Sports Turf Maintenance Specialist - CDL (11170, Grade HL5)

Sports Turf Specialist - CDL

This is a re-advertisement. Previous applicants need not reapply. Do you have experience in sports turf 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 to improve athletic fields? The Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation Southern Region Parks Division seeks an experienced Sports Turf Specialist - CDL to work within our Athletic Field Program working in the Watkins Maintenance Facility in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. This position will perform Athletic Field maintenance and renovation tasks in our parks throughout the southern portion of Prince George'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 Sunday-Thursday from 6 : 00am 2 : 45pm but may be subject to change based on program needs.

All applicants to this job posting will be considered for this and future Principal Parks / Facilities Maintenance Worker - CDL job openings for six months or until all qualified candidates have been exhausted from this job posting. At that time, a new job posting may be available for application to future openings.