Maintenance Coordinator - Recreation

Maintenance Coordinator - Recreation

Salary

$20.74 Hourly

Location

Charlotte County, FL

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

2026-00171

Department

COM SVCS - S COUNTY REC CTR

Opening Date

05/01/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit

IUPAT

• Description
• Benefits

How You Can Help Us Make a Difference

Step into a hands-on leadership role where you'll help keep our parks, facilities, and athletic fields looking their best. You'll lead and work alongside a team performing a wide range of maintenance tasks-from building upkeep and custodial work to grounds and field maintenance. If you're someone who can organize, prioritize, and keep operations running smoothly while using sound judgment and initiative, this is your opportunity to make a visible impact in the community every day.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Lead and coordinate daily maintenance operations, including scheduling and supervising staff; provide hands-on technical guidance across facility, grounds, and field upkeep; prioritize and inspect work to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency; manage projects from planning through completion, including coordinating contractors and resources; and maintain equipment, support team training, and deliver excellent customer service while ensuring compliance with safety standards.

Education & Credentials That Power This Role

Education and Experience:

An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent with some vocational or technical training in one or more building trades.
• Two (2) years of experience in moderately large-scale custodial, park and building maintenance.

Licenses and/or Certificates:

• Must maintain a valid driver's license.

• Must obtain and maintain the following certifications and licensures:

• Positions assigned to Parks:

• Within eighteen (18) months of position assignment:

• Playground Safety Inspector from National Recreation and Park Association

• Within one (1) year of position assignment:

• Aerial Lift certification

Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey

• Knowledge of departmental policies, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of modern office practices, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other job-related computer programs and software applications.
• Knowledge of standard equipment, hand tools, materials, chemicals, methods, and practices of assigned trade areas.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions.
• Knowledge of fire codes, ADA requirements, and safety practices for public parks and complexes.
• Analytical and research skills.
• Skill in effective communication, both orally and in writing.
• Skill in prioritizing and organizing work.
• Skill in the use of office equipment such as a computer, multi-line telephone system, scanner, fax machine, and copier.
• Ability to ascertain priorities and meet deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and reports.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to operate aerial lift equipment.
• Ability to provide internal/external guidance and customer assistance via all forms of communication.
• Ability to diagnose and correct problems and safety issues and establish a preventative maintenance program.
• Ability to do minor electric, plumbing, and carpentry repairs.
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting department rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to make recommendations and to use resourcefulness and tact in solving new problems.
• Ability to act as lead worker with a team of subordinates and/or peers.
• Ability to prepare effective correspondence on routine matters and to perform routine administrative functions without referral to supervisor.
• Ability to use computers for data entry, word processing, and/or accounting purposes.
• Ability to author reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, service providers, other employees, and the general public.

Extra Details You Should Know

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of 10 to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work requires some exposure to environmental changes (e.g., outdoor weather and/or field conditions, warehouses, covered loading docks, garages, etc.) or irate customers, extreme noise, odors, heights and/or dust.

RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS

This position requires some exposure or risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, assault and battery, heavy equipment, communicable disease, etc.).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:

All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.

All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.

Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners offers a comprehensive benefits package to regular full-time employees.

Charlotte County Benefits & Total Rewards

Employer Charlotte, County of (FL)

Address 18500 Murdock Circle

Room 130

Port Charlotte, Florida, 33948

Phone 941-743-1260

Website https://www.CharlotteCountyFL.gov