With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. UT Southwestern is honored to be a veteran-friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you've made to our country. We're proud to support your next mission.

Ranked as the in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at UT Southwestern. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

All full-time employees will have a robust benefits package including employer paid medical insurance. Children and family medical insurance plans are available at a cost to the employee.

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UT Southwestern is in search of a Groundskeeper Assistant to join their Landscape Services team. Works under immediate supervision to perform groundskeeping and gardening duties on grounds and in greenhouse of university.

• Minimum 8th grade education and no experience required.
• Valid State of Texas Driver's License required or obtained within 6 months of being hired.

• Cut grass using power or hand mower.
• Trims and edges sidewalks, driveways, and flower beds.
• Cuts weeds and brush and removes leaves and rubbish from grounds.
• Waters shrubbery, hedges, seedlings, flowers, and grass.
• Assists in pruning, spraying, fertilizing, potting plants, and transplanting shrubs, plants, trees, and flowers.
• Cleans and maintains tools and equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Work requires the ability to operate power mowers and edgers, and to use garden tools, insecticides, and fertilizers.
• Work requires the ability to understand and follow general but adequate instructions in the performance of routine work tasks, which require occasional minor decisions.

The following is the acronym, "PACT", and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit the ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.
• C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals.
• T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department's success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

• Work is performed mostly outdoors.
• Working conditions involve continuous exposure to one or more disagreeable elements, such as variable weather conditions, dust, dirt, fertilizers, insecticides, etc.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimum require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources Administration or his/her designee.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code *51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.