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Responsibilities:

• Manages the maintenance of all athletic fields. Repairs irrigation work. Maintains fields by applying fertilizers and pesticides involving spraying, broadcast and spot treatments.
• Monitors turf for diseases and insect damage and takes correction action(s). Monitors soil conditions and takes soil samples. Executes cultural practices and sport specific practices at athletic fields. Ensures playing surfaces are appropriately maintained for the safety of staff, student-athletes and coaches.
• Performs a variety of work to maintain all athletics maintained fields and common areas such as: mowing, top dressing, aerating, verticutting, weed eating, edging, blowing, and painting. Assists with special events and projects. Uses motorized vehicles to traverse campus.
• Assists with repairs, installations and maintenance of athletics maintained fields and common areas. Generates and responds to e-mails and daily work schedules.
• Assists with emergency and or special maintenance projects as needed. Remains on-call during designated periods outside normal working hours as needed. While on-call, the incumbent may be required to return to the work site to respond to maintenance emergencies.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalency and two years of experience, or a combination of post high school education and experience equal to two years.
• Florida Pesticide license or the ability to obtain within six months of employment.
• Valid Florida or Georgia Driver’s license or the ability to obtain prior to hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and/or experience in athletic field maintenance to include fertilizers, pesticides, and broadcast and spot treatments.
• Experience with turf grass management.
• Experience maintaining irrigation systems.

How to Apply:
If qualified and interested in a specific job opening as advertised, apply to Florida State University at https://jobs.fsu.edu before or by August 30, 2024. If you are a current FSU employee, apply via myFSU > Self Service.

Applicants are required to complete the online application with all applicable information. Applications must include all work history up to ten years, and education details even if attaching a resume.

Veteran’s Preference:
Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for post secondary educational requirements, in employment by the state and its political subdivisions and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled. Veterans’ Preference applies to University Support Personnel System (USPS) positions only.

IMPORTANT: To claim Veterans’ Preference, select “yes” to the question on the application questionnaire and upload a DD-214 (or equivalent), the Veterans’ Preference Certification form, and other documentation if applicable with your online application before midnight of the position closing date.

Click the links for eligibility information and required documentation, or call FSU Human Resources at (850) 644-6034.

An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer.

FSU’s Equal Opportunity Statement can be accessed at: https://hr.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu2186/files/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.pdf.