Seasonal Laborer II-Worcester VC

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Worcester, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) aims to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts’ environmental resources and foster a clean energy future for all residents. This is achieved through the stewardship of open spaces, protection of environmental resources, and advancement of clean energy, ensuring Massachusetts remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family. EEA is committed to environmental justice, ensuring all residents have access to a safe, clean environment and benefit equally from the clean energy transition. As an employer, EEA provides meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower employees to shape the environmental future of Massachusetts, fostering a culture that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is dedicated to protecting, promoting, and enhancing the commonwealth's natural, cultural, and recreational resources. DCR manages over 450,000 acres of parks, forests, water supply protection lands, beaches, lakes, ponds, playgrounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, trails, golf courses, and parkways, striving to be a leader in conservation and recreation with a passionate and dedicated staff.

Requirements

• Applicants must have at least six months of full-time, or equivalent part- time experience in performing manual labor in connection with general construction or maintenance work.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and maintains public areas of assigned location such as restrooms, campgrounds, parking lots, trails, beaches etc.
• Performs various manual labor tasks which may require some specialized skill.
• Installs, repairs and maintains signs such as regulatory, historic and information signs by performing such tasks as digging holes and installing supports using a variety of hand or handheld power tools.
• Plants, transplants, prunes, trims and fertilizes trees, flowers and shrubs; seeds lawns and gardens; sprays for insects and plant diseases; and performs related tasks such as cutting grass, raking leaves and watering trees, shrubs and flowers as required for the upkeep and beautification of public grounds.
• Load and unload trucks (firewood, park supplies, equipment, etc..), physically or by use of dollies; unpacks and stores supplies and equipment in stockrooms, storerooms or warehouses; and takes periodic inventories of supplies and equipment.
• Performs preventative maintenance on assigned equipment and tools by washing, inspecting, tightening, lubricating and sharpening edges on all cutting tools.
• Perform related duties such as repairing and painting guard rails; setting up wooden horses, cones etc. for traffic control purposes; moving equipment, sweeping, collecting and removing trash.
• Operate handheld power tools.
• Install attachments such as mowers, plow blades, leaf catcher buckets and vacuum cleaners to tractors and/or trucks in order to equip vehicles for grass cutting, roadway cleaning, snow removal, etc.
• Operate motor vehicles including light vehicles, trucks, etc., in connection with assigned unit activities.
• Operate camp registration offices, issue admission tickets, receive receipts and maintain simple records
• Perform related duties as required.

Benefits

• An outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.
• A work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees