Sportsfield Maintenance Tech

Posting Number CS02317 Job Title Sports field Maintenance Tech Position Number TBD FTE 1.00 FLSA Pay Rate Salary Range $57,806 - $65,606 Pay Grade Level 322 Position Type Classified Civil Service Staff Union C94/L528 - Council 94/Local 528 (Serv/Maint) Status Calendar Year, Full-time, Permanent Restriction or Limitation Reason End Date of Restriction or Limitation

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 Email sean.nelson Physical Demands Campus Location Kingston Building(s) Campus Wide/Float Grant Funded Extension Contingent on Funding Date Extension Contingency Notes

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 required. To maintain current knowledge and specific care needs of various plants including turfgrasses, trees, shrubs and perennials.

To maintain current knowledge and read assigned literature to gain knowledge and stay current in the various areas of expertise required to perform duties and responsibilities. To recommend landscape planting for site improvements and erosion control including grading, filling, sloping, selection of proper plant materials to combat erosion, seeding and sodding. To perform safety sensitive functions and provide a safe work environment for co-workers and the campus community by following established work and safety rules.

As assigned, to operate trucks equipped with plow blades and spreaders to remove snow and ice and spread abrasive and de-icing materials on sidewalks, parking lots and roadway surfaces. As assigned, to operate specialized snow removal equipment. As assigned, to operate…