Compliance Maintenance Specialist - Beaches - R19618

Sarasota County Government • Full-time • Sarasota, Florida, United States • from $21.85 / hour • 3w ago

Start Here. Grow Here. Stay Here.

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 Beaches. 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 occasionally tree trimming, along with other vegetation landscaping duties. The end goal is to ensure private and public projects comply with federal, state, and local regulations, statutes, and County ordinances.

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 inspection documentation.
Document and report vendor performances utilizing a work management system and advise the contract manager of deficiencies in the 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.

About the Schedule

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 Limited Lawn & Ornamental (LLO), within six (6) months from the date of hire. (We can help with this!)

Physical Demands: May 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 five (5) years.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay: $21.85/hr

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)

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! 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!)

A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.

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.

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

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