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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintenance Work:

• Assists with the regular scheduling for mowing, herbicide-pesticide application, fertilization, irrigation, and any other field care need.
• Ensure field and ground preparation – inspect mowing, painting and general maintenance of field and grounds including fences, lighting, equipment, and vehicles.
• Assists with maintaining inventory of equipment and supplies. Operates equipment required in the maintenance of stadium field care.
• Schedule maintenance coverage and clean-up for business hours and special events.
• Performs and supervises maintenance and repairs of stadium field equipment.
• Assists with the planning, coordinating, and managing of the stadium field for events, including practices, sports competition, concert, filming and/or other enterprise events.
• Respond to emergency calls regarding RBOC facilities and property.
• Routinely survey field operations to ensure safety requirements are met.
• Direct the removal of hazards and restore safety in emergency situations.
• Ability to work long and irregular hours and may include daytime, evenings, weekends and holidays.

Supervise and Manage Maintenance Personnel:

• Supervise and manage contracted vendors and ensure contracted services are being completed.
• Oversees and evaluates the training of subordinate employees.
• Arrange for special set-ups as requested.
• Provide safety and equipment training.
• Suggest improvements in work practices.
• Routinely survey field operations to ensure safety requirements are met.

Education and experience:

• Years/Type of Experience: three to five years of experience related field
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university with a concentration in Agronomy, Turf Management, Groundskeeping, Landscaping, or related field.
• Subsequent turf management related experience may be supplemented for college degree.
• Specialized Training/Knowledge: plants and plant growth, horticulture and field preparation, administrative practices (i.e. budgeting, purchasing), stadium equipment, work safety practices, state and local laws and codes, contracting policies

Proficiency in Use/Application of the following:

• Microsoft Office 365, other stadium software programs
• Tractor, turf equipment, fertilizers, pesticides, and other applications

Licenses and Certifications:

• California Class C driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
• Certificates for handling fertilizers and pesticides as required