The Calvert County Department of Parks & Recreation is hiring a Park Supervisor for the Parks & Safety Division to oversee countywide park operations during evenings, weekends, and holidays. This role manages staff across multiple sites, ensures smooth activities and events, and maintains a safe, welcoming environment for patrons.

Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for coordinating with staff, visitors, and community groups. The Park Supervisor also makes weather-related event decisions, handles large crowds, and adapts to last-minute changes or strict deadlines while providing excellent customer service.

Performs building and grounds maintenance work at various County facilities. Work involves supervising merit employees, seasonal and hourly workers, and community service workers and direct hands on involvement in maintaining and repairing County buildings and facilities and/or assisting with the physical set up of various events and activities the County sponsors throughout the year. Performs building maintenance, building cleaning, outdoor maintenance and landscaping activities. Work involves performing general building repairs, welding, fabrication, painting and cleaning of County facilities and grounds and may involve installation of necessary equipment. Work requires ability to follow instructions. Work is performed under close to general supervision depending on assignment.

Essential Job Functions

Working supervisor engaged in facility maintenance and repair work: assigns and reviews facilities maintenance work, and takes actions to adjust work, staffing and operations to meet requirements; trains staff in procedures; participates in and initiates actions regarding hiring, payroll, leave, performance, and other personnel actions.

Performs ground maintenance to include lawn cutting, trimming, edging, fertilizing and seeding, pruning trees and shrubbery, mulching around trees and bushes.  Maintains flower beds at various areas. Unloads pallets of lime and fertilizer from trucks. Maintains lawn care equipment. Maintains satellite facilities.

Maintains sports fields; lines and drags baseball/softball fields; lays out ball fields for various sports activities; fertilizes, sprays pesticides, and aerates all fields (where applicable).

Welds, fabricates, maintains, and repairs loaders, tractors, powered sprayers, detachers and related equipment; performs major equipment repairs on mowers, tractors, power sprayers, gators, hand-held equipment, etc.; applies automotive paint and refinishes and removes dents.

Inspects playground equipment, basketball/tennis courts; makes playground repairs.

Answers questions, resolves issues, and directs the public in use of facilities.

Communicates daily with supervisor, employees, and contractors; uses computer to prepare daily reports, respond to emails, and review facility schedules.

Empties outside trash receptacles and keeps grounds clear of debris.

Monitors HVAC systems (mechanical and computerized) as assigned.

Changes building light bulbs, repairs pumps, filtration systems.

Completes various painting projects both indoors and outdoors (spackling, sanding, priming).

Repairs flush valves, plumbing fixtures, roofs, fountains and picnic tables; repairs decks, handrails, fencing systems and athletic fields; installs and repairs chain link, split rail, and picket fencing.

Snowplows roads and parking lots and shovels and salts walkways; maintains snow removal equipment.

Reports to appropriate authority if anything is broken or leaks or pole lights go out.

Moves furniture. Sets up tents for special activities.

Assists in building exhibits or other items useful to the public.

Other Duties

Performs related work as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (These are pre-employment KSA that apply only to Essential Job Functions.)

Knowledge of--

• Building and grounds maintenance procedures.

• Effective techniques of supervision.

Skill in--

• Use of tools and equipment of the trade.