Certified Groundskeeper

Certified Groundskeeper

Salary

$18.46 Hourly

Location

Varies - Charlotte County, FL

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

2026-00278

Department

COM SVCS - BALLFIELD MAINT

Opening Date

09/09/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit

IUPAT

• Description
• Benefits

How You Can Help Us Make a Difference

Turn your passion for the outdoors into a career that makes a difference! As a Certified Groundskeeper, you'll help keep our parks, athletic fields, playgrounds, and public spaces looking their best and ready for the community to enjoy. From mowing, edging, planting, and turf care to preparing and renovating athletic fields, maintaining irrigation systems, and applying fertilizers and approved treatments, you'll play an important role in creating safe, attractive, and welcoming outdoor spaces.

This is a hands-on position for someone who enjoys variety and takes pride in seeing the results of their work. You'll operate landscaping equipment and vehicles, perform routine repairs and facility maintenance, inspect areas for safety concerns, and help maintain clean and well-kept park facilities. The position may include days, evenings, weekends, holidays, and participation in an on-call rotation. If you enjoy working outdoors, have a strong eye for detail, and want your work to have a visible impact on your community, we'd love to have you on our team!

Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey

Education and Experience:

An equivalent combination of relevant training, education, and experience:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two (2) years of experience in park or turf maintenance, landscaping, irrigation, and chemical applications.

Licenses and/or Certificates:

• Must maintain a valid driver's license.
• Within twelve (12) months of position assignment:
• Must possess and maintain Public Applicators License with the Ornamental and Turf category through the State of Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) as per F.S.S. 487.

Education & Credentials That Power This Role

• Knowledge of departmental policies, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of modern office practices, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other job-related computer programs and software applications.
• Knowledge of safe work methods and safety regulations and occupational hazards pertaining to the work.
• Knowledge of the operation and daily maintenance requirements of trucks and other light equipment.
• Knowledge of methods and techniques associated with soil preparation and enrichment, planting, transplanting, cultivation, pruning, and maintaining a variety of lawns, ground covers, plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees.
• Knowledge of methods and equipment used in the control of weeds, pests, insects and plant diseases.
• Skill in the basic maintenance and repair of irrigation systems.
• Skill in the use and maintenance of commonly used hand and power landscaping tools and equipment.
• Skill in effective communication, both orally and in writing.
• Skill in prioritizing and organizing work.
• Skill in the use of office equipment such as a computer, multi-line telephone system, scanner, fax machine, and copier.
• Ability to work independently within established procedural guidelines and to work in a team environment.
• Ability to wear required breathing and safety equipment during extreme weather conditions.
• Ability to make recommendations and to use resourcefulness and tact in solving new problems.
• Ability to ascertain priorities and meet deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to perform manual labor, sometimes under unfavorable weather conditions.
• Ability to operate automotive/all-terrain vehicles and light-duty motor vehicles.
• Ability to provide internal/external guidance and customer assistance via all forms of communication.
• Ability to use computers for data entry, word processing, and/or accounting purposes.
• Ability to author reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, service providers, other employees, and the general public.

Extra Details You Should Know

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is exposed to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors, or dust).

RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS

This position requires moderate exposure or risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons

with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:

All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.

All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.

See HR for further information regarding Benefits

Employer Charlotte, County of (FL)

Address 18500 Murdock Circle

Room 130

Port Charlotte, Florida, 33948

Phone 941-743-1260

Website https://www.CharlotteCountyFL.gov