Sportsfield Maintenance Tech

80 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881

Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening.

At the time of appointment and continually thereafter as a condition of continued employment:

• Must possess a valid Driver's License
• Must possess a valid Hoisting License as regulated by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT).
• Must possess a valid Rhode Island Commercial Pesticide Applicator's license as regulated by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).
• Must be physically qualified to perform assigned duties as evidenced by a physician's certificate.

Within six (6) months of employment:

• Must obtain and maintain an Arborist License as regulated by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and continually thereafter as a condition of continued employment

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number CS02317

Job Title

Job Title Sports field Maintenance Tech

Position Number

Position Number TBD

FTE

FTE 1.00

FLSA

Pay Rate

Salary Range

Salary Range $57,806 - $65,606

Pay Grade Level 322

Position Type

Union

Union C94/L528 - Council 94/Local 528 (Serv/Maint)

Status

Status Calendar Year, Full-time, Permanent

Department Information

Department

Department Landscape & Grounds Maintenance

Contact(s)

Sean Nelson
Specialist, Talent Acquisition
Office of Human Resource Administration
80 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881

Contact Phone/Extension

Contact Phone/Extension

Contact Email

Contact Email sean.nelson

Physical Demands

Campus Location

Campus Location Kingston

Building(s)

Campus Wide/Float

Grant Funded

Duties and Responsibilities

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED :
Within the University of Rhode Island ( URI ), to perform advanced technical and skilled work relating to landscape and athletic field maintenance programs at URI for stadiums, sports fields, outdoor courts, recreation fields, and other landscapes.
To be responsible for the operation and maintenance of specialized sports turf equipment, the application of general and restricted use pesticides, knowledge of sports field layouts and line striping, planting, watering, sweeping, snow removal, and the utilization of turf and plants to provide functional, safe, and aesthetic playing surfaces; and to do related work as required.
To engage in, and as assigned, to oversee subordinates engaged in, cleaning and maintaining parking lots, roadsides, landscape plantings including transplanting shrubs or trees, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, hydroseeding, rolling and sodding, leaf collection, trimming and mowing grass.
To be responsible for inventorying, ordering, and stockpiling of all materials needed for an athletic field maintenance program under the general direction of a superior.
To be responsible for the maintenance of turfgrass, shrubbery, and other plant materials used on practice and competition NCAA Division 1 level sports fields and recreation fields, outdoor courts, landscape beds, bioretention ponds, swales, slope coverages, parking lots, bike paths, and roadsides.
To be responsible for evaluating and maintaining synthetic and natural grass athletic surfaces for safety and playability related to NCAA Division 1 competition specifications or higher standards as required.
To have knowledge of and perform best maintenance practices on synthetic athletic field surfaces, including painting, paint removal, grooming, and other maintenance practices to enhance playability and extend useful life of surface.
To have knowledge of and perform best maintenance practices on ball fields with clay- skinned surfaces to NCAA Division I competition specifications or higher standards as…