Sports Maintenance Worker

Position subject to close at any time NOTE TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS:

INTERNAL CANDIDATES IN THE SAME CLASSIFICATION AND/OR PAY GRADE AS THE POSITION POSTED WILL NOT RECEIVE A PAY ADJUSTMENT IF SELECTED.

Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to perform general maintenance, grounds keeping and custodial work in the assigned functional area. Employees in this classification function at entry level, and are responsible for accomplishing a daily routine of general and preventative facilities maintenance and repair tasks to provide employees and general public with an environmentally safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient public buildings, roadways, and grounds.

Employee has knowledge and proficiency gained through training and experience. Performs related work as directed.

The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

• Responsible for the cleanliness and upkeep of designated female restrooms and locker rooms within the facility.
• Performs custodial tasks, e.g., emptying and cleaning waste receptacles; washing windows; dusting and polishing furniture; cleaning vents, air filters, fans, walls; changing light bulbs.
• Utilizes appropriate chemicals and cleaners safely and effectively to ensure employee and public safety.
• Performs a variety of grounds maintenance tasks e.g. edging, mowing, trimming, waste and litter removal, fertilizing, laying sod, raking, spreads seed, plants foliage and shrubbery, aerates sports fields, lawns and soils, trims and maintains landscape. Drags and spikes clay infields (when/where appropriate).
• Operates various lawn care equipment, i.e., manual and riding lawn mowers, sports turf mowers, sand pros and tractors, sod cutters, trucks, weed-eaters, trimmers, edger, blower.
• Utilize fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and pest control chemicals according to prescribed safety labels.
• Operates and maintains irrigation and drainage systems.
• May utilize a wide variety of manual, gas and electric powered hand tools, e.g., hammer, shovel, rake, screw drivers, wrenches, digging bar, chainsaw, chemical sprayer leaf blowers, weed eaters, hedge trimmers, edger.
• Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions, i.e., fallen debris, spills, broken windows, broken locks.
• Performs minor maintenance and repairs on facilities, structures, equipment, sidewalks, drainage and other County property in one or more of the skilled and semi-skilled disciplines, e.g., plumbing, masonry, carpentry, flooring, irrigation, electrical.
• Participates in work-site safety set-up, e.g., preps work areas; sets barricades and cones; conducts traffic control in accordance with uniform work zone safety standards; flags traffic.
• Participates in the set-up and removal of tables, chairs, stages etc. for daily meetings and classes.
• Cleans equipment and tools after use and maintains cleanliness and order in storage areas.
• Organizes and maintains inventory of maintenance supplies and tools.
• Painting of facility fields, buildings – both exterior and interior, doors, etc., as needed.
• Set-up layout of fields for the various sports that facility hosts.
• Reports equipment malfunctions and facility maintenance needs to immediate supervisor.
• Performs duties as assigned/necessary which are related, or logical in assignment to the position.
• May perform basic electrical assignments

High school diploma or GED;

• Six (6) months experience working with grass and landscaping;
• Basic electrical skills.

• Must be able to freely access designated female restrooms and locker rooms throughout the day while occupied with guests.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver's License
• Must be willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to understand and follow written…