Facilities Maintenance Specialist (Parks/Recreation) - R18861

Property Management Services

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Do you love to work outside and have a passion for repairing things? In this position, you will be providing professional property management services to the various County-owned parks and sports destinations. Facilities locations include Major League Baseball Sports Complexes, BMX Track, Selby Aquatics Center, Benderson Park, and other sports destination venues. Join our team and apply today!

Conduct scheduled building and property exterior and interior inspections of county Major League sports and destination sport venues for appearance of grounds, buildings, and operational functionality of building and site systems.

Responds to customer inquiries and complaints, meets with customers for problem solving in a positive manner. Can, may investigate request for best practice maintenance repairs and providing direction and support to venue operators.

Participates providing input, decision making, prioritizing, obtaining quotes on project or maintenance work.

Meet with customers, contractors, assist with composing detailed scopes of work for various building maintenance projects. Assist customer with Purchase Requisition development.

Ensures compliance with county and state policies and regulations. Monitor contractors to ensure performance and work provided meets/exceeds county standards and expectations of quality workmanship.

Oversees the diagnoses, installation, repair, overhaul and adjustments of highly technical and sophisticated equipment including digital electronic equipment.

Monitors automated systems for proper function and settings.

Reviews, understands, interprets project drawings and specifications. Make, recommend any changes required to meet county preferred guidelines.

Performs project oversight and/or management duties for assigned related projects, can/may approve invoicing for payment.

Prepares / distributes routing and special usage reports to county officials as assigned or directed.

Responsible for Work Request creation, management and data entry in the MMS program (Archibus).

Coordinates with PRNR on storm-related duties including pre-storm facility readiness & post storm inspections and recovery.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's degree, Technical School diploma, or its equivalent, and two (2) years of experience in the related field.
• High School Diploma or GED and three (3) years experience in commercial, industrial building system construction or maintenance experience.
• A valid Florida Driver's License at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of principles and techniques of commercial, buildings and building systems.
• Three (3) or more years in a construction or maintenance supervisory capacity in facilities and/or building maintenance environment.

Physical Demands: Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

CJIS Clearance: The successful candidate will be subject to an extensive background check(s) as a part of the hiring process.

Starting Pay Range: $25.45 - $30.00, based on experience

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. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

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:

• If your position requires a Florida Driver's License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver's License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above List B 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. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above List C Documents.)

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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Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service internally and externally.

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