Athletic Grounds Specialist presso Scgov

Department:

Parks Recreation & Natural Resources

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Our Sports, Tourism, Facilities & Programs have a new and exciting opportunity as an Athletics Grounds Specialist. This position performs skilled and advanced duties in the maintenance and upkeep of athletic fields and facilities throughout Sarasota County. This position will operate various equipment and tools, involve moderate to heavy manual labor, and consist of routine and repetitive duties that may be performed without immediate supervision. Performs skilled and advanced maintenance duties. Provides customer service to the park patrons.

About the Position

In this role, you will...

• Performance of skilled routine maintenance and repairs of athletic fields, surfaces and grounds utilizing commercial-grade mowers and other specialized equipment. Work will be performed primarily with diesel- or gas-powered commercial-grade landscape mowers such as Toro Outcross with Tow Behind Field Mower, Toro 4000D, 4500D, Reel Mower, and Toro 72 “Z” mower.
• Perform 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. Able to use all types of hand tools, rakes, shovels, mound tamps, etc.  
• Routine Park maintenance includes hand weeding, mulching, digging, turf trimming, tree trimming, hand collection and disposal of litter, removal and installation of plant materials and trees, and driving on roads and vegetated maintenance areas.
• Assist with cultural practices and renovations of athletic fields in coordination with the renovations team. May operate special equipment such as a combinator, pull behind vacuum, aerators, top dressers, roller, sod cutter, sweepers, tractors, walking aerators, and any other equipment pertaining to renovations.
• May assist with irrigation repairs and IPM practices.
• Safely operate, fuel, perform general maintenance, change mower blades, clean equipment, perform small-engine repairs, and perform safety checks on all listed equipment. These tasks will require the use of pneumatic, power, and hand tools.
• Assist with the transportation of equipment to and from park locations, and the delivery of fuel to various parks throughout the county.
• Maintain records of work performed, including submitting time to the work management system. Completes electronic reporting forms, including inspection reports, safety checks, incident forms, etc.

About the Schedule

Work Hours:

• Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

• Work schedules may vary due to split shifts, rotations, on-call, emergencies, etc.

• As a reminder, all county employees are considered essential and must be prepared to protect and support the community and its citizens. Each employee, without exception, will have a duty assignment and be required to work during a disaster or declared emergency.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or its equivalent and two years of experience, education, or training.  Can use a combination of education, experience, and training in landscape maintenance.

• Valid Florida driver's license by date of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Athletic Field or Facility maintenance preferred.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment for a period of five years.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $20.10/hour (Step 1)

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.)  

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. 
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

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Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

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