Sports Field Maintenance Supervisor - EXAM

City of Columbus; West Virginia; On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Columbus is seeking a skilled supervisor to oversee the care and maintenance of athletic fields and related facilities. You will lead a crew, plan turf projects, and coordinate with leagues to handle field conditions and scheduling.

Responsibilities include organizing work, directing repairs to bleachers and fixtures, applying turf pesticides when qualified, and tracking expenditures within budget.

Qualifications

• Associate degree with significant coursework in turf grass science or related field and 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Valid Commercial Applicator License (Turf Pests) and Industrial Vegetation by probationary period.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees and oversee care and maintenance of sports fields and facilities.
• Construct and maintain athletic fields according to regulations and standards.
• Plan, schedule, and assign work activities; determine methods.
• Direct pesticide and chemical applications where qualified.
• Maintain turf including mowing, watering, and fertilizing as needed.
• Prepare budget recommendations and maintain records/reports.
• Coordinate with league contacts and serve as on-site field contact during play.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Team leadership

Field maintenance

Budgeting

Communication

Education

Associate degree in turf grass science or related field

Job description

Under general direction, is responsible for supervising employees and participating in the care and maintenance of sports fields and facilities; performs related duties as required.

(Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all of the duties that may be performed.)

• Constructs and maintains athletic fields by measuring, laying out, and clearly marking the boundaries and playing surfaces of a variety of athletic fields according to regulations and accepted standards, such as football, baseball, softball, soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse;

• Lays down and maintains playing surfaces, such as filling holes and dragging clay on softball fields, adding fill to artificial turf, removing water from field, or grading a field during off season;

• Organizes alternate plans with league contacts when field conditions make changes to anticipated schedule necessary; serves as on-site contact for athletic field issues during league play;

• Oversees and participates in making repairs of buildings, benches, and other fixtures at or near athletics fields, such as bleachers, concession stands, and announcers’ and scorekeepers’ booth;

• Determines the manner in which maintenance tasks are to be completed; schedules and assigns work activities;

• Identifies various turf diseases and performs and directs pesticide and chemical applications where applicable;

• Trains subordinates in the safe and appropriate methods for the care and maintenance of athletics fields;

• Supervises employees to include signing leave slips and timesheets, conducting performance appraisals, and recommending discipline;

• Recommends maintenance staffing needs for department sports fields;

• Requisitions and issues tools, equipment, and supplies to maintenance employees; establishes and implements an equipment maintenance and repair schedule;

• Oversees and participates in the mowing, watering, and fertilizing of turf grass as needed;

• Makes budgetary recommendations as it relates to the maintenance of sports fields; ensures expenditures remain within budget limits; maintains records and prepares reports.

Possession of an associate degree which includes significant coursework (thirty (30) semester or forty-five (45) quarter hour credits) in turf grass science, sports field maintenance, sport and exercise studies, or a closely related field and two (2) years of experience leading or supervising the construction or maintenance of regulation athletics fields. Substitution: Additional experiencein the construction or maintenance of regulation athletics fields may substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis.

Possession of a valid Commercial Applicator License (Turf Pests category) and (Industrial Vegetation category) issued by the Ohio Department of Agriculture by completion of the probationary period.

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

The City of Columbus is an Equal Opportunity Employer