Sports Turf Technician

Job Details

Job Location

Kansas - Olathe, KS

Position Type

Full Time

Description

Summary :

The Sports Turf Technician is a full-time position within the Facility Services, Grounds department, responsible for the upkeep of athletic fields and facilities. Reporting to the Director of Campus Grounds, the technician performs tasks such as mowing, watering, pest and weed control, edging, field painting, turf cultural practices, landscape maintenance, and snow removal. The role requires operating various equipment and vehicles and carrying out assigned duties to uphold the standards of collegiate athletic fields.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Operate turf mowing equipment such as reel and fixed blade type
• Control turf overgrowth with weed trimmers around fences, sidewalks, fixtures and borders
• Operate vehicles such as tractors, trucks, golf cart, or utility type vehicles
• Maintain sidewalks, curbs, and drives using power edging equipment
• Stripes athletic fields with field painting equipment
• Maintains infields and skinned areas of baseball and softball fields
• Maintains track and field facilities
• Performs synthetic turf maintenance and repairs
• Applies pesticides for weed, insect and disease prevention and control
• Installs turf through seeding, sprigging, or sodding
• Maintain, install, and repair turf and landscape irrigation systems and water schedules
• Maintain flower and landscape beds through soil preparation, planting, watering, fertilization, weeding, trimming, renovation, mulching, and edging
• Perform cultural practices using specialized equipment and implements such as aerating, seeding, verti-cutting, fertilizing
• Collect trash and maintain receptacles
• Make minor repairs to sidewalks and parking lots
• Sweep and / or blow debris from sports fields, track surfaces, walks, trash areas, shop areas, bleachers, stadiums, and parking lots
• Performs and maintains trees and shrubs; planting, pruning, limb pick up, chipping, mulching, and leaf collection
• Clear snow and ice from walkways, roads, parking lots, bleachers; Apply salt / sand and ice melt products
• Perform duties safely and per departmental policies and participates in safety training programs
• Performs event and game setup as directed; moves furniture, tables, chairs, portable bleachers, athletic training equipment, setup / teardown of tents, etc.
• Report varying turf and landscape conditions to supervisor
• Cooperates and communicates with staff, students, faculty, administrators, and visitors in a professional manner
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

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Application : To apply for this position, attach the following documentation to your application :

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Statement of Faith : MidAmerica Nazarene University is an intentionally Christian Community and desires that all employees in positions of leadership reflect a foundationalChristian position in word, attitude and action. While there is no predetermined length or format for the Personal Statement of Faith, the norm is a one or two page narrative document describing the applicant's central Christian beliefs, significant formative influences in the applicant's Christian experience (e.g., religious experiences of conversion or the affirmation of one's faith, one's family and / or home life, spiritual aspirations), and ways in which the applicant's faith is being demonstrated in daily patterns and practices.

MNU is interested in reviewing applications from qualified members of traditionally underrepresented groups in America, including women and racial and ethnic minorities. MidAmerica Nazarene University policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion

Read the university's full Non-Discrimination / Equal Employment Opportunity Statement at www.mnu.edu / employment.