Siesta Key Beach Attendant

Sarasota County; United States; On-site; USD 38,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Wellness program

Paid time off in first year

Job summary

Sarasota County is seeking an entry-level Attendant for Siesta Key Beach to support maintenance, cleaning, and guest experience. The role offers full-time hours, weekend rotations, and room for growth.

Starting pay is $18.57 per hour with benefits beginning within 60 days of hire; includes health, dental, vision and retirement options. Applicants must have a high school diploma and a Florida driver's license.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or its equivalent.
• Valid Florida driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Clean and help maintain beaches, picnic areas, parking lots, playgrounds, restrooms, buildings.
• Operate light automotive equipment, UTVs, light landscape equipment, and hand tools.
• Track inventory.
• Complete routine maintenance projects.
• Keep schedules of maintenance for assigned area(s).
• Perform daily safety checks.
• Lead volunteer groups and projects.

Education

High School diploma or its equivalent

Tools

Light landscape equipment

UTVs

Light automotive equipment

Hand tools

Job description

Department: Parks Recreation and Natural Resources Start Here. Grow Here. Stay Here. Do you enjoy working outdoors and have a love for Sarasota County's award-winning beaches? Siesta Key Beach is currently recruiting for an entry-level Attendant position. Whether you're setting up for events, cleaning up the landscape, or helping to maintain the guest experience, step outside and join our high-performing team. This position starts out paying $18.57/hr; benefits begin within 60 days of hire, and there is plenty of room for both growth and development.

About the Position

• Clean and help maintain beaches, picnic areas, parking lots, playgrounds, restroom facilities, buildings, etc.
• Operate light automotive equipment, UTVs, light landscape equipment, and hand tools.
• Track inventory.
• Complete routine maintenance projects.
• Keep schedules of maintenance for assigned area(s).
• Perform daily safety checks.
• Lead volunteer groups and projects.

About the Schedule

Work Hours: Full-Time, 40 hours per week. (Overtime may vary based on the season.) Work schedules can vary due to split shifts, rotations, on-call, emergencies, scheduled events, etc. Holidays and weekend shifts will be required.

About You

• Minimum Qualifications: High School diploma or its equivalent.
• Valid Florida driver's license.

Preferred (Bonus) Qualifications

• Experience with small tools and lightweight maintenance equipment.
• Public Park Restroom, Facility, and Grounds maintenance.

Physical Demands

Employees in this role must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds when using a dolly or cart, or assistance from another team member is available when lifting excessive weight. There is occasional work in high, precarious places and occasional work around fumes, airborne particles, and/or toxic/caustic chemicals. This position will require extended periods of outdoor work in all seasons, including high temperatures and inclement weather.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening

This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

Benefits

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more!
• Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)
• A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.
• We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.
• Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve.
• To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.
• A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members.
• Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).
• Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.
• Do you like leaving things better than you found them? We serve the greater good! Our team is here to make Sarasota the premier community to live, work and play! Sarasota has 37 miles of award-winning beaches, over 80 parks and 100 golf courses, and is known as the cultural capital of Florida with museums of art, theaters, an aquarium, botanical gardens and the annual international film festival. Unsurpassed beauty, rich cultural offering, diverse educational opportunities, wide-ranging recreational possibilities make Sarasota a great place to live and work! We believe in work-life balance with a generous leave plan. US News & World Report: Sarasota is No. 1 in Florida and No. 18 in the country for best place to live. We need YOU to help create wonderful experiences for residents and vacationing guests enjoying Sarasota.