Sports Complex Specialist

About the role

This position's responsibility, under the general supervision of the Grounds Supervisor or designee, is to perform skilled grounds work in the care and maintenance of an assigned sports field and sports complex; performs general gardening, landscaping and custodial duties to ensure that assigned areas are cleaned and maintained properly; assists with gardening services at other District facilities, as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Maintains athletic sports field, including both natural and synthetic turf surfaces;
• Performs routine gardening functions such as ground preparation, planting, transplanting, weeding, weed eating, mowing, raking, fertilizing, sodding, aerating, pruning, mulching, turf sweeping, general grounds clean up and snow removal;
• Ensures weed and insect management;
• Operates small powered equipment such as lawn mowers, edgers, thatchers, spreaders, perforators, rototillers, rollers, weed eaters, turf sweepers, chain saws and others, as appropriate;
• Provides minor tool and equipment maintenance and repair;
• Identifies tool, equipment, material and additional crew help needs and consults with Grounds Supervisor about needs;
• Schedules events and activities;
• Maintains logs and records of events and services;
• Sets up each field to meet the needs of individual sporting activities and events, including multiple events on the same day;
• Maintains sports complex, including stands, press box, offices and restroom facilities;
• Picks up litter;
• Recommends irrigation scheduling; makes minor repairs and adjustments to irrigation systems;
• Maintains safe work environment; informs Grounds Supervisor of hazardous situations or unsafe procedures;
• May provide direction to itinerant crews working at assigned field;
• May be assigned to work at schools or other sites, as needed;
• May occasionally drive pickup or other small service truck having either manual or automatic transmission.

Qualifications

• Two (2) years of experience working as a Gardener.

Skills

• Knowledge of: Grounds and turf maintenance and facility cleaning methods
• Irrigation system adjustments and repair
• Skills In: Oral and written communication
• Public and customer relations techniques
• Working independently and as part of a team
• Ability to: Cultivate lawns, trees, and ornamental plants
• Operate various small powered equipment such as lawn mowers, edgers, thatchers, spreaders, perforators, rototillers, rollers, weed eaters, turf sweepers, and chain saws
• Utilize various gardening hand tools
• Maintain field maintenance schedule
• Evaluate, recommend and implement solutions to issues
• Relate effectively with District staff, students and the public
• Maintain a safe working environment and utilize equipment and tools in a safe manner
• Drive equipment having manual and automatic transmissions
• Read irrigation plans

Benefits

Seattle Public Schools benefits are administered by the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA) under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Click Eligibility for benefits is determined by the number of hours employees are anticipated to work during the school year (September 1 through August 31). Any employee who is scheduled to work 630 hours or more in a year is eligible for benefits.

Pay

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