Facilities/Grounds Lead

Lou Fusz Athletic; Missouri; On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local athletic organization is seeking a Facilities/Grounds Lead to oversee maintenance and operations at their training center. This full-time role includes a range of responsibilities involving equipment upkeep, minor construction projects, and direct customer interaction. Suitable candidates will have supervisory experience and a strong focus on safety and teamwork. Flexibility in work hours, including evenings and weekends, is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance and operations of athletic facilities.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Valid driver's license and insurance.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance and operation duties for athletic facilities.
• Assist in maintenance of tools and grounds equipment.
• Conduct routine inspections of all facility components.

Skills

Ability to work outdoors

Team player

Safety consciousness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Type: Full-Time

Primarily day shifts 8am-4pm, but will include evenings, weekends and holidays

Overview:

The Facilities/Grounds Lead will assist with Crew, event coordination, maintenance, safety, security, and community engagement at the Lou Fusz Athletic Training Center and Lou Fusz Athletic Complex. The incumbent will apply their expertise in maintenance, minor construction projects, and groundskeeping trades to ensure efficient and effective complex upkeep.

Responsibilities:

• Performs a wide range of duties associated with the maintenance and operation of an athletic facility
• Assists in maintenance of tools, grounds equipment, sports equipment and facilities.
• Knowledgeable in care and use of equipment
• Minor building maintenance/repairs
• Checking, layout and maintaining fields lines
• Sports equipment maintenance, such as goalposts, nets, and corner flags
• Physically participates in minor construction projects
• Fencing / windscreen / etc
• Turf Maintenance
• Sweeping turf / fill / sanitization / etc
• Interacts and work directly with field rental customers and tournament directors to ensure all reservation needs are met
• Maintain a presence around the facilities to assist guest/coaches/players
• Enforce regulations and rules associated with the use of complex and maintain order and discipline
• Set up fields/equipment for training, practices, games and other events, including moving goals if necessary
• Conducting routine inspections of all facility components, including playing surfaces, seating areas, equipment, and infrastructure reporting any problems to Facilities Manager
• Maintaining outdoor areas, such as playing fields, bleachers, picnic benches, and parking lots by picking up trash and emptying trash cans
• Cleaning and sanitization of indoor areas, including restrooms, locker room, seating areas, and common spaces
• Assist with supervising and training crew members as directed by the Facilities Manager
• Performs related work as required
• Assist in various day to day operations and projects as assigned by Facilities Manager, Managing Director or Director of Administrative Operations
• Execution of club standards under Managing Director and Leadership Team Vision

Requirements:

• Ability to withstand exposure to variable weather conditions and to do work that is generally outdoors with long and varied hours such as days, nights, weekends and holidays
• Regularly requires reaching and lifting with hands/arms and repetitive wrist or finger movement; frequently requires talking, hearing, grasping, pushing, standing, walking, driving, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing or balancing, and moving up and down from/to sitting position on the floor; occasionally requires feeling attributes of objects (e.g., determining size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with fingertips)
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time
• May be required to operate tractor or heavy equipment
• Ability to operate golf cart in potentially crowded spaces safely
• May be required to move tables, chairs, cabinets, equipment, supplies, etc. to maximum of 100 pounds
• Must be able to work with potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment
• Requires alertness, precision, memory, concentration, judgment, reasoning, patience, problem solving, and imagination
• Must be quality minded, safety conscious, people and service oriented, a team player and self-starter
• Ability to do heavy manual work requiring good physical condition
• Ability to work independently and carry out work assignments with little supervision
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Ability to conduct oneself in a professional, respectable manner
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions
• Ability to lead other workers as assigned

Qualifications:

• Experience in maintenance and operations of athletic facilities
• Supervisory experience required
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Meet all DOT physical requirements
• Valid, current Driver’s License and Insurance, required