OPS PARK RANGER - 37971134 1

State of Florida • Wimauma, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is hiring an OPS Park Ranger at Little Manatee River State Park in Wimauma, Florida. This moderately independent position provides visitor services, resource management, maintenance, administration, and protection of the park. The role is 40 hours per week, pays $15 per hour, and requires rotating shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

The ranger explains park facilities and services, assists visitors, responds to questions and complaints, and may present interpretive programs about natural and cultural history. The ranger participates in resource management activities, including prescribed fire, vegetation and wildlife management, restoration, water resource management, and resource data collection. Maintenance duties include caring for park structures, facilities, equipment, and grounds. Administrative work includes preparing reports, handling telephone and radio communications, using office equipment, conducting purchasing and fiscal activities, collecting fees, reconciling receipts, and maintaining files. Protection duties include routine patrols, security checks, opening and securing facilities, enforcing park rules, and safeguarding cash funds.

Applicants must have a valid driver's license and successfully complete background screening. The position involves outdoor work in inclement weather, physical labor, and lifting 40 pounds and assisting with transporting items or supplies weighing 100 pounds or more.

Requirements

• Valid driver's license.
• Knowledge of Florida's natural and cultural resources, basic arithmetic, and good public relations.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Skill operating a cash register and reconciling receipts, and accurately preparing reports.
• Professional, tactful, and courteous interaction with internal and external customers and the public.
• Ability to perform grounds and building maintenance, including mowing, weed eating, pressure washing, and painting.
• Ability to use power tools, including chainsaws and drills.
• Basic plumbing skills, including repairing hose bibs and waterlines.
• Basic electrical skills, including replacing outlets and circuit breakers.
• Basic carpentry skills, including boardwalk and fence repairs.
• Ability to use computers, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to participate in resource management tasks, including prescribed fire and non-native plant removal that may involve herbicide application.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and speak in public.
• Ability to understand and apply rules, directives, policies, laws, and regulations.
• Ability to conduct routine inspections and identify and investigate problems.
• Ability to clean park facilities, including restrooms, and pick up trash.
• Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather and perform physical labor.
• Ability to lift 40 pounds and assist in transporting items or supplies weighing 100 pounds or more.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Successful completion of background and fingerprint screening.
• Ability to properly wear the uniform and comply with hair grooming standards and body art and piercing restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Explain park facilities and services and provide visitors with accurate information and directions.
• Respond to visitor questions and complaints professionally and maintain good public relations.
• Provide interpretive programs and services about natural and cultural history.
• Participate in prescribed fire and other resource management activities.
• Observe, maintain, and protect natural, cultural, historic, and archaeological resources.
• Implement vegetation, wildlife, restoration, and water resource management plans and collect resource data.
• Maintain park structures, facilities, equipment, and grounds through routine, preventive, and corrective maintenance.
• Inspect and clean park grounds and facilities.
• Prepare reports and forms; answer telephone calls; operate park radio, computer, and office equipment.
• Conduct purchasing and fiscal activities, collect fees, process cash register transactions, reconcile receipts, and manage resale merchandise.
• Maintain correspondence and park files.
• Conduct routine patrols and security checks and ensure adherence to the Park Protection Plan.
• Open and secure park facilities as appropriate, interpret and enforce park rules, and safeguard cash funds.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Annual and sick leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one personal holiday each year.
• State group insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.
• Tuition waivers.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed