Sportsfield Maintenance Tech - Kingston, United States - University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

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Kingston, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Position Information

Posting Number

CS01842
Job Title
Sportsfield Maintenance Tech
Position Number
5822
FTE

FLSA

Pay Rate

Salary Range
- $51,394 - $58,329
Position Type

Classified Civil Service Staff
Union

C94/L52

Council 94/Local 528 (Serv/Maint)
Status
Calendar Year, Fulltime, Permanent
Restriction or Limitation Reason

End Date of Restriction or Limitation

Department Information

Department

Landscape & Grounds Maintenance
Contact(s)
Karen G. Healey, MHRM
Specialist, Talent Acquisition
Office of Human Resource Administration
80 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Contact Phone/Extension

Physical Demands

Campus Location

Kingston
Building(s)
Campus Wide/Float
Grant Funded

Extension Contingent on Funding Date

Extension Contingency Notes

Duties and Responsibilities

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED: Within the University of Rhode Island (URI), to perform advanced technical and skilled work relating to landscape and athletic field maintenance programs at URI for stadiums, sports fields, outdoor courts, recreation fields, and other landscapes.
To engage in, and as assigned, to oversee subordinates engaged in, cleaning and maintaining parking lots, roadsides, landscape plantings including transplanting shrubs or trees, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, hydroseeding, rolling and sodding, leaf collection, trimming and mowing grass.
To be responsible for inventorying, ordering, and stockpiling of all materials needed for an athletic field maintenance program under the general direction of a superior.
To be responsible for the maintenance of turfgrass, shrubbery, and other plant materials used on practice and competition NCAA Division 1 level sports fields and recreation fields, outdoor courts, landscape beds, bioretention ponds, swales, slope coverages, parking lots, bike paths, and roadsides.
To be responsible for evaluating and maintaining synthetic and natural grass athletic surfaces for safety and playability related to NCAA Division 1 competition specifications or higher standards as required.
To have knowledge of and perform best maintenance practices on synthetic athletic field surfaces, including painting, paint removal, grooming, and other maintenance practices to enhance playability and extend useful life of surface.
To have knowledge of and perform best maintenance practices on ball fields with clay

- skinned surfaces to NCAA Division I competition specifications or higher standards as required.

To maintain current knowledge and specific care needs of various plants including turfgrasses, trees, shrubs and perennials.
To maintain current knowledge and read assigned literature to gain knowledge and stay current in the various areas of expertise required to perform duties and responsibilities.
To recommend landscape planting for site improvements and erosion control including grading, filling, sloping, selection of proper plant materials to combat erosion, seeding and sodding.
To perform safety sensitive functions and provide a safe work environment for coworkers and the campus community by following established work and safety rules.
As assigned, to operate trucks equipped with plow blades and spreaders to remove snow and ice and spread abrasive and deicing materials on sidewalks, parking lots and roadway surfaces.
As assigned, to operate specialized snow removal equipment.
As assigned, to operate mowers or tractors with attached rotary, gang, sickle or other type cutters to control vegetation in ditches, medians and other areas of university owned rightofway.
To operate specialized turf management equipment such as aerator, topdressing attachment, rototiller, sweeper, sod cutter, seeding equipment and other specialized autonomous robotic equipment.
To operate watering equipment such as tow behind water buffalo, water tanks, truck mounted water tanks, hose and reel and other related equipment to maintain healthy plant material on the University campus and athletic grounds.
To perform maintenance on campus and athletic field irrigation systems.
To perform daily athletic field irrigation system scheduling and periodically monitor system operation and efficiency.
To provide event setup and support to URI Athletics events, URI Conference/Event Office events, and Department of Recreation Services programs.
As assigned, to explain sports turf landscape maintenance policies and plans and to teach horticultural practices to student workers and students.

- related nomenclature.

To inspect any contracted work done by private vendors to ensure that the work was completed according to instructions or written specifications.
To inspect mulch operations performed by contracted vendors, tally quantities, instruct and coordinate with the vendor.
To perform record

- keeping and process work orders.