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Director: Sports Turf & Grounds

  • Full Time
  • Boyds, Maryland
  • $ 90,000+, fully paid health care coverage, fully paid Dental and Vision Coverage, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, 403(b) retirement plan with company match

Maryland SoccerPlex is seeking Director: Sports Turf & Grounds. Maryland SoccerPlex – a 160-acre Park with 24 full-size fields (13 Bermudagrass, 8 Cool season, 3 Artificial) – is located in Boyds, MD (northwest side of Washington, DC).

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Sustain the high-quality of the 21 natural grass fields that remain in use for at least 36 weeks / year
  • Answer to the Executive Director of Maryland Soccer Foundation
  • Supervise, mentor and manage the Sports Turf & Grounds staff
  • Keep constant communication with Executive Director, Director of Operations, and Event Managers
  • Establish & maintain relationships with SoccerPlex clients, partners and other facility stake holders
  • Carry-on relationship with Montgomery County Parks Department who maintain the larger South Germantown Park (that SoccerPlex is inside) & share the maintenance facility with SoccerPlex staff
  • Update & / manage the budget for the Sports Turf & Grounds Department
  • Create unique strategies and implement new methods in order to sustain the highest quality fields possible
  • Prepare daily work plans for staff
  • Develop the daily / weekly / monthly staff schedule, working around events & / or field use
  • Coordinate with Director of Operations to establish weekly field use schedules for all 24 fields
  • Coordinate with Manager of Events on daily, weekly, & / or annual events
  • Work with Sports Turf staff & / or outside consultants to create & implement overall agronomic maintenance plans
  • Operate turf maintenance equipment (as needed) including various mowers, tractors, utility carts and other equipment essential to turf management operations
  • Become familiar with TurfTank GPS field lining robots that are essential to produce field layouts for various sports, events, and activities
  • Oversee equipment maintenance plan for large fleet of John Deere & Redexim Turf equipment
  • Instructs equipment operators on the operation and care of mowers and other equipment
  • Coordinate maintenance of 3 artificial turf field surfaces
    Plan, execute, and manage field improvement projects such as drainage and irrigation installation/repair, reseeding/sodding/sprigging of fields, etc.

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