Sports Turf Supervisor
EXPIRED

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Posted Date: Jun 05, 2024

Expired Date: Aug 17, 2024

QUALIFICATION

  • Salary Expectation
    Unknown
  • Years of Experience
    3+ Years
  • Work Type
    Full-time

ABOUT PROGRAM

About the Job
Job Description

Job Description

The Sports Turf Supervisor is part of the Facilities Grounds team in the Maintenance and Operations Department at Vanderbilt University. The Sport Turf Supervisorsupports the Grounds department generally and the Athletic crew specifically.

About the Work Unit:

Facilities Department provides facilities support for all construction, renovation, and routine maintenance of University space and facilities; housekeeping services for approximately 5.8 million square feet of academic, administrative, residential, and recreational space; grounds care for 330 acres that are a registered arboretum; turf care for athletic fields; and utilities for the University Central and the Medical Center. The Facilities department is comprised of Campus Planning & Construction, Maintenance and Operations, the Business Operations Center and Real Estate.

Key Functions and Expected Performance:

  • Collaborate effectively with the Assistant Grounds Athletic Manager to develop and implement the turf care required to care for and maintain the natural and artificial athletic competition surfaces to the highest collegiate level as required by the Vanderbilt University, the NCAA and the SEC.
  • Competent understanding of common turf care chemicals used to provide athletic turf care. Ability and understanding of effective timing, proper preparation and accurate applications of materials required.
  • Accurately track turf care steps and applications.
  • Create and supervise daily and weekly schedules of turf care activities.
  • Ability to accurately recognize, report and appropriately respond to weeds, turf disease, soil fertility and other issues which might occur in athletic turf.
  • Ability to effectively direct a crew of Turf Care Specialists in daily operation.
  • Ability and knowledge required to competently operate machinery used in athletic field turf care, including but not limited to: reel mowers, rotary mowers, string trimmers, blowers, push mowers, backpack blowers, fertilizer spreaders, spray equipment and hand tools.
Department History

Vanderbilt University Equipment 2024–2025

Person Role

Jordan Hunt

Assistant Athletic Director • Equipment

John Mardirosian

Associate Director/ Equipment

Emmanuel Espinosa

Assistant Director • Men's and Women's Basketball

Bailey Provo

Assistant Director • Baseball

Shane Horn

Assistant Director Equipment • Football

Vanderbilt University Facilities 2024–2025

Person Role

Tom Howard

Associate Athletic Director • Facilities and Event Management

Ed Higgins

Associate Athletic Director • Capital Projects

John Kelly

Assistant Athletic Director • Facilities and Event Management

Eric Chaffin

Associate Director of Facilities & Event Management

Courtney Colton

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management (Director • Tennis Center)

Andrew Lee

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management

Jordan Meltzer

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management

Lauren Rickert

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management

Vanderbilt University Equipment 2023–2024

Person Role

Jordan Hunt

Assistant Athletic Director • Equipment

John Mardirosian

Associate Director/ Equipment

Bailey Provo

Assistant Director • Baseball

Emmanuel Espinosa

Assistant Director • Men's and Women's Basketball

Shane Horn

Assistant Director Equipment • Football

Vanderbilt University Facilities 2023–2024

Person Role

Ed Higgins

Associate Athletic Director • Capital Projects

Tom Howard

Associate Athletic Director • Facilities and Event Management

Phil Brown

Executive Associate Athletic Director • Chief Business Officer • Facilities, Event Management and Capital Projects

Eric Chaffin

Associate Director of Facilities & Event Management

Trae Holthouse

Assistant Director /Facilities and Event Management

Courtney Colton

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management (Director • Tennis Center)

Jordan Meltzer

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management

Andrew Lee

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management

Vanderbilt University Equipment 2022–2023

Person Role

Trent Pearson

Director • Football Equipment

Jordan Hunt

Director/ Equipment

John Mardirosian

Associate Director/ Equipment

Gary Veach

Assistant Director • Equipment (Olympic Sports)

Bailey Provo

Assistant Director • Baseball

Emmanuel Espinosa

Assistant Director • Men's and Women's Basketball

Vanderbilt University Facilities 2022–2023

Person Role

Phil Brown

Senior Associate Athletic Director • Chief Business Officer • Facilities, Event Management and Capital Projects

Ed Higgins

Associate Athletic Director • Capital Projects

Tom Howard

Associate Athletic Director • Facilities and Event Management

Eric Chaffin

Associate Director of Facilities & Event Management

John Kelly

Associate Director/ Facilities and Event Management

Trae Holthouse

Assistant Director /Facilities and Event Management

Precious Birdsong

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management

Courtney Colton

Assistant Director • Facilities and Event Management (Director • Tennis Center)

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