OPS PARK RANGER - 37971081 1

State of Florida • Sebring, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is hiring an OPS Park Ranger at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park in Ellenton, Florida. This is a 40-hour-per-week position requiring strong visitor-service and administrative skills, independent work, and the ability to perform varied skilled trade tasks using assorted tools and equipment. The position works rotating shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

The Park Ranger supports visitor services, resource management, maintenance, administration, and park protection. Duties include assisting visitors; protecting natural, cultural, historic, and archaeological resources; maintaining park facilities and grounds; preparing reports and handling fees and merchandise; and conducting patrols and security checks. The position also performs other related duties as required.

The position requires a valid driver's license and successful completion of background screening. It is designated as a Position of Special Trust. Employees must follow uniform, grooming, body art, and piercing standards and comply with applicable rules and policies.

Requirements

• Valid driver's license.
• Knowledge of Florida's natural and cultural resources and good public relations.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and prepare reports accurately.
• Ability to interact professionally, tactfully, and courteously with internal and external customers and the general public.
• Skill in cleaning park facilities, including restrooms, and picking up trash.
• Skill in grounds and building maintenance, including mowing, weed eating, pressure washing, and painting.
• Skill in using power tools, including chainsaws and drills.
• Basic plumbing skills, including repairing hose bibs and waterlines.
• Basic electrical skills, including replacing outlets and circuit breakers.
• Ability to maintain gas-powered lawn, farm, and marine equipment.
• Basic carpentry skills, including boardwalk and fence repairs.
• Ability to use a computer and programs such as Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to participate in resource-management work, including prescribed-fire activities and non-native plant removal that may involve herbicide application.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, work independently with minimal supervision, and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to speak in public and understand and apply rules, directives, policies, laws, and regulations.
• Ability to conduct routine inspections and identify and investigate problems.
• Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather and perform physical labor.
• Ability to lift 40 pounds and assist in transporting items or supplies weighing 100 pounds or more.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Successful completion of background screening and fingerprint check.
• Ability to wear the required uniform and comply with male and female hair-grooming standards and body art and piercing restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Explain park facilities and services; answer visitors' questions, provide information and directions, and attempt to resolve complaints professionally.
• Observe, maintain, and protect the park's natural, cultural, historic, and archaeological resources; assist with species control and resource-management activities.
• Maintain park structures, facilities, equipment, and grounds using routine, preventive, and corrective maintenance practices; inspect conditions and clean facilities, restrooms, and park areas.
• Prepare forms and reports; answer the telephone; operate park radio, computer, and office equipment.
• Collect fees, operate the cash register or point-of-sale system, reconcile receipts, and order, sell, and inventory resale merchandise.
• Conduct routine patrols and security checks, follow the Park Protection Plan, open or secure facilities, interpret and enforce park rules, and safeguard cash funds.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Participation in state group insurance, subject to eligibility requirements.
• State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan, a tax-deferred retirement savings plan.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed