GROUNDSKEEPING SUPERVISOR II - SES - 67016642 - SUNLAND

Requisition No: 885593 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: GROUNDSKEEPING SUPERVISOR II - SES - 67016642 - SUNLAND

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 67016642 

Salary:  $37,117.08- $40,828.84 

Posting Closing Date: 10/22/2026 

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 POSITION: Groundskeeping Supervisor II - Selected Exempt Service (SES)

POSITION NUMBER: 67016642

INTERNAL AGENCY - ONLY CURRENT APD EMPLOYEES WILL BE ELIGIBLE

This posting may close before the posted closing date.

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. 

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

SALARY RANGE

$37,117.08- $40,828.84 Annually            $1,427.58 - $1,570.34 Bi-weekly

The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.  

Position Summary

Supervise and assist the staff in groundskeeping duties. This is to include but not limited to cutting grass and trees, collecting, and hauling objects such as tree limbs, leave trash, general rubbish to the dump.  Cleaning around the houses and all other buildings, ditches, fence rows, maintaining right-of-ways and controlling weeds. Supervise and assist in the cleaning of parking lots, and outdoor recreational areas. Supervise and be the direct contact for the Inmate Program at Sunland. Assign inmates to various areas and to other Sunland supervisors and or staff.

The Work You Will Do 

Supervise and assist the groundskeepers on the houses in ensuring the housing areas are kept cleaned and sanitized. This is to include but not limited to bedrooms, dayrooms, kitchen area, dining area and laundry room, etc. on a daily and on-going basis.

Supervise and assist in moving furniture and equipment, load; unload trucks with furniture, and building materials such as couches, chairs, boxes, lumber general supplies, etc. Assist other trades and staff with labor to complete task such as digging ditches, lay pipe, and pull wire, load material.  Any labor task to keep Sunland running on a daily and on-going basis.

Operating and maintaining a preventative maintenance program on all the equipment assigned to the groundskeeping crew. 

This is to include but not limited to trucks, tractors, lawn mowers, bush hogs, floor cleaning equipment etc.  

Schedule all work in relationship to groundskeeping duties. Complete and process work orders and maintain tool control and tool control logs.

Conduct quarterly performance reviews and annual appraisals on all subordinate employees according to established policy. Train employees in methods for performing effective and efficient jobs needed to accomplish groundskeeping tasks. 

Assist in eliminating ants, bees, wasp, and other insects as needed per supervisor center wide.

Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications 

• Valid driver's license
• At least 2 years of experience in groundskeeping
• Experience supervising employees
• Experience operating farm tractors and implements

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of groundskeeping techniques.
• Skill in operating a variety of groundskeeping equipment.
• Ability to supervise people.
• Ability to prepare and/or maintain records.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Additional Information

Profile Completion

To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. 

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

Retiree Notice

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.

Direct Deposit Program

As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.  Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.

Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

Applicants for employment will also be screened through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. For additional information, please visit the AHCA Background Screening Clearinghouse.  

APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).

All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. 

Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Recruiting Contact:

Lizzie Holland

Human Resource Specialist/Recruitment Manager

Sunland Human Resources

Division of Administration and Facility Operations

E-mail: lizzie.holland@apdcares.org

3700 Williams Drive Marianna, FL. 32446

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.