Groundskeeper - Grounds - South

**Facility:**

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807






**Department:**

1119 Grounds South

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

40

**Hours:**

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

**Work Shift:**

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

* Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

* Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.

* Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

* Healthcare Innovation 's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

**Benefits**

* Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week) ****

* For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: [ Benefits | CoxHealth](https://www.coxhealth.com/employees/benefits/)

**Job Description:**

A Groundskeeper is a position that requires basic working knowledge of landscaping and exterior maintenance that is required for the general upkeep of a multi-campus facility’s grounds. Snow removal and other preventative safety operations will be required. Routine is not always common as the tasks can come up randomly with various priority levels depending on weather and/or available resources. There will also be occasional minor electrical work pertaining to task such as retrofitting light fixtures in parking garages, replacing lamps on parking lot lights, tracing underground wiring, repair or maintenance to small engines. The Groundskeeper may be required to work nights, weekends, holidays and overtime as necessary and approved by supervisor.Education: ▪ Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent Experience: ▪ Preferred: Previous exterior maintenance experience Skills: ▪ Basic knowledge of irrigation, small engine mechanics, and tree pruning and hedge trimming. ▪ Operation of a 2-cycle hand equipment ▪ Communication skills ▪ Ability to prioritize workload ▪ Operation of a host of electric power tools and hand tools Licensure/Certification/Registration: ▪ Required: Valid Driver’s License ▪ Preferred: Electrical and/or plumbing certifications ▪ Preferred: Operations of a forklift truck