basic construction work, including concrete work, carpentry, and plumbing.
• Install and fix sprinkler (irrigation) systems.
• Clean and maintain the irrigation ditch system, monitor water flow, and repair headgates.
• Prepare graves for interments and maintain the cemetery grounds and headstones.
• Other duties as assigned, including assisting other operations departments.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

**Valid Drivers License Required**

Education & Experience Substitution

0-1 year of progressive work experience (typically in Buildings and Grounds) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Buildings and Grounds Assistant

**OR**

Education

Associate's Degree