C52750 - Grounds & Maintenance

Oregon State University

Oregon State University

USD 15.05-19.5 / hour
Posted on Oct 8, 2025
Position Information
Job Title C52750 - Grounds & Maintenance
Appointment Type Student Employee
Job Location Corvallis
Position Appointment Percent 100
Appointment Basis 12
Pay Method Hourly
Pay Period 16th - 15th of the following month
Pay Date Last working day of the month
Remote or Hybrid option?
Min Hourly Rate $15.05 (Standard); $14.05 (Non-Urban); $16.30 (Portland Metro)
Max Hourly Rate $19.50 (Standard); $19.00 (Non-Urban); $20.50 (Portland Metro)
Position Summary
This recruitment will be used to fill two (2) part-time (a maximum of 20 hours per week during class sessions and up to 40 hours per week when classes are not in session) Grounds and Maintenance positions for Oregon State University (OSU) Athletics Facility Operations.
This position is for a student to assist the Facilities and Maintenance Team members with routine athletic grounds and maintenance tasks at all athletic venues and home sporting events. This position will help maintain and set up athletic facilities and department equipment for activities & events associated with Athletics.
Projects include working directly with the Facilities maintenance team, painting athletic fields, maintaining surface playability, and general landscaping tasks. Individuals will complete routine grounds and maintenance tasks, performing general turf work on natural and artificial surfaces and assisting with small facility projects.
This student will receive guidance from the OSU Athletics Facility and Maintenance team
Transferable Skill Development
OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, and Career & Self-Development.
Position Duties
  • Sets up/takes down for both indoor and outdoor activities and events. This includes setting up/taking down things such as fences, bleachers, benches, scoreboards, windscreens, nets, goals, baskets, tables, chairs, lane lines, pole vault runways, and high jump pads, wrestling mats, etc.
  • Measures and paints field lines for activities using outdoor fields; measures and tapes court lines on indoor courts.
  • Performs the daily maintenance of the softball and baseball infields and the long jump/steeplechase pits. This includes dragging infields, raking pitcher’s mounds (natural and artificial)/bullpens/home plates/baselines/pits, watering, bailing water, installing plates, etc.
  • Perform general landscaping, blowing leaves, weeding beds, mowing, and edging.
  • Assembles perform basic maintenance and troubleshoot problems with equipment. This includes assembling cabinets, ball carriers, carts, etc., and maintaining basketball backboards, rims, batting cages, nets, goal nets, windscreens, etc. Informs supervisor of need for equipment repair.
  • Helps maintenance staff to hang TV’s, paint, change light bulbs, move items, etc.
  • Operates department vehicles which include a pick-up truck, vans, field markers, and utility vehicles. As part of basic maintenance of these vehicles, performs general cleaning, checks oil, fills window-washer fluid, adjusts tire pressure, fills gas tank, grease exposed joints, etc. Informs supervisor of problems associated with the vehicles.
  • General maintenance like painting and hanging equipment.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
  • Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
  • Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
    • High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
    • Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
    • Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
    • Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
    • Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full-time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.
Additional Required Qualifications
  • Available to work 10-15 hours per week, including nights and weekends * PAs arenever required to miss class to work an event
  • Reliable and trustworthy
  • Ability to communicate rules and regulations and hold users accountable
  • Ability to effectively lead a small group of your peers
  • Experience working with others, preferably in customer service/office/business setting
  • Ability to maintain regular attendance and punctual
  • Ability to address and resolve conflict
  • Ability to lift 25 pounds

This position requires driving a University vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the University; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Motor Vehicle History Check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver’s license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions (as per Voluntary and Compulsory Driver Standards OSU Standard 125-155-0200) as per OSU Standard 576-056-0000 et seq.
Preferred (Special) Qualifications
Desire to work in the turf industry, nurseries, or NCAA Athletics
Working Conditions / Work Schedule
  • Work will be performed in an office setting and in OSU Athletic Facilities
  • Flexible hours
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number P12546SE
Number of Vacancies 2
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date 10/13/2025
Anticipated Appointment End Date 06/19/2026
Posting Date 10/08/2025
Full Consideration Date
Closing Date 10/10/2025
Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search Competitive / Student - open to ALL qualified/eligible students
Special Instructions to Applicants
When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

● A Resume

For additional information please contact: Aaron Haupert at aaron.haupert@oregonstate.edu

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

This position requires driving a University vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the University; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Motor Vehicle History Check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver’s license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions (as per Voluntary and Compulsory Driver Standards OSU Standard 125-155-0200) as per OSU Standard 576-056-0000 et seq.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.
Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval