Park Maintenance Seasonal Worker

STATUS: Full-time seasonal

LOCATION: Region shop locations throughout the County

ANTICIPATED STARTING RATE: $16.75 per hour

HOURLY RATE RANGE: $16.50-$18.57 per hour

JOB OVERVIEW

See yourself working in the great outdoors this summer! Spend your time outdoors in wide-open spaces working as part of a team assisting our experienced Park Rangers in daily maintenance of Conservation District park sites creating an enjoyable experience for our park visitors. Job duties include but not limited to:

• Mowing and trimming
• Light maintenance work such as painting and staining
• Trail work such as trimming and erosion control
• Park rounds including trash pick-up and maintenance of the site

What are we looking for Preferably someone with some previous experience in landscape or park maintenance work including the ability to use power tools and maintenance equipment or willing to learn such tools and equipment if not already familiar with it.

For your safety and those around you we require applicants to have a current valid drivers license and complete a pre-employment drug screening due to driving being essential to the job as well as be able to regularly lift up to 50lbs. Additionally you must be at least 18 years of age at the time of your start date.

YOU WILL GAIN FROM THIS EXERIENCE:

1. Gain experience working in both a team and independent work environment.
2. Become proficient in the safe operational use of landscaping tools and equipment.
3. Develop communications and problem-solving skills.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: While we do not provide a formal internship program if you need to obtain college credits through an internship we are open to further discussing with you the criteria your college is looking for in a program to determine if the District has the time and resources to fulfill those needs.

BENEFITS: Accrual of paid leave under the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act.

CLOSING DATE: Until filled

QUESTIONS: Contact HR at .

We are committed to fostering diversity inclusion and fairness in our workforce culture and programming so that our work reflects and celebrates the communities we serve. We strive for an inclusive culture that encourages supports and celebrates diverse voices in service to conservation.

Further the McHenry County Conservation District (the District) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Employment with the District is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race age color sex religion sexual orientation veteran status national origin marital status mental or physical disability pregnancy or related medical conditions or any other legally protected status.

Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/ interview process should notify the Human Resources Manager.

We require applicants to have a current valid drivers license and complete a pre-employment drug screening due to driving being essential to the job.