Grass, City, Urban, Outdoors, Park, Lawn, Person, Building, Campus, Field

We're Hiring!

Landscape Crew Member I

  • 510915
  • Main Campus - Starkville, MS
  • Mississippi - Main Campus
  • 751400 - Campus Landscape
  • Support Staff
  • Regular Full-Time 12-month
  • Opening on: Jul 6 2026

Position Function:

To perform a variety of duties in support of services provided by Campus Landscape, including routine cleaning, maintenance, and upkeep of grounds.

Salary Grade:  LCM-1

Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges.  For salary grade UC, these positions are "Unclassified" and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Maintains university grounds using edger, blower, trimmer, mower, and other equipment.
2. Installs landscaping and related items on university grounds.
3. Mow grass, mulch leaves, clean-up grounds and verify designated areas of campus.
4. Assists with appropriate pest control (non-herbicide use) for lawn and landscaping.
5. Maintains equipment such as hand tools; power equipment, including chain saws, edger, weed eaters, push and/or riding mowers, backhoes, tractor etc. May procure supplies, parts, and tools as needed.
6. Responsible for care and routine maintenance of equipment.
7. Operate and make minor adjustments to mowers.
8. May perform special projects related to various aspects of Facilities Management as assigned by supervisor.
9. Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Ability to read and write plus experience in landscaping.
Valid driver's license may be required for specific positions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Understands instructions for effective contribution to the team.
2. Action-oriented; self-starter; and full of energy for work landscape work assignments.
3. Ability to exercise functional and technical knowledge with skills to perform the job.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Regularly involves lifting, bending or other physical exertion. Often exposed to one or more elements such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, chemicals, etc.

Occasional-Routine deadlines; usually sufficient lead time; variance in work volume seasonal and predictable; priorities can be anticipated; some interruptions are present; travel or other inconveniences have advance notice; involves occasional exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.

Job frequently requires standing, walking, reaching, climbing or balancing, talking, hearing, handling objects with hands, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Job occasionally requires sitting, stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling, and lifting more than 100 pounds.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

Instructions for Applying:

Apply online and complete a support staff application. Link to apply:  http://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment, programs or activities based on race, color, ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance, 231 Famous Maroon Band Street, P.O. 6044, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (662) 325-5839.

What do I do if I need an accommodation?

In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Mississippi State University, please contact the Department of Human Resources Management at tel: (662) 325-3713 or ada@hrm.msstate.edu.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, contact the Department of Human Resources Management at (662) 325-3713 or ada@hrm.msstate.edu. Upon request, sections of this job listing are available in large print, and readers are available to assist the visually impaired.

Recommended Jobs

ACCESS Employment Coordinator

Main Campus - Starkville, MS, Mississippi
The ACCESS Employment Coordinator supports the academic, career development, and independent living development needs of students in the ACCESS program.

Staff Counselor (Child Trauma) Mississippi Youth Resilience Center (MY-REC), MSU Behavioral Health

Main Campus - Starkville, MS, Mississippi
The Staff Clinician (Child Trauma) is located in the Department of Psychology at MSU Behavioral Health and reports to the Project Director of the Mississippi Youth Resilience Center, Dr. Agnes Rieger, who is the supervisor of record. The position is the treating clinician for the center: it provides evidence-based trauma treatment to children, adolescents, and their caregivers in Mississippi, in person and by telehealth. The position carries a direct clinical caseload; it also participates in the national learning collaborative and fidelity activities the National Child Traumatic Stress Network requires, and helps train the advanced graduate clinicians the award supports.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, MSU Behavioral Health

Main Campus - Starkville, MS, Mississippi
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides primary mental health care at the Behavioral Health Clinic by serving two integrated roles on the clinic's SAMHSA Targeted Capacity Expansion award: Project Coordinator responsible for day-to-day program management, and prescriber providing the clinic's first medication services, offering medication for substance use and co-occurring disorders alongside therapy for college-aged Mississippians (18 to 24) statewide, in person in Starkville and by telehealth. The incumbent works under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health Clinic.