Athletic Grounds Worker - R20410

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Are you a sports enthusiast with experience in maintenance? Join our Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources team as an Athletic Fields Specialist! In this active, physically engaging role, you’ll help keep our athletic fields and facilities in top-tier condition. From turf care to game-day prep, you’ll play a key part in delivering safe, high-quality spaces for athletes and visitors. As a vital member of our sports tourism, facilities, and programs team, you’ll handle a wide range of maintenance tasks while providing excellent customer service to everyone who uses our facilities.

The pay starts at $18.21 (Step
1), benefits begin within 60 days of hire, and we offer both development and advancement opportunities to all county employees. Apply today and have the chance to work in an ever-growing industry, impacting both our community and sports alike!

As a member of the athletics team you are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of athletic fields and adjunct facilities. No two days are the same!

Job responsibilities can include field turf restoration, event and game day preparation, inspections to ensure safe and playable athletic facilities, as well as providing customer service to patrons of facilities. For more information, please see below:

• Perform general grounds maintenance, repair, and janitorial duties of fields, fencing, common areas, amenities, parking lots, and other areas

• Provide polite, friendly, and accurate customer service

• Conduct park patrols and general inspections of athletic facilities to ensure the safety of the public

• Contribute to the decision making process on the feasibility of playing on field, depending upon weather and field conditions

• Assist with set-up and clean-up of facilities for practices, games, tournaments, and events

• Maintain daily upkeep of athletic fields and adjunct facilities, including painting/marking the fields, settings bases, and pitching mounds under applicable rules/specified dimensions

• Report potential safety hazards or maintenance issues to supervisor for follow up as necessary

• Ensure proper maintenance, watering, mowing, edging, trimming, and painting and marks of athletic grounds

• Exercise a high degree of initiative and decision making to ensure customer satisfaction

• 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

• Operating Days:
  Sunday - Saturday

• Work Full-Time, 40 hours per week

• Work Hours:
  
  6:30 a.m.
  
  - 3:00 p.m.

• Enjoy a flexible, rotating schedule that supports park operations and special events

• Be ready to jump in for occasional evening or weekend shifts during exciting community events

• High School Diploma or its equivalent

• One (1) year of experience as a semi-skilled laborer in the care and maintenance of parks, landscapes, athletic fields, or other similar grounds

• Valid Florida driver's license by time of hire

Please note that these are not requirements but bonuses to your consideration.

• Working knowledge of the maintenance of sports fields; understanding of how turf grass cultural practices effect turf performance

• Experience in maintaining higher level sports field playing surfaces

• Employees in this role must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.

• Examples include fertilizer bags and other various items, throughout the year

• Employees can use handling devices (dolly, cart, etc.) or work with another team member to lift and/or move excessive poundage of 50-plus pounds

• However, if equipment or another team member is unavailable, this position will require lifting by hand

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 in any class for a period of five (5) years.

Starting Pay Rate: $18.21 (Step
1)