
Grounds & Facilities Worker I
Auburn, WAFull-time$50–68K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Under immediate supervision, the Grounds & Facilities Worker I performs manual work maintaining landscaping areas and equipment. Duties include groundskeeping, cleaning facilities, handling supplies, assisting with room setups and moving furniture, and performing minor vehicle and equipment maintenance. The role may also involve driving small vehicles and using cleaning solutions as directed.
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JOB SUMMARY
Under immediate supervision, performs varied manual work in maintaining a variety of general landscaping areas and performs maintenance for various landscaping equipment.
MAJOR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This list is intended only to illustrate the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.
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Performs manual labor and uses various types of hand and small power tools such as hammers, saws, axes, drills, weed eaters, blowers, shovels, rakes and hoes. Performs minor adjustments and repairs to such equipment.
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Mows, edges and trims lawns using hand or small horsepower mowers, edger’s and sweepers; waters and weeds lawns, shrubs and flower beds; rakes and clears litter; clears brush and gathers leaves; saws, splits and stacks wood.
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Sweep and clean facility perimeters.
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Strip, wax and scrub various types of floors; vacuum and extract dirt from carpets; machine buff floors; dust, wash and vacuum surfaces.
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Clean, stock and sanitize lunchrooms and restrooms including tables, chairs, toilets, showers, sinks and walls; empty trash.
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Clean glass windows and surface areas and remove graffiti.
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As directed, may mix and use cleaning solutions and chemicals.
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Request, stock and loads and unloads materials, equipment and supplies
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May be required to drive pickup trucks, automobiles and other small, motorized vehicles in connection with manual work activities. Performs minor repairs or adjustments, lubrication and safety checks on vehicles and/or trailers.
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- Assist in room set-ups, moving and arranging furniture, office relocations, and setting-up and removing chairs, tables, room dividers, etc.
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Because of the Tribe’s commitment to community service and the well being of its members, each employee may be expected to perform a wide range of office and field duties from time to time. Such duties may or may not be related to their regular responsibilities.
EDUCATION - EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING FOR POSITION
Required: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
SPECIFIC SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES REQUIRED FOR POSITION
Basic mathematics; Operating small hand tools; Oral and written communications; Recognizing safety hazards. Basic cleaning and grounds keeping techniques; Use and care of hand tools and equipment; Safe work practices.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this position.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Licenses or Certifications Required
Current and valid Washington state driver’s license.
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of Openings3
Job LocationUS-WA-Auburn
DivisionEducation
Job StatusHourly
RateUSD $49,896.00/Yr.
MaxUSD $68,272.00/Yr.
TypeRegular Full-Time
Pay Grade3 - DOE
ProgramTribal School
StatusAccepting
How this job compares
Set against the 1,287 open Facilities Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$50–68K/yr
- US median$70–89K/yr185 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $59K, is 27% below the US median midpoint ($81K) — in the lowest quarter of Facilities Maintenance salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Facilities Maintenance jobs in Washington and 1,287 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Facilities Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (821 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 441 of the 1,287 open Facilities Maintenance jobs (34%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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