Raymond Harris

• Trained and mentored team members on equipment usage and best practices.
• Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency in service delivery.
• Coordinated schedules and staff assignments to optimize workforce productivity.
• Supervised daily operations and workflows, ensuring compliance with safety protocols.

Maintenance Worker — Athletic Department

City of Wichita — Right-of-Way Department
1995–1997

• Maintained major thoroughfares throughout the city of Wichita.
• Operated mowing equipment to maintain roadside and public areas.
• Collected and removed litter and trash along major city roadways.
• Helped keep Wichita’s streets, rights-of-way, and surrounding areas clean, safe, and well maintained.

1997–2009

Responsible for the daily maintenance, preparation, and upkeep of baseball, softball, soccer and youth football fields. Duties included:

• Mowed and maintained baseball and softball fields, including grass areas, infields, and warning tracks.
• Performed weeding and vegetation control around athletic fields and facilities.
• Applied herbicides and field treatments along fence lines and infield areas as needed.
• Dragged and groomed baseball and softball fields to prepare them for games and practices.
• Chalked and painted foul lines, batter’s boxes, and other field markings for summer and fall play.
• Maintained youth football and soccer fields throughout the city, including spray-painting playing fields and crowd-control lines.
• Repaired and prepared fields during the fall and winter seasons, including reseeding and cutting sod for infields and warning tracks.
• Replaced baseball and softball base anchors when needed.
• Performed seasonal field renovations and general athletic-field maintenance.
• Winterized irrigation systems to protect equipment and ensure proper operation for the following season.
• Maintained athletic facilities and playing surfaces to ensure safe, clean, and game-ready conditions for recreational and competitive use.