Sr. Superintendent of Grounds

Sr. Superintendent of Grounds

Residential Operations

Summary of Job Details

Residential Operations Grounds Team is part of Housing, Dining, and Auxiliary Enterprises (HDAE). Residential Operations maintains properties consisting of residence halls, single student apartments, family student apartments, and dining commons serving over 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. In addition to providing service to residents, Residential Operations maintains facilities that include conference centers, office spaces, and short-term lodging and housing facilities. We welcome over 20,000 conference guests annually. Under the general direction of the Director of Residential Operations, this position serves as a member of the Residential Operations Management Team with specific responsibility for the overall housing and campus property. Provides supervision and leadership to a staff of 28 FTE and 10 students. This position provides design leadership and vision of the implementation and management of a comprehensive grounds maintenance and landscape operation for all Housing, Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) parking lots, parking structures, The Club and Guest House, The University Center, Henley Gate, Commencement Green, and other portions of the UCSB campus of approximately 200 acres and 2,870,587 square feet and a budget of $1.5 million. Also responsible for major maintenance programs with budgets of approximately $4 million. Incumbent collaborates with Design, Facilities, Safety Services, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity, the Campus Architect, Campus Sustainability Partners, and other members of the campus community with regard to landscape and environmental concepts, environmental plans, housing and residential development, costs and renewals of the physical and environmental environment, including reinvestments in the permanent landscape, hardscape, trees, and irrigation and storm water drainage infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

High School Diploma

4-6 years experience in the landscaping industry.

4-6 years experience in dealing with regulatory agencies, specifically water districts and municipalities

2 - 4 years of experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory

Must possess a valid California DPR Qualified Applicator’s License or Certificate Category A, or a California Structural Branch 2 license. Must also maintain licenses through the accumulation of the required Continuing Education Units (CEUs), respective to each license within 1 year.

Special Conditions of Employment

Required to hold a valid driver's license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program.

Satisfactory criminal historybackground check

UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment.

Days/Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30am – 4:00pm

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

Application review begins 11/7/2025

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job #82102