Summer Intern | 40 hours per week | Plant Operations

Minimum Hiring Wage:

Job Details:

A Brief Overview

Assists and learns to maintain grounds (lawns tress shrubs parking lots side walks etc.) during summer months. Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment in accordance with operation manuals and manufacturers specifications using hand and power tools and precision measuring and testing instruments. Ability to work in various weather conditions and during off hours.

What you will do

• Operate powered equipment such as lawn mowers edgers hedge trimmers tractors and other gas-powered equipment related to maintaining the lawns trees and shrubs and landscaped areas.
• Use hand tools such as shovels rakes along with hand-held electric power tools.
• Gather and remove litter.
• Mix and spray herbicides or insecticides onto grass shrubs and trees using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) or enrolled in college (preferred)
• Experience with the following tools: Lawnmowers small gas-powered equipment (preferred)
• Experience with the following technology: Electronic mail software-Outlook Operating System software-Microsoft Windows (preferred)
• Knowledge of machines and tools including their uses repair and maintenance.
• Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying taking time to understand the points being made asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Managing ones own time and the time of others.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift push pull or carry objects.
• The ability to bend stretch twist or reach with your body arms and/or legs.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.