Athletic Field Maintenance Specialist – CDL (10612, Grade HL5)

Posting number: 10612

Department: PGC Parks and Recreation

Job classification: Principal Parks/Facilities Maintenance Worker - CDL

Posting type: Open

Categories: Building & Safety, Building Maintenance, Parks and Recreation, Parks, Maintenance, Customer Service, Grounds & Landscaping, Building & Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

Summary

• Do you have experience in Athletic Fields and are interested in joining an award-winning program to continue your professional growth?
• Are you a team player and enjoy working in a position with varied work responsibilities?
• Do you love sports and are interested in an opportunity improve athletic fields?

The Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation Southern Region Parks Division seeks an experienced Athletic Field Specialist-CDL (Principal Parks/Facilities Maintenance Worker-CDL) to work within our Athletic Field Program working in the Bock Road Maintenance Facility in Fort Washington, Maryland. This position will perform Athletic Field maintenance and renovation tasks in our parks throughout the southern portion of Prince Geore’s County for community passive and active recreation to support our mission for healthy lifestyles for our community involving considerable responsibility, complexity, and variety. The successful candidate will perform a variety of athletic field management tasks such as mowing, lining, pest scouting and control, infield grooming, aeration, seeding, and nutrient management which may include equipment operations such as tractors, skid loaders, mowers, infield groomer, aerators, spreaders, sprayers, and other large equipment working in a team environment. This is the expert level in park/general maintenance work involving all types of equipment, difficult specialized assignments, and directing and training other workers in maintenance procedures and practices. The successful candidate will perform work of increasing difficulty and responsibility to develop and improve skills. Incumbents in this class are regularly given independent work assignments but may work as part of a group. Performs other related duties as assigned. 

This position will have a work schedule of Tuesday-Saturday from 6:00 am – 2:45 pm but maybe subject to change based on program needs. 

Please note that the above salary range represents earning potential. The budgeted salary range is $42,135 - $58,379.

All applicants to this job posting will be considered for this and future Park/General Maintenance Worker III - CDL job openings for 6 months or until all qualified candidates have been exhausted from this job posting, whichever comes first. At that time, a new job posting may be available for application to future openings.

Examples of duties

• Operates trucks, truck and trailer combination, front-end loader, backhoe, dump trucks with plows, bucket trucks, trash trucks, and tank trucks, spreaders, and sprayers. Operates complex equipment and vehicles. Performs routine safety inspection and maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
• On a regular basis (more than 50% of the time), it provides general direction and instructions on proper procedures and safety to a small work group. Informs the Leader or Supervisor of job progress and completion and any problems requiring attention. May collect and/or enter data into daily reports and work order completion. Assists with training seasonal staff. 
• Performs complex athletic field maintenance with large tractor operation with attachments to mow, aerate, seed, or fertilize athletic fields. Cuts and lays sod and other landscaping duties. Operates tree spade to plant trees, shrubs, and plants, according to established standards. Trims and prunes trees and shrubs.
• Operates large equipment which requires expert knowledge for athletic field renovation to include grading, soil modifications, sod installation, watering, nutrient management and pest control on both cool and warm season turfgrass. 
• Inspects athletic fields for playground safety hazards, surface safety, and surrounding areas, develops work orders for improvements and approves completion of projects for detailed work involving sensitive measurements field layout per industry standards. 
• Performs tree maintenance duties. Positions bucket truck and sets outriggers. Trims and fells trees. Operates chain saws. Operates ropes from ground level to assist Tree Climber in cutting down trees. Raises and lowers equipment. Lowers tree limbs with ropes. Operates chipping machine to grind brush into mulch. Operates stump grinder to remove tree stumps.