Laborer

Commander, Navy Installations Command•Chesapeake, VA

19d

About The Position

This position is located in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Fleet and Family Readiness Program, Fleet Readiness Department, within the Fitness/Sports and Deployed Support Department. The Laborer maintains and operates clean indoor and outdoor fitness and aquatic facilities and spaces, and assists the Fitness Director with maintaining facilities, grounds, and sports fields in a clean and usable condition. The position involves indoor and outdoor cleaning and maintenance, stocking and transporting supplies, preparing sports fields, and operating and performing routine maintenance on equipment. Duties may include cleaning fitness and customer areas, maintaining restrooms and locker rooms, replenishing towels and supplies, performing basic repairs, caring for grounds, and preparing fields and facilities for sporting events. The employee may use ladders or scaffolding to reach high surfaces and may be required to work an irregular tour, including weekends and holidays.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Ability to follow simple verbal and written instructions and carry out assigned duties independently.
Knowledge of basic cleaning and janitorial techniques and procedures.
Ability to work with basic equipment, materials, and supplies used to maintain a facility in a clean and sanitary condition.
Ability to operate, perform routine maintenance on, and repair outdoor equipment used to prepare sports fields and facilities for sporting events.
Must maintain a valid driver's license and be able to operate a variety of automobiles in the performance of duties.
Must pass applicable records and background checks, successfully pass E-Verify employment verification, and resolve any discrepancies as a condition of employment.
Must remain drug-free during Federal employment.
Must maintain the privacy of official work information and data and demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct.
Position may require an irregular tour of duty, including weekends and holidays.
Physical activities include standing, walking, bending, turning, stooping, twisting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and light lifting; some activities may be prolonged.
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and heavier items with assistance.

Responsibilities

Assist the Fitness Director with keeping facilities, grounds, and sports fields clean and maintained.
Operate power tools and equipment to maintain outdoor facilities, such as chain saws, hedge trimmers, tillers, chippers, snow blowers, tractors, trucks, and pressure washers.
Service equipment before use and make adjustments, minor repairs, or replace worn or damaged parts as needed.
Load, unload, transport, and store supplies, and stock shelves.
Sweep, mop, and dust customer service areas, lobbies, exercise rooms, bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms.
Sanitize, disinfect, and deodorize lavatories, urinals, and toilet bowls, and replenish soap dispensers and paper towel holders.
Perform general maintenance, including touch-up painting, replacing light bulbs, washing and drying towels, and replenishing towels, soap, paper towels, and toilet paper.
Maintain outdoor areas, fields, and surrounding grounds by cutting grass, edging, weeding, raking, shoveling snow, and removing trash from receptacles.
Prepare sports fields by lining fields, setting bases, securing windscreens, installing goals or goal posts, and moving bleachers; make repairs as needed or directed.
Vacuum carpeted areas and use automatic waxing or buffing machines on floors and other surfaces.
Wash walls, windows, blinds, and other surfaces, using ladders or scaffolding to reach high areas.
Perform other related duties as assigned.