Position Summary Rice Grounds' team of thirty-plus professionals maintains our 300-acre tree-lined campus while creating 1st impressions. We support the university's mission of teaching and research through our effective and innovative stewardship of the campus landscape. The irrigation specialist performs installation, maintenance and repair of manual, automatic and computerized irrigation systems and related components, completes inspections and audits, and provides essential support to our zone maintenance groundskeepers and other broadcast maintenance specialists.