Assistant Sports Field Manager

We are looking for a qualified Assistant Sports Turf Manager to maintain a 6-acre Intramural field at the University of Miami. The field holds tournaments, practices, camps, and clinics for athletes.

This position will report to the General Manager and will work alongside the Sports Turf Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and perform field maintenance operations, including mowing, trimming, edging, aerating, topdressing, and overall turf management to ensure high-quality sports fields.
• Plan and implement a preventive maintenance program for all equipment related to field maintenance, ensuring machinery is operational and well-maintained.
• Perform routine maintenance on turf, such as mowing, edging, aerating, topdressing, and ensuring the fields are in optimal playing condition.
• Set up and prepare fields for events, including marking and laying out fields to meet specific sport regulations upon request.
• Maintain a weekly report of all the work done in the field and implement a monthly maintenance plan.

Required Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of grass management
• Knowledge of athletic field irrigation systems, programming, pump station maintenance and general repair
• Monitor, report and resolve field issues such as turf stress, disease, irrigation problems and pest management issues
• Proficiently operate and have general maintenance knowledge of turf equipment including, but not limited to: tractors, sprayers, carts, fields mowers, common area mowers, z mowers and various small equipment.
• A pesticide applicators license is preferred.

Preferred Experience:

• 4 plus years of supervisory experience in a turf related field
• Athletic field or golf course experience preferred
• Turfgrass related education preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Office 365 products

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