Department:

Parks Recreation & Natural Resources

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Are you an experienced Landscape Maintenance Technician with an eye for compliance and regulations? Sarasota County is currently recruiting for a Compliance Maintenance Specialist II for our beautiful Siesta Beach. This role is responsible for leading small to large projects involving one or more crew(s) and monitoring contractor services. Typical duties can include scheduling, coordinating, reviewing, inspecting and approving the work of others and/or contracts. The end goal is to ensure private and public projects are in compliance with federal, state and local regulations, statutes and County ordinances.

This position starts out paying between $21.63 - $22.50, based on experience, and benefits start within 60 days of hire. We have many opportunities for both growth and advancement, on top of Florida's generous pension plan. Apply today and join this growing team to see your direct impact on the community!

About the Position

In this role you will be responsible for...

Inspecting the work performed by vendors, ensuring quality and completeness based on schedules and the performance stands of the contract.

• Assist the Contract Manager with providing daily direction and setting expectations of duties.

• Prepare and maintain inspections documentation.

• Document and report vendor performances utilizing a work management system and advise the contract manager of deficiencies in quality of work with recommendations for corrective actions.

• Assist with verification that payment requests match the work that has been satisfactorily completed in a billing period.

• Monitor safety requirements.

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with vendors, customers, and co-workers.

• Meet with customers and vendors to clarify and resolve work related challenges and requests when approved by the contract manager.

• Provide input and feedback on contract development initiatives.

Various maintenance tasks including but not limited to:

• Utilize small engine equipment to provide necessary support to department goals and assignments.

• Submit work orders as needed.

• Line-of-sight and overgrowth clearance.

• Use of string trimmer, edger, pressure washer, leaf blowers, chainsaw, and various electric and hand tools.

• Maintenance of small engine equipment.

• Trim trees and shrubs.

• Plant trees, grass, and/or shrubs in beds and/or open areas.

• Use herbicides with invasive plant and landscape bed management.

Work Hours:

• Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

• Normal Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

• Schedules can vary due to split shifts, rotations, emergencies, etc.

• Evenings, holidays, and/or weekend hours may occasionally be required.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or its equivalent.

• Three (3) years or more of experience in construction/landscape maintenance, contract applicable construction trades, or in a field providing technical supervisory services to construction/landscape maintenance contractors.

• -OR- College or university level training in an appropriate field may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required construction/maintenance experience.

• Valid Florida Driver's License by date of hire.

• Florida Pesticide Applicators license, with endorsements in Natural Areas Weed Management and Limited Lawn & Ornamental (LLO), within six (6) months from date of hire. (We can help with this!)

  Physical Demands: M ay occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment for a period of five (5) years.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $21.63 - $22.50, based on experience

Benefits:

• 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! Starting January 2024, 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 (https://www.scgov.net/government/human-resources/employee-health-and-benefits) for additional information.

• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes 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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Do you like leaving things better than you found them? We serve the greater good! Our team is here to make Sarasota the premier community to live, work and play!

Sarasota has 37 miles of award-winning beaches, over 80 parks and 100 golf courses, and is known as the cultural capital of Florida with museums of art, theaters, an aquarium, botanical gardens and the annual international film festival. Unsurpassed beauty, rich cultural offering, diverse educational opportunities, wide-ranging recreational possibilities make Sarasota a great place to live and work!

We believe in work-life balance with a generous leave plan.

“US News & World Report: Sarasota is No. 1 in Florida and No. 18 in the country for best place to live.”

We need YOU to help create wonderful experiences for residents and vacationing guests enjoying Sarasota! Apply today!