What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Groundskeeper position at Jersey Shore BlueClaws?
The Jersey Shore BlueClaws are looking for a full time Assistant Groundskeeper. The position will report directly to the Director of Grounds and assist in various duties related to the playing field and stadium property.
The position is full time, year round and is an hourly based position with overtime pay.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Oversee and perform work on all common grounds of ShoreTown Ballpark on a weekly basis.
- Performs gardening and grounds maintenance in caring for turf, shrubs, ground cover, flowers, and hard surfaces by using tools and power equipment.
- The Assistant Groundskeeper will work in conjunction with the Director of Grounds to ensure a safe and aesthetically pleasing professional baseball field.
- Clay repairs – the infield skin, mounds and home plate, and the warning track.
- Perform moisture management techniques on infield skin.
- Cultural practices – mowing, aeration, topdressing, verticutting, and fertilizing.
- Assist in tarp pulls.
- Assist in Supervision, scheduling, mentoring and training seasonal part-time game day staff.
- Act as the point of contact for all stadium landscape tasks and oversee stadium landscape staff
- Track grounds department inventory.
- Must be able to endure extreme heat in the summer and cold winters.
- Mow turf using both walk behind and riding mowers and fertilize turf, shrubs, ground cover, flowerbeds and trees.
- Operate power equipment such as: rototiller, sod cutter, soil compactor, chain saw, verticutter, hedge trimmer, blowers, mower, tractor, edger, aerial lifts, chain saws, chippers, mini-excavators, skid loaders, rollers, lawn sweepers, leaf blowers, and salt spreaders.
- Maintains and sharpens tools and makes minor repairs on equipment, as needed. Performs routine cleaning and maintenance on gardening and grounds equipment.
- Performs continuous preventative maintenance on existing irrigation systems, including programming irrigation controls as needed due to weather and/or usage of facilities.
- Safely operate team-owned vehicles and transport equipment.
- Weed shrubs, ground cover, and flowerbeds. Sweep, rake, remove leaves and trash, and clean drains and gutters. Prune and shape trees and shrubs for improved health. Edge and trim ground cover around buildings, walks, walls, shrubs, trees, and lamp poles.
- Apply pesticides under the supervision of a licensed pest control operator.
- Install new irrigation systems where required and repair or replace broken irrigation lines, and valves.
- Ability to work weekends and overtime when required.
Qualifications
Candidates must have the ability to do heavy lifting (up to 70 lbs.).- Candidates must have the ability to operate light machinery (RTV, ride lawn mower, etc.)
- Candidates must have prior experience in sports turf management, preferably baseball maintenance. Education may be considered as equivalent experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.