Job Description
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This is a skilled position responsible for maintaining all aspects of the City’s beach. Day-to-day activities are largely performed independently requiring a strong work ethic. General responsibilities include performing maintenance tasks such as trash removal, beach raking, walkway cleaning and implementing the City’s Leave No Trace Ordinance. The position is also responsible for helping to plan, carryout and oversee walkover construction projects and beach vegetation projects. The individual in this position must maintain a professional working relationship with the City’s turtle nesting surveyors, communicate beach-related issues and recommendations to superiors and perform other tasks as assigned.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
• Assists with the planning, scheduling and implementation of construction, maintenance and operation of activities designed to keep the City’s beach aesthetically pleasing and welcoming to guests.
• Maintains the City’s Leave N Trace Ordinance by removing or tagging items left on the beach, discarding trash from the sand or the dunes, filling in holes, knocking down sandcastles and providing general education regarding wildlife as appropriate.
• Removes waste and recycling from the beach and beach parking lots.
• Responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of the beach trail, walkovers, and Sunset Beach boardwalk.
• Responsible for maintaining beach vegetation to include raking, sanitizing, removing invasive species and unsightly vegetation in accordance with the City’s permit, and planting of native species. Duties may also include vegetation monitoring to evaluate and document the success of such programs.
• Responsible for reporting wildlife concerns to the appropriate agencies.
• Coordinates beach clean-up efforts after storm events, red tide occurrences, events and holidays.
• Oversees and reports on beach renourishment activities and the maintenance of escarpments.
• Responsible for personal safety and
Skills
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
• Ability to instruct and evaluate work assignments of personnel.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates and the general public.
• Ability to act as Division Crew Chief when necessary.
• Ability to frequently lift/move 60lbs. Ability to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and smell.
• Ability to respond to after-hours call ins, in a reasonable amount of time.
• Ability to comply with work schedules and have a flexible work schedule as necessary.
• Regularly required to use hands to feel, handle and operate controls and tools.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing, and possess good people skills.
• Knowledge of modern techniques, methods, procedures and practices of maintaining municipal infrastructure.
• Ability to perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time, possibly in inclement weather.
Pay
$17.81 per hour
Work Hours
Monday - Friday, 7AM - 3:30PM