Temporary Assignment - Bastrop, United States - Parks

Description

General Overview:


Would you enjoy working outdoors in spectacular park settings in central Texas and being a member of a team passionate about delivering Parks that offer the best cleanliness and amenities around?
This assignment may be what you have been searching for. As a Parks Custodian, you will have the opportunity to join our team in the East District Parks.

This position will be responsible for holding the standard of our parks high to achieve our Parks' goal of being the most dynamic park system in the nation.

We look forward to receiving your resume and having a new member join our parks team


Job Duties:

At an entry level, performs general day-to-day custodial, grounds keeping, minor maintenance and customer service duties within a park setting, ensuring a safe, clean, and hospitable environment for our guests.

• Cleans facilities (restrooms, offices, classrooms, cabins, fish cleaning stations, fee booths, pavilions, porches, decks, dining halls, kitchens, picnic tables, fire rings and grills and, as needed, dormitories) according to established standards.
• Empties trash cans and cleans grounds of trash and debris.
• Performs routine maintenance including painting, changing AC filters and light bulbs, minor carpentry and plumbing repairs (e.g. leaks, sinks, toilet problems).
• Performs customer service activities providing information and assisting guests on the grounds.
• Assists with event set up and take down of events, delivering supplies, transporting equipment and providing parking instructions.
• Opens and closes buildings and activates security system.

This general overview only includes essential functions and does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the contractor occupying this position.

Staff will be required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other job-related duties requested by supervisor or management.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Driver's License

Must be able to work weekends and holidays


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of custodial, landscaping and grounds maintenance techniques
• Skill in the operation of equipment (e. g., UTV, golf cart, etc.)
• Skill in providing customer service in a courteous and professional manner
• Skill in working with a safety mindset
• Skill in communicating effectively with team members, supervision/management and the general public
• Ability to work efficiently and independently with mínimal supervision
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to follow directions and complete tasks

Work Environment:

Work hours are primarily spent in an outdoor environment. Some work hours are spent within park buildings and facilities. Some work hours are spent in a rugged outdoor environment including traversing rugged natural terrain. Work involves weekends, holidays and nonstandard hours. Work involves exposure to various and sometimes extreme weather conditions. Works at heights up to 20 feet Work requires use of protective equipment. Work involves exposure to natural hazards such as fire ants, snakes, wasps and other stinging insects and other wildlife


Physical Demands:

Work involves frequent finger/hand manipulation in using hand tools and operating equipment Work involves frequent climbing, crawling, crouching or other non-sitting positions in climbing ladders, event set up/take down, making minor repairs, cleaning facilities, trimming limbs, painting, trail construction and maintenance and other maintenance activities Work involves frequent standing and/or walking in making minor repairs, cleaning facilities, trimming limbs, weed eating, painting, trail construction, and other maintenance activities Work involves frequent climbing of ladders Work involves occasional standing and/or walking including significant distances (up to two miles) including traversing rugged and uneven natural terrain within sites covering several hundred acres that include various elevations and up to 45 degree slopes Occasionally lifts and carries up to 50 pounds Occasionally pushes or pulls up to 50 pounds Work involves occasional lifting up to 50 pounds from the floor to the waist Work involves finger/hand manipulation in using a keyboard and mouse less than 20% of the time Performs work at chest level or higher, including overhead full arm extension holding up to 20 pounds less than 20% of the time


This job is a temporary position with a third-party staffing agency.

Job Type:
Contract, Temporary, Full Time


Salary:
$ $18.00 per hour


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Weekends

Work Location:
In person


Job Types:
Full-time, Temporary, Contract


Pay:
$ $18.00 per hour


Expected hours:
per week


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Afternoon shift
• Day shift
• Every weekend
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends

as needed


Application Question(s):

• Do you have a valid Texas Driver's License?

Ability to Reloca