Provides comprehensive custodial and waste management support within a high-traffic facility, including trash disposal, recycling coordination, and light bulb replacement in accordance with university standards. Performs routine and deep cleaning of floors, surfaces, furnishings, and building exteriors using a variety of cleaning methods and equipment.

Operates and maintains shredding and recycling equipment within a waste management facility, including forklifts, balers, and conveyor systems. Responsible for securely shredding confidential documents in compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements, ensuring all necessary approvals are obtained prior to processing. Oversees the safe handling, transport, and temporary storage of sensitive materials until final destruction.

Performs grounds maintenance duties including mowing, edging, mulching, pruning, watering, and debris removal to maintain clean and attractive campus landscapes. Assists with planting shrubs and trees, turf maintenance, soil preparation, and resodding. Safely operates and maintains grounds equipment, ensuring proper functionality and reporting maintenance issues as needed.

Performs grounds maintenance duties including mowing, edging, raking, mulching, weed removal, pruning, and watering to maintain clean and attractive campus landscapes. Assists with debris and trash removal, turf preparation, resodding, and planting of flowers, shrubs, and trees. Operates and maintains groundskeeping equipment safely, ensuring proper working condition and reporting maintenance issues as needed.

This role functions as a Horticultural Specialist and Grounds Lead, combining high-level nursery management with precision campus landscaping. The position is responsible for the entire lifecycle of plant health, from propagation via seeds and grafting to the advanced care of greenhouse environments, where they manage humidity, nutrient requirements, and integrated pest management.

This position is responsible for the routine care and aesthetic upkeep of University grounds within designated zones. The core duties involve standard landscape maintenance, including edging, raking, power blowing, and comprehensive weed and debris removal to ensure a clean campus environment. Additionally, the role supports minor landscaping renovations through plant installation, transplanting, and soil excavation.

This role focuses on the meticulous upkeep and aesthetic preservation of university grounds through a blend of horticulture, sanitation, and equipment maintenance. The primary duties include comprehensive plant care—such as edging, pruning, and deep-root weeding—alongside landscape logistics like transplanting materials and soil excavation for minor renovations.

Maintains, repairs, and installs campus irrigation systems, including controllers, valves, wiring, and sprinkler heads. Troubleshoots system issues, performs routine maintenance and leak repairs, operates trenching and grounds equipment, and ensures safe operation and upkeep of tools while supporting overall campus landscape maintenance.

Performs campus groundskeeping and landscaping, including planting, pruning, mulching, weeding, debris removal, and minor landscape renovations. Operates and maintains grounds equipment, ensures clean and attractive grounds, and completes other tasks as assigned

The Waste Management Superintendent at Florida State University provides strategic and hands-on leadership for campus-wide waste removal, recycling, and sanitation operations, ensuring a clean, safe, and sustainable environment.