Aquatics Facility Coordinator

Mission: Provide Superior Services that Inspire Community Pride

Vision: To be the Community of Choice in Tampa Bay

Values: Integrity, Collaboration, Passion, Creativity

Largo’s commitment to a High Performance Organization (HPO) model builds a flexible and resilient organization that intentionally builds leadership capacity at all levels of the organization.

Salary: $23.83 hourly rate

Coordinates aquatic maintenance and repair of an Olympic-size competition pool and an aquatics center, regulating over 1,000,000 gallons of water, and specializes in skilled maintenance and repair work of aquatic facilities, including water slides, play structures, tower diving, and other amenities. The coordinator maintains chemical balances and related chemical testing and control systems, performs pump repairs, maintains filtration systems, and repairs geothermal heating and cooling systems.

All employees share components of leadership, management, technical, and team skills to assist in making the City of Largo the community of choice in Tampa Bay.

• Demonstrates an understanding and reflection of the City’s mission, vision, and values, and a commitment to achieve organizational goals aligned with the City’s strategic plan
• Champions a high-performance work culture that encourages and embraces new ideas, develops individuals, and welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives
• Articulates strategic and innovative thinking and provides clarity to deliver superior services
• Approaches the job with enthusiasm and curiosity to promote a solutions-oriented work culture

• Effectively manages assignments and priorities to ensure the fulfillment of projects, tasks, and responsibilities
• Follows suggested procedures to ensure the highest standards of risk management, employee safety, and risk avoidance
• Coordinates projects and work activities with other divisions and oversees the efforts of contractors at assigned facilities
• Solicits and evaluates quotes from vendors and assists in bid package preparation for maintenance projects at assigned facilities
• Responds to service requests in a courteous and timely manner and resolves complaints
• Works closely with staff on facility operations; provides guidance and direction to skilled and unskilled personnel as needed
• Assists with preparation of budget estimates for renovation and maintenance projects

• Maintains safe and proper chemical-controlled aquatic facilities that meet or exceed health department, local, state, and federal standards
• Maintains the geothermal system that feeds into the pumps that are used to heat and cool the pool water while maintaining year‑round pool temperatures of 82 degrees
• Maintains pumps and systems with the ability to either install or repair them
• Familiar with all types of filtration systems that include both manual and automated systems, including backwashing
• Requires understanding of the hydraulics of pool systems; maintains proper pool chemistry, including calibrating and adjusting chemical dispensers and controllers, calculates proper flow rates, collects water samples, and adjusts chemicals as needed
• Coordinates operation and maintenance of pumps, filters, pipes, valves, processors, chemical injectors, aerator systems, chlorinators, and motors up to 30 hp
• Troubleshoots unplanned mechanical failures or weather‑related issues with before and after testing of water chemistry and adjusts
• Orders chemicals and maintains storage at two aquatic centers; maintains MSDS sheets for all chemicals stored on site
• Examines aquatic facilities and play structures and makes recommendations for preventive maintenance, repairs, and renovations as needed; this includes water slides, diving boards, diving towers, and major pump systems
• Oversees and participates in the repair and maintenance of the pool decks, pool walls, pool floor areas, and conditions of ceramic tiles
• Assists with general repair and maintenance work, including painting, minor plumbing, maintenance of showers, dressing rooms, and restroom facilities
• Maintains required health department records and state slide inspections
• Reviews vendor/contractor…