Athletic and Campus Landscape Manager

Job Description

The Landscape Manager is responsible for supervising the maintenance and enhancement of campus grounds and athletic fields. This includes coordinating with a contracted landscaping company to carry out landscaping duties such as mowing, pruning, planting, maintaining irrigation systems, fertilizing, and overseeding. Additionally, the Landscape Manager will be responsible for mowing, striping, and preparing fields for games and practices. They will collaborate with other campus departments to arrange events and provide support as required. Effective communication skills, attention to detail, and expertise in landscaping techniques and principles are crucial for excelling in this position.

Compensation

Between $25 - $26 per hour depend of experience 

Regular hours: Monday - Friday: 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM

                           availability to work flexible hours as scheduled (mornings, nights and weekends)

Job Responsibilities:

• Duties including, but not limited to the mowing turfgrass athletic fields, painting lines for seasonal sports, trimming, edging, pulling weeds & weed eating, removal of trash and irrigation monitoring.
• Artificial field duties are to sweep and groom the surface with equipment pulled behind a UTV, painting of lines for seasonal sports lines and removing trash.
• Campus-wide duties include pulling or spraying weeds and cleaning grounds, drains, stairwells, walkways, and paved areas of litter and debris.
• Wintertime duties include the removal of snow on drives, sidewalks, and stairs.
• Duties also include the use of small tractors; perform maintenance and minor repairs on ground equipment.
• Assist with campus event setups and teardowns
  
  

Job Requirements:

• Must possess a minimum of two years of operating and maintaining commercial lawn care equipment with an emphasis on sports fields.
  
• High-energy, roll up your sleeves mentality, and an eye for detail
  
• A high degree of flexibility and tolerance for change
• Ability to bend and twist the body, making a repetitive motion, standing for a long period of time, walking, and climbing ladders (constant movement during shift), and the ability to lift, push and pull up to 100 pounds (on an intermittent basis)
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors environment (80%-90% exposure to inclement weather conditions)
• Ability to document completed tasks into a computer-based work order system and have effective written and verbal communications skills

Qualifications

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
• Must have a valid driver's license (clean records)
• Must have a reliable transportation
• Must be willing to work evenings or weekends when required
• Must be able to pass the criminal background check required to work in educational facilities with children present. (100% fingerprints fee reimbursement)
• Must be able to work in a smoke-free campus
  

Additional information

Company Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Term Group Life $15,000 company paid insurance
• Vol Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary supplemental accident and critical illness insurance
• 401-K Plan, PTO, paid holidays, and other perks.
  
• Professional Development

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Company Description

SFM is a preeminent facility management company servicing non-profit organizations in middle Tennessee since 1998. We excel in the areas of customer service; knowledgeable solutions and advice; effective results; efficient methodology; and meaningful, challenging and sustainable careers for our employees.