Certified Groundskeeper

Join our team and help maintain the beautiful parks and recreational spaces our community enjoys every day. This hands-on role involves skilled work in the care of grounds, turf, playgrounds, and athletic areas, along with maintenance and minor repairs to park facilities. Work includes a variety of landscape and facility maintenance tasks and may require availability during days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. If you enjoy working outdoors and take pride in keeping spaces safe, clean, and inviting, we want to hear from you. This role is responsible for maintaining parks, athletic fields, and landscaped areas through mowing, trimming, edging, fertilizing, watering, and planting. Duties also include preparing and grooming ball fields, performing turf renovation, maintaining irrigation systems, and applying herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. The position involves cleaning and upkeep of park grounds, paved areas, and restrooms, along with basic plumbing and general facility maintenance. Additional responsibilities include inspecting assigned areas to identify and address safety hazards, documenting maintenance needs, and ensuring public spaces remain safe and accessible. The Groundskeeper operates and maintains a variety of landscaping tools and equipment, assists with minor carpentry and repair work, and keeps accurate records of work performed. This role may also require participation in an on-call rotation for emergencies and providing excellent customer service to park visitors.

Education and Experience:

An equivalent combination of relevant training, education, and experience: High school diploma or GED. Two (2) years of experience in park or turf maintenance, landscaping, irrigation, and chemical applications. Licenses and/or

Certificates:

Must maintain a valid driver's license. Within twelve (12) months of position assignment: Must possess and maintain Public Applicators License with the Ornamental and Turf category through the State of Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) as per

F.S.S. 487.

Knowledge of departmental policies, plans, and procedures. Knowledge of modern office practices, plans, and procedures. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other job-related computer programs and software applications. Knowledge of safe work methods and safety regulations and occupational hazards pertaining to the work. Knowledge of the operation and daily maintenance requirements of trucks and other light equipment. Knowledge of methods and techniques associated with soil preparation and enrichment, planting, transplanting, cultivation, pruning, and maintaining a variety of lawns, ground covers, plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees. Knowledge of methods and equipment used in the control of weeds, pests, insects and plant diseases. Skill in the basic maintenance and repair of irrigation systems. Skill in the use and maintenance of commonly used hand and power landscaping tools and equipment. Skill in effective communication, both orally and in writing. Skill in prioritizing and organizing work. Skill in the use of office equipment such as a computer, multi-line telephone system, scanner, fax machine, and copier. Ability to work independently within established procedural guidelines and to work in a team environment. Ability to wear required breathing and safety equipment during extreme weather conditions. Ability to make recommendations and to use resourcefulness and tact in solving new problems. Ability to ascertain priorities and meet deadlines and objectives. Ability to follow written and oral instructions. Ability to operate a motor vehicle. Ability to perform manual labor, sometimes under unfavorable weather conditions. Ability to operate automotive/all-terrain vehicles and light-duty motor vehicles. Ability to provide internal/external guidance and customer assistance via all forms of communication. Ability to use computers for data entry, word processing, and/or accounting purposes. Ability to author reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, service providers, other employees, and the general public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is exposed to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors, or dust).

RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS

This position requires moderate exposure or risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.). To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description. Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.