Maintenance Trades Worker; Entry-Level

Position: Maintenance Trades Worker (Entry-Level!)
Starting pay is **$18.21/hr (Step
1)**, with benefits beginning
** within 60 days of hire
** and plenty of opportunities for professional growth and long-term career development with Sarasota County.
* Maintain Newtown Estates, Lime Lake Park, and Kensington Park, and Longwood Park to include minor repairs (such as fencing, signs, restrooms, etc.), landscaping (weeding, trimming, etc.), installations, painting, plumbing (routine such as unclogging toilets), and/or carpentry
* Perform daily checks for playground areas and equipment, parking lots, storage areas, pavilion, and hard-court surfaces; checking the reservation software to plan for maintenance needs
* Provide janitorial services for restrooms
* Empty the trash and pick up litter inside and outside at the park
* Always serve with excellent customer service to both internal and external customers
* Make temporary repairs, submitting work orders to address issues that cannot be handled on-site
* Help install benches, picnic tables, and trash can holders
* Paint items such as restrooms and tables, removing any graffiti
* Complete minor carpentry work, including measuring boards or plywood (using square, measuring tape, and/or ruler) and marking cutting lines on materials. Then sawing the boards and/or plywood panels to the required sizes
* Always keep and maintain an orderly storage area
* Operate and maintain all equipment to include the maintenance cart, floor machine, weed whacker, hand tools, blower, timers, and lighting mechanisms
* Ensure the facility is secure and work with staff to meet the proper historical and archaeological maintenance needs
* High School Diploma or its equivalent
*** and
* ** one year of experience in the applicable trade encompassed by the position
* Valid Florida Driver's License by date of hire
* Skill in determining safety concerns
* Skill in operating and caring for tools, equipment, and materials required for the role
* Ability to make minor repairs to said equipment
* Experience in custodial duties without immediate supervision
* 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  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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