Senior Grounds & Facilities Manager

Jackie Robinson Training Complex; Vero Beach (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Jackie Robinson Training Complex (JRTC) is seeking a hands-on Manager, Grounds to lead daily grounds operations across multiple fields and training facilities. You will recruit and supervise staff, coordinate with operations and event leadership, and ensure year-round readiness of all surfaces and equipment.

Responsibilities include field prep for practices and events, maintenance supervision of the golf-cart fleet, and adherence to safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in turfgrass management, agronomy, horticulture, plant and soil science, sports field management, or a related discipline strongly preferred.
• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in athletic field, sports turf, golf course, or comparable high-quality turf and grounds management, including at least three years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining baseball or softball playing surfaces and working knowledge of warm-season turf, infield clay, soil and plant health, irrigation, drainage, cultural practices, fertilization, pest management, and landscaping.
• Certified Sports Field Manager (CSFM) or another recognized certification or equivalent experience at a professional, collegiate, tournament, training complex, or comparable high-use facility.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily grounds operations and establish annual, seasonal, and daily work plans based on field use, event schedules, agronomic needs, weather, and facility priorities.
• Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, coach, and evaluate full-time and part-time grounds employees; establish clear assignments, performance standards, safety expectations, and accountability.
• Directly supervise the Facility Mechanic and ensure timely preventive maintenance, inspection, repair, and service documentation for the facility’s golf-cart fleet and grounds and facility equipment.
• Coordinate with Operations, Athletics, Event Planning, Engineering, and event leadership stakeholders; ensuring execution of facility preparation for groups.
• Direct the preparation, setup, conversion, and recovery of baseball, softball and multipurpose surfaces for practices, games, camps, tournaments, MLB programs, and special events, including natural turf, infield skins, base paths, mounds, home plates, bullpens, warning tracks, practice areas, and batting cages, consistent with MLB standards.
• Inspect fields and grounds; determine playability and field-protection needs; coordinate configurations and timelines; and verify corrective work before use.
• Monitor the condition and safe operation of pitching machines, batting-cage equipment, netting structures, and safety netting; coordinate inspections, repairs, replacements, and removal from service when necessary.
• Oversee the inspection, cleaning, grooming, decompaction, and infill management of outdoor and indoor synthetic turf surfaces to maintain consistent appearance, performance, and safety.
• Develop and execute warm-season turf programs, including mowing, aerification, verticutting, topdressing, fertilization, overseeding, sodding, moisture management, and weed, pest, and disease control.
• Manage landscape plans for trees, palms, bamboo, shrubs, plant beds, lawns, and common outdoor spaces, including routine bamboo maintenance and annual palm trimming, and oversee irrigation and drainage programming, inspections, maintenance, repair coordination, and water management.
• Lead adverse-weather and field-protection response, including tarp deployment, water removal, storm preparation, surface recovery, and post-weather inspections.
• Manage the safe operation, inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement planning of the golf-cart fleet and grounds and facility equipment, and maintain appropriate inventories of field materials, chemicals, fuel, parts, tools, and supplies.
• Ensure fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and other regulated materials are purchased, stored, handled, applied, and documented in accordance with product labels, organizational procedures, and applicable law.
• Establish and enforce safety practices covering training, personal protective equipment, equipment operation, chemical handling, hazard communication, and applicable OSHA requirements.
• Develop annual operating and capital budget recommendations; monitor expenses, review invoices, obtain quotes, manage purchases, and oversee contractor and vendor performance within approved parameters.

Job description

The Jackie Robinson Training Complex (JRTC) is seeking a hands-on Manager, Grounds to lead daily grounds operations across multiple fields and training facilities. You will recruit and supervise staff, coordinate with operations and event leadership, and ensure year-round readiness of all surfaces and equipment.

Responsibilities include field prep for practices and events, maintenance supervision of the golf-cart fleet, and adherence to safety and regulatory standards.