Athletic Field Maintenance Technician II, Facilities and Campus Services

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Job Description Summary

Assists with the promotion, monitoring, and maintenance of Wake Forest University’s athletic and campus recreation fields. This includes approximately 25 acres of natural grass and 12 acres of artificial turf.

Wake Forest Facilities and Campus Services offers a Monday - Friday work schedule (overtime may be required) with no travel and generous PTO, benefits, and retirement plans. Tools, uniforms, and work shoes are provided.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for total maintenance of the Wake Forest athletic fields to include improvements, student athlete safety and game day preparation as well as the needs of the Campus Recreation fields for the general student body. 
• Following existing turfgrass maintenance schedules and management practices, to include recognizing, identifying, and treating turfgrass insects and diseases that could damage the quality of athletic turf.
• Formulating and applying fertilizers and chemical spread formulas used in turfgrass maintenance including the calibration of boom sprayers and fertilizer spreaders.
• Maintaining working inventory of all materials used; accurate allocation of chemicals in keeping with EPA standards; ensuring proper inventory records to plan for purchase of chemicals, fertilizers, paint, and maintenance supplies.
• Coordinating painting/fertilizing and cultural practices for all game and practice fields
• Grooming and disinfecting synthetic fields (working around team schedules to accomplish daily maintenance).
• Assisting with inspections of fields and hard surfaces (tennis courts, track surface) and reports any issues.
• Repairing/replacing facility items such as windscreens, wall pads, and netting (assist with other special projects).
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a variety of specialized machinery, including boom sprayers, reel mowers, utility tractors, topdressors, verti-cutter, aerifiers, paint lining equipment, irrigation systems, reel grinding, and bed knife sharpening equipment.  
• Assisting with irrigation maintenance, repairs, and winterization.
• Assisting with game day operations for athletic events, including postseason ACC and NCAA games/matches, and outside events such as concerts.
• Assisting with clean-up of all sports playing surfaces before and after events
• Participates in continuing education opportunities such as seminars, workshops, correspondence courses and trade shows.
• Reports all matters of safety to the appropriate supervisor.

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Associate degree in Turf Management or related field, plus one to two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to obtain NCDA pesticide license within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to prepare fields to meet specific preparations as dictated by the NCAA and/or ACC and in accordance with state, federal, university and departmental established guidelines. 
• Ability to read, understand, and follow specific instructions and procedures as well as the ability to abide by all safety policies and procedures.
• Skills to operate turf equipment and irrigation systems.
• Knowledge of standards, materials, nutrient management and applications, techniques, and equipment used in maintenance of field and turf management.
• Knowledge of cool and warm season grasses (maintain bent grass golf greens and bermuda grass golf greens/fairways and soccer/throw field