Trades Worker

• Perform daily maintenance, minor repairs, cleaning, and upkeep of Siesta Key Beach. Examples include: cleaning (both general and deep cleaning), trash removal, litter picking, and other duties associated with daily upkeep/maintenance.
• Offer occasional trade skills such as carpentry, plumbing, and/or electrical work, depending upon the tasks necessary.
• Assist with diagnosing maintenance issues and completing assigned work.
• Help to schedule programs, events, and summer camps, as needed. This can also include the setup, take-down, and operations of such events.
• Use and care for small equipment such as, but not limited to, lawn mowers, weed eaters, edgers, leaf blowers, chainsaws, pressure washers, etc., for landscape.
• Coordinate volunteer work and exotic invasive plant removal, as well as resource management projects (as assigned).
• Utilize hand and power tools to perform restoration work within Siesta Key Beach.
• Aid Environmental Specialists with duties and tasks for resource management.
• Provide exceptional customer service, answering questions and concerns promptly, and communicating any concerns or issues to the supervisor.

• Full-Time, 40 hours per week.
• Assigned work schedules may vary due to split shifts, rotations, emergencies, and other factors.
• The predicted shift will be in the afternoon, 12 pm-8:30 pm, but can vary on occasion.
• Must be flexible as nights, weekends, and holidays may be required.

• High School diploma or equivalent education.
• One year of experience as a semi-skilled laborer in the care and maintenance of parks, landscape, athletic fields, or other similar grounds.
• Valid Florida Driver's License at time of hire.

• 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! 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 for additional information.
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms 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!)​​

We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

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