Seasonal Maintenance Assistant

Forest Service • Allegany, MD

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service/Western Region, is currently accepting applications for Seasonal Maintenance Assistant positions located at Green Ridge State Forest in Flintstone, Maryland. Work entails performing independently moderately complex tasks in maintenance work, including routine construction work, campsite maintenance, rendering routine preventive maintenance, and making minor repairs or improvements to buildings, fixtures, mechanical equipment, grounds and roadways. Other duties may include but are not limited to: snow removal, planting trees, operating chainsaws, habitat improvement projects and boundary line maintenance. May be required to work weekends and/or holidays. Short term and ten-month contracts are available.

Requirements

• Completion of the eighth grade.
• Experience operating small equipment such as mowers and chainsaws.
• Persons in this position may be assigned duties which require the operation of an automobile or other motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess the appropriate operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of operation and maintenance of heavy equipment such as bulldozers, plows, large trucks, etc.; of conservation principles and practices.
• Elementary knowledge of agricultural practices of the more common species of plant life and wildlife indigenous to the state and its geography; of fire suppression practices.
• Ability to supervise work crews; to carry out orders and instructions; to work independently on specialized assignments; to work effectively with fellow workers; to deal with the general public

Responsibilities

• Routine construction work
• Campsite maintenance
• Rendering routine preventive maintenance
• Making minor repairs or improvements to buildings, fixtures, mechanical equipment, grounds and roadways
• Snow removal
• Planting trees
• Operating chainsaws
• Habitat improvement projects
• Boundary line maintenance

Benefits

• Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents.
• As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled.
• The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits.
• You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.
• Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed