Attendant

Siesta Beach Attendant

Do you enjoy working outdoors and have a love for Sarasota County's award-winning beaches? Siesta Beach is currently recruiting for an entry-level Attendant; whether you're setting up for events, cleaning up the landscape, or helping to keep Siesta one of the top beaches in America - step outside and join our high-performing team. This position starts out paying $16.87 / hr with plenty of room for both growth and development and benefits starting within 60 days of hire. Apply today and see your direct impact on the Sarasota County community!

The purpose of this role is to provide maintenance duties for all public areas including beaches, athletic areas, parks, natural areas, neighborhood parks, and other county facilities. This includes working on maintenance projects and various record-keeping duties. Examples of job responsibilities can be found below :

• Clean and help maintain beaches, picnic areas, parking lots, playgrounds, and open areas in County parks, restroom facilities, and buildings.
• Clean, plant, fertilize, irrigate, mow, trim, and maintain grounds and play areas for beaches & natural areas.
• Cut, trim, water and fertilize general turf, trees, and bushes.
• Remove refuse and paper from grounds and buildings.
• Work on maintenance projects, set up and dismantle tables, chairs, and decorations associated with special functions and room / facility utilization.
• Operate heavy equipment, light automotive equipment, UTV's, light landscape equipment, and hand tools.
• Keep operating records, and complete material requests, service requests, and work orders.
• Keep a schedule for maintenance work orders in assigned area(s).
• Perform daily safety checks and repairs as needed.

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Physical Demands : Employees must occasionally lift and / or move more than 50 lbs, using a handling device (dolly, cart, etc.) or by working with another team member to lift / move excessive poundage of 50(+) lbs.

Starting Pay : $16.87 hr (Step 1)

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and / or in-person interview(s). If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents.

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options : https : / / www.uscis.gov / i-9-central / form-i-9-acceptable-documents

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation.

Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!

For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.

Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.

Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

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