Maintenance Worker 2

State of Montana • Missoula, MT

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About The Position

The Maintenance Worker 2 works from the Missoula Regional Headquarters in Missoula, Montana, as part of the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division’s regional maintenance team. The position assists with maintenance of state parks, fishing access sites, wildlife management areas, and administrative facilities in the Blackfoot drainage. Work includes repairing, maintaining, and improving habitat areas, vegetation, grounds, and facilities, and helping establish workflows for routine tasks. The position may support multiple geographic units or assist another unit as circumstances require.

The role requires extensive knowledge of constructing and maintaining fences in mountainous terrain, managing noxious weeds in difficult-to-access areas, and caring for wildlife habitat. Weed management work may involve backpack, UTV boom, spot, and ATV spraying; mapping weed infestations; recording spray tracks, waypoints, and infestations using GPS; and selecting herbicides for Montana noxious weeds. The employee must be comfortable working in remote areas where grizzly bears may be encountered.

The employee regularly exercises independent judgment and problem-solving, may serve as a lead crew worker, and may act as Maintenance Team Supervisor in that person’s absence. Regional or site-specific needs may vary, and other duties may be assigned. Applicants must submit a resume and references through the State of Montana Career site. A successful applicant is subject to a background investigation.

Requirements

• Education and experience equivalent to a high school diploma or equivalency and three years of job-related experience; other combinations may be considered case by case.
• Working knowledge of general maintenance and construction methods and practices for buildings, facilities, and grounds, including tool care and operation of heavy and light construction and farm equipment.
• Extensive knowledge of building and maintaining fences in mountainous terrain on Wildlife Management Areas.
• Experience or knowledge of weed spraying in difficult-to-access terrain, including backpack, UTV boom, spot, and ATV spraying.
• Understanding of biological control principles; experience mapping weed infestations; ability to use GPS to record spray tracks, waypoints, and infestations.
• Knowledge of Montana noxious weeds and appropriate herbicides for varied terrain.
• Understanding of wildlife habitat maintenance and comfort working in remote areas where grizzly bears may be encountered.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, produce high-quality work, and recognize and accept authority.
• Awareness, sensitivity, and restraint when working in wildlife management areas, riparian areas, or historic and cultural sites.
• Effective verbal and written communication and computer skills.
• Commercial driver’s license or ability to obtain one; ability to follow traffic and state laws and tow a trailer using proper safety protocols.
• Ability to obtain a commercial pesticide applicator’s license and complete required pesticide operator training.
• Basic First Aid/CPR certification or ability to obtain it.
• Ability to use spreadsheets and other programs needed for maintenance logs and personnel reports.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of carpentry, woodworking, plumbing, welding, electrical and masonry work, engine repair and maintenance, and applicable industry standards; ability to perform a combination of these skills is preferred.
• Knowledge of water, septic, and boiler system operation and maintenance.
• Water and boiler system skills; operator certifications or ability to obtain them.

Responsibilities

• Repair, maintain, and improve habitat areas, vegetation, grounds, and facilities at state parks, fishing access sites, wildlife management areas, and administrative facilities.
• Assist with maintenance of State Parks, Fishing Access, and Wildlife Management Area sites in the Blackfoot drainage.
• Build and maintain fences in mountainous terrain on Wildlife Management Areas.
• Perform weed management, including spraying, mapping infestations, recording spray tracks and waypoints with GPS, and selecting appropriate herbicides.
• Coordinate with regional managers, the Maintenance Team Supervisor, and regional staff on maintenance tasks and routine workflows.
• Assist or share maintenance functions across geographic units as circumstances require.
• Exercise independent decision-making and problem-solving; serve as a lead crew worker and, when needed, act as Maintenance Team Supervisor.
• Serve visitors appropriately and provide accurate information about facilities, regulations, fees, and recreational opportunities where applicable.
• Complete maintenance logs and personnel reports using spreadsheets and other necessary programs.
• Participate in PPE training and, if qualified, provide PPE training.

Benefits

• Health insurance for employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year.
• Dental insurance for employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year.
• Life insurance for employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year.
• Retirement.
• Paid vacation.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid holidays.
• The position may be covered by a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED