Turf Maintenance Team Member

The Sports Facilities Companies•Wesley Chapel, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus is a premier sport, recreation and entertainment destination focused on improving the health and economic vitality of Wesley Chapel, FL. You will be joining a championship level team focused on fun, fulfillment and service built to enrich the community as well as your career and personal growth. Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus is managed by Sports Facilities Management, LLC (SFM), a Sports Facilities Companies (SFC) Organization. SFC is the nation's leading resource for managing and developing sports, recreation, wellness, and events facilities. We provide a highly collaborative and supportive culture that raises our team members to new levels of career growth. Together, we will carve a path in a hyper-growing industry where you will enjoy the journey and learn from the industry's best while having some fun. SFC has been awarded national recognition as a Top Workplace and is considered a workplace of choice. Our mission-focused company is highly entrepreneurial, team-oriented with a culture centered on collaboration, accountability, excellence, and service. We are growing rapidly and looking for high performers at every level to grow with us. Turf Maintenance Team Members are responsible for the daily upkeep of athletic fields and grounds at Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus. This position involves hands-on work such as mowing, trimming, irrigation, and preparing playing surfaces for events. Turf Maintenance Team Members support the maintenance team to ensure fields and grounds are safe, clean, and ready for tournaments, practices, special events, and day-to-day maintenance duties as required.

Requirements

Must have experience working with turf sports fields, sports facilities and associated grounds and equipment
Knowledge/experience maintaining natural grass and synthetic surfaces
Knowledge of irrigation repairs and maintenance is a plus
Can calibrate and operate a turf spray rig for liquid chemical applications
Can calibrate and operate a walk spreader for fertilizer applications
Ability to obtain a Pesticide Applicators License, Green Industries Best Management Practices Certification, and Limited Urban Commercial Fertilizer Applicator License within 90 days of hire
Available and willing to work long hours and varying shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
Ability to follow and give written and oral instructions
Ability to promote a positive self-image and lead by example
Must be able to lift 50 pounds waist high
May be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time whether indoors or outdoors, and squat, stoop or bend into awkward positions while performing job functions
Facility has intermittent noise
Will work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to outside temperatures ranging from 80-105 degrees
Duties are performed in direct sunlight and will be exposed to hot, wet, and humid conditions
Exposure to pesticide chemicals that must be handled with extreme caution

Responsibilities

Mow, trim, edge, sod, aerate and irrigate athletic fields and general ground areas of the park using different pieces of grounds maintenance equipment
Operate, maintain, and repair irrigation system
Assist all pesticide applications
Assist all field-related projects including but not limited to sod replacements, new field installations, aerification, top dressing, etc.
Prepare all playing surfaces to meet the unique needs of each tournament group
Assist in the training of field team members in proper care and maintenance of athletic fields, including game preparation and logo painting
Assist in the completion of needed off-season renovation projects on all aspects of athletic field
Complete special projects and daily assignments as directed by the General Manager

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