The Department of Athletics and Recreation at the Johns Hopkins University is seeking an Athletic Facilities Specialist. This role is a specialized position to assist with the operation and maintenance of top rate indoor and outdoor Athletic & Recreational Sports venues (Practice field, Homewood Field, Baseball Field, Newton White Athletic Center, Tennis Courts, and the Track & Field Complex) and maintains athletic areas to ensure the sports facilities are prepared for scheduled events.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Confer with supervisors to determine athletic field needs and scheduled use, including lining and marking, grading pitching mounds, dragging infields, dragging/grooming playing fields, and ensuring that sport-specific goals, goal posts, nets, pitching cages and other equipment are in place.
• Maintain all fields to meet the intercollegiate levels of competition set forth by the standards of the department, conferences, and NCAA policies, guidelines, and rules.
• Operate various equipment related to maintaining outdoor athletic facilities. Equipment may include tractors, bobcats, trucks, John Deere Gators, boom lifts, scissor lifts, hand and ride-on lawnmowers, large and small hand power tools, and attachments.
• Utilize scaffolding and ladders.
• Use hand and power-operated custodial cleaning equipment to perform custodial-related duties, including cleaning, waxing, and/or polishing gymnasium floors, hallways, wrestling mats, trophy cases, and swimming pool decks.
• Transport and set up athletics-related equipment and supplies, such as, but not limited to: gym equipment, wrestling mats, pitching machines and netting, batting cages, goals, and field marking canisters.
• Repair, modify, and/or maintain all athletic equipment, including painting and labeling equipment properly according to established procedures.
• Maintain facility grounds, walkways, and other surfaces; empty and clean waste receptacles; dispose of waste and debris.
• Remove snow and ice while distributing materials that aid in melting ice and snow during winter periods from playing surfaces and various outdoor facility spaces to ensure the department is in compliance with current safety measures.
• Maintain fences and other basic maintenance incidental to landscaping and grounds.
• Maintain equipment and work areas in a clean and orderly fashion. Inform the immediate supervisor of faulty/broken equipment throughout the facility.
• Inform guests and assist with the enforcement of facility rules, policies, and procedures.
• Process and maintain various paperwork and records including equipment inventory and preventive maintenance records.
• Assist University Police and department staff with securing and unlocking facility spaces required to provide guests access to the facilities. Correct and/or report guest irregularities to the proper authority.
• Assist with pick-up and drop-off of department deliveries.
• Ensure safety of worksites, utilize safety equipment and related safe work practices; correct or notify others of safety issues and needed repairs, etc.
• Perform event related set-up and break-down for NCAA Division I & III events.  Tasks include; move various athletic goals (sport specific), post signage, open/close restrooms, handle flags and sponsorship banners, clean facilities, inspect facilities to ensure they are safe.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to operate vehicles in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Ability to operate large heavy equipment, such as but not limited to: trucks, power-operated grounds equipment, field rollers, field marking machines to paint various sizes logos on the field, etc.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs or more at times.
• Ability to work as a team player and maintain a positive work environment.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision, quickly, and under pressure.
• General knowledge of Athletics and Recreational Sports.
• Ability to interact with internal and external constituents: patrons, alumni, faculty, students, athletes, and staff to answer questions, handle routine problems, and provide assistance in a courteous, customer service-oriented format.

• High School Diploma/GED required.
  

• Two years of related experience.
• Valid Maryland driver’s license in good standing with the MVA.

Classified Title: BU Athletic Facilities Specialist-SSR 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Athletic Facilities Specialist   
Role/Level/Range: SEMSKIL5/01/BU  
Starting Salary Range: $16.88 per hour, increases to $20.20 after 12 months 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Mon - Fri, 8:30 - 4:30 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Homewood Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Games Operations  
Personnel area: University Student Services