Building & Groundskeeper

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Building & Groundskeeper

As the Building & Groundskeeper you will be responsible for maintaining Arcwood’s buildings, exterior grounds, common areas, drainage systems and storage areas in a safe, clean, organized and professional condition.

 

This position performs routine inspections, groundskeeping, preventative maintenance, minor repairs and general facility support while adhering to all site facility requirements. 

 

• Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times
• Identifies and immediately reports unsafe conditions, environmental concerns, property damage, or maintenance needs
• Maintains facility grounds so exterior areas remain clean, orderly, professional, and free of avoidable hazards
• Mows grass, trim weeds, edge sidewalks, and maintain vegetation around buildings, signs, fences, walkways, drainage areas, and other designated locations
• Removes trash, debris, scrap material, loose parts, and other hazards from facility grounds
• Performs routine painting and minor building maintenance, including touch-up painting of office walls, doors, handrails, curbs, barriers, and other facility surfaces
• Replaces damaged or stained ceiling tiles and completes other minor interior repairs within the employee’s training and authorization
• Assembles and installs office furniture, shelving, cabinets, and other basic facility equipment
• Performs minor repairs to doors, locks, hinges, walls, flooring, fixtures, and other building components within the employee’s qualifications
• Maintains the site spare-parts storage yard in a clean, organized, labeled, and accessible condition
• Ensures stored parts and materials are protected from damage and kept clear of roadways, emergency access routes, and walking paths
• Performs and documents a monthly inspection of the exterior perimeter and facility pad
• Ensures unused parts, debris, loose materials, and potential trip or environmental hazards are removed from perimeter and pad areas
• Inspects and maintains drainage ditches, culverts, storm drains, and stormwater pathways to ensure they remain clear and capable of draining properly
• Reports erosion, standing water, damaged drainage components, blocked culverts, or other stormwater concerns
• Inspects, maintains, and exercises floodgates to confirm they remain accessible and operate properly
• Reports any damaged, seized, leaking, blocked, or inoperable floodgates immediately
• Inspects and maintains facility signage, including safety, traffic, parking, directional, and building identification signs
• Inspects the company fence line and gates for damage, vegetation overgrowth, security concerns, and needed repairs
• Completes minor signage, fence, and gate repairs when qualified and submit work requests for repairs requiring specialized support
• Maintains sidewalks, parking areas, entrances, outdoor break areas, and other common spaces
• Supports seasonal and emergency preparation activities, including freeze protection, storm preparation, drainage clearing, and severe-weather readiness
• Maintains assigned tools and equipment and reports damaged or unsafe equipment before use
• Documents completed inspections, repairs, material usage, and outstanding concerns in the company’s computerized maintenance management system
• Coordinates with Maintenance, Safety, Operations, Engineering, and site leadership when work may affect employees, traffic flow, production, or facility access
• Assists with room setups, employee events, deliveries, office moves, and other general facility-support needs
• Refers electrical, HVAC, plumbing, structural, and other specialized repairs to properly trained and qualified personnel when the work exceeds the employee’s authorization, training, or experience
• Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization

Education

- High-school diploma or equivalent (required) - Driver's license to complete certain assigned work (required)

Experience

• Previous experience in groundskeeping, landscaping, custodial, construction or general maintenance (required)

Overview

About Arcwood

Every advancement—from the products we use to the medicines and technologies we depend on—creates waste that must be handled responsibly. For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

 

Our Values

We move forward together, one team with a shared purpose, counting on each other every day. Our core values demonstrate how we work together to deliver value for our customers, putting them at the center of all we do:

• Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers and the communities that count on us.
• Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better – advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.
• Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together – with our customers, and with each other.
• Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values – lead with safety, solving problems creatively, and owning our work together – the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We’ve reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers’ evolving needs. Come join Arcwood and be part of our legacy of environmental leadership!

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

Arcwood offers stability you can count on and opportunities to grow. We provide steady work, competitive pay, and above-market benefits that reflect the importance of what we do. As we continue to grow, you’ll have the chance to build skills, take on new challenges, and build a career. When you join Arcwood, you join a team that honors its legacy, values hardworking people, and shows up every day to protect people, communities, and the future we share.   Arcwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal laws. A post-offer drug screen and background check will be required. Physical Job Requirements