Additional Information
Department:
Parks Recreation and Natural Resources
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Under direct supervision, serves as a member of the sports tourism, facilities, & programs team performing light to heavy physical labor. Responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of athletic fields, common areas, and adjunct facilities, performing a variety of tasks including field turf maintenance, event, and game day preparation to ensure safe and playable athletic facilities. Provides customer service to patrons of facilities Daily general maintenance and upkeep of athletic fields and adjunct facilities.
Provides professional, friendly, and accurate customer service.
Safely operate and fuel a variety of athletic field and/or landscape equipment, including but not limited to: mowers, field groomer, painter, gas-powered string trimmers, pressure washer, edgers, pole saws, backpack blowers, commercial grade pick-up trucks, trailers, utility carts, and other miscellaneous small hand-operated landscape maintenance tools.
Perform general grounds maintenance, janitorial duties, fencing, hand weeding, mulching, digging, turf trimming, tree trimming, collection and disposal of litter, removal or installation of plant materials and trees of common areas, amenities, parking lots, and other areas.
Performs proper maintenance techniques to ensure a safe playable surface, including maintaining infield skin, infield lips, baselines, warning tracks, pitching mounds, and home plate areas. Includes regular dragging, screen dragging, watering, mowing, edging, and trimming.
Paints and marks the field, sets bases and pitching mounds under applicable rules and specified dimensions.
Set up, take down, and assist with the operations of scheduled programs, events, camps, practices, games, tournaments, and events.
Conducts parks patrols and general inspections of facilities to ensure the safety of the public: open/close park or other facilities; unlock/lock doors and turns lights on/off; monitor facilities and amenities; record/calculate visitor counts and daily usage of facilities, explain facility procedures, rules, and regulations to visitors; report problems to supervisor or necessary law enforcement.
Reports potential safety hazards or maintenance issues to the supervisor for follow-up as necessary.
Contributes to the decision-making process on the feasibility of playing on the field depending on weather and field conditions.
Performs all other related duties or special projects as assigned or directed.
Starting Pay: $18.21/hr (Step 1); Potential higher pay (steps) for those with multiple years of experience.
Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).
If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents . You will need to present the following items on your first day:
1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents
If your position requires a Florida Driver's License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver's License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above - List B Documents.)
2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above - List C Documents.)
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