Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.
Compensation:
$91,763.27 - $146,821.25Job Description:
The Parks and Beaches Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day maintenance operation of the parks by supervising activities and staff engaged in managing and maintaining parks, nature preserves, conservation areas, recreation areas, trails, facilities, beaches, athletic fields, sports courts, boat ramps, vehicles and equipment; conducting routine inspections and evaluations to ensure safety, quality, and a high standard of maintenance, while also ensuring that parks, trails, beaches and facilities are attractive and functional for our community and visitors. The Park and Beaches Manager also oversees athletic events, rentals, special events, parking, and park security.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Supervises Parks and Beaches employees across various locations in the Upper and Lower Keys.
Plans, coordinates, schedules, and evaluates the operations and maintenance of the Parks and Beaches Department, including park and facility closures.
Directs maintenance, renovation, and remodeling of park properties and improvements; prepares cost estimates for new construction and repairs.
Oversees grounds maintenance tasks such as mowing, trimming, weeding, custodial services, athletic field preparation, tree care, landscaping, construction, and storm damage cleanup.
Coordinates with Facilities Maintenance to ensure that park buildings are properly maintained.
Serves as the department’s representative for projects managed by Project Management and Fleet Maintenance.
Oversees waste management, recycling, and sustainable park practices.
Coordinates and supervises athletic field use for leagues, practices, tournaments, special events, and programs by local youth, adult sports associations, and the general public.
Assists with various recreation programs, including, but not limited to, School Break Camps, Athletic leagues, vendors, senior programs, and more.
Ensures compliance with safety protocols, emergency procedures, and security practices, including enforcement of applicable codes and ordinances.
Inspects parks, facilities, boat ramps, and piers for safety hazards or operational deficiencies; recommends improvements and initiates corrective actions.
Leads monthly maintenance staff safety meetings.
Implements landscaping, irrigation, turf management, athletic field preparation, and pest control programs to maintain safe, functional, and attractive grounds.
Maintains accurate records of inspections, maintenance activities, incidents, and reports; prepares monthly progress updates.
Coordinates, inspects, and approves all subcontractor work.
Develops collaborative relationships with community agencies, athletic boards, and government officials; represents the department in meetings and public forums.
Administers personnel procedures, including recruitment, hiring, training, performance evaluations, and disciplinary actions.
Coordinates with customers and the Recreation Division to support special events and facility rentals; directs staff assignments and post-event inspections.
Responds to public inquiries, concerns, and service requests.
Prepares, monitors, and justifies budgets, including capital equipment requests; manages expenditures and vendor contracts.
Oversees inventory management for equipment, supplies, and turf maintenance schedules.
Leads departmental assignments during special, emergency, or disaster response operations.
Responsible for personally knowing and following the County’s Personnel Policies and Procedures, Administrative Instructions, Department Operating Procedures, and applicable Statutes and Regulations. Responsible for ensuring others also adhere to these standards.
Performs other related job duties as assigned.
In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years minimum of prior related work experience, or Associate degree and three (3) years minimum of prior related work experience, or five (5) years of experience in a similar role may be substituted for degree requirements. Prior management experience preferred. Must obtain Turfgrass Management Certificate within the first year of employment.
Special Qualifications:
Certified Playground Inspector preferred. Certified Parks and Recreation Professional preferred. Public Applicator License preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to organize work around broad organizational goals and processes.
Ability to perform professional-level work dealing with data, people, and technology that relates to administrative, technical, scientific, engineering, accounting, legal, or managerial skills.
Ability to follow basic guidelines for operational activities; ability to make decisions that govern the activities and behaviors of staff members.
Ability to provide updates to senior managers, elected officials, or other community groups or organizations. Ability to ensure the provision of efficient and effective services.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is medium and requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work deals with crisis situations that require an employee to make major decisions involving people, resources, and property.
Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment
Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.
Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.
Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.
Preferencia de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando.