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SPORTS FIELD SOLUTIONS IS SEEKING AN:

Assistant Turf Manager / Head of Baseball & Softball

To assist in maintaining immaculate sports fields at Florida Atlantic University.

WHO YOU ARE

You love sports and you love the beautiful fields our favorite teams play on. You spent your childhood summers on baseball fields, your fall Friday nights under stadium lights, and your winters on hard courts. You love the feeling of putting in a hard day's work. You've got a vision for personal success and a work ethic to get the job done. You come to work each day ready to make a positive impact and be a part of a winning team.

You are meticulous. Others see perfection when they look at your fields, but all you see is the almost-imperceptible divot in center field from the previous night's diving catch. You love being part of a team. Could you do it alone? Sure. Do you prefer the camaraderie of a team working to build a premium brand? Absolutely.

WHO WE ARE

We love sports fields. We know that the difference between feeling like a professional athlete and a high school walk-on is often the quality of the playing surface. We love nothing more than the glimmer of stadium lights on a freshly-cut, pristine natural grass playing surface. Finally, we believe that great people transform businesses. We provide a vision and then ask our people to creatively use their talents to achieve it.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Prepare, maintain, and restore assigned athletic fields, including performing the hands-on activities fundamental to natural grass sports field care for baseball, softball, soccer, and football surfaces.

2. Serve as the primary technical resource for the maintenance and management of baseball and softball playing surfaces, including natural grass, clay, mounds, home plate areas, warning tracks, and related field components.

3. Evaluate turfgrass, soil, clay, irrigation, drainage, wear, disease, and pest conditions and use professional judgment to determine appropriate corrective actions.

4. Develop, recommend, and adjust agronomic practices for assigned fields, including fertility, irrigation, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), cultural practices, and seasonal maintenance strategies.

5. Determine appropriate field preparation and maintenance practices based on weather, field conditions, event schedules, athlete safety, and playability.

6. Establish and maintain baseball and softball field preparation standards, including clay management, mound and home plate maintenance, moisture management, infield preparation, and game-day setup.

7. Monitor irrigation systems and diagnose and address irrigation issues affecting assigned fields.

8. Coordinate and prioritize daily and seasonal maintenance activities for baseball and softball facilities in consultation with the Turf Manager and athletic staff.

9. Identify developing field or agronomic issues and recommend long-term corrective measures, renovation needs, materials, and maintenance strategies.

10. Provide technical direction and guidance to grounds staff assisting with baseball and softball maintenance and game preparation.

11. Operate mowers, tractors, sprayers, sod cutters, and other powered equipment as necessary to execute field maintenance and agronomic programs.

12. Perform cultural practices including aeration, topdressing, overseeding, verticutting, fertility applications, and other specialized turf-management activities.

13. Lead and perform baseball and softball game-day preparations, including clay work, mound and home plate preparation, moisture management, line striping, tarp handling, and inclement-weather response.

14. Perform preventative maintenance on equipment used in assigned field operations.

15. Exercise independent judgment in responding to changing field, weather, and event conditions and make adjustments necessary to maintain safe and playable surfaces.

16. Supervise and direct field crew operations in the absence of the Turf Manager when employees are assigned to the operation, ensuring work is completed safely and to standard.

17. Perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

If you read the description above and feel like it was written for you, please apply.

Formal requirements include grounds or turf management experience and a valid driver's license. Experience with sports turf at the collegiate level is preferred.

Informal requirements include a passion for learning and producing high-quality work, the ability to communicate effectively with team members and client staff, and an inclination to value teamwork over ego.