Maintenance Worker 2 position located at Warm Springs Wildlife Management Area. Performs a wide variety of semi-skilled or manual work repairing, maintaining, and improving habitat areas and vegetation as well as grounds and facilities at state parks, fishing access sites, wildlife management areas, and administrative facilities.
Requirements
- Operates equipment such as mowers, powered weed trimmers, pick-ups, ATVs, chainsaws, power and hand tools.
- Performs basic repairs to building structures (including historic preservation at certain locations).
- Scrapes, paints, stains or treats building and structural surfaces including windows doors, picnic tables, shelters.
- Installs, repairs and maintains wood, steel, wire and other types of fencing, signs, posts, kiosks, etc.
- Performs landscaping activities that include mowing, tree pruning, hazardous tree/sagebrush removal, irrigation and general care and planting of lawns, shrubs and trees to provide the site with safe and appropriate vegetation to reduce weed problems.
- Makes general repairs to equipment which may require training, notifies others when extensive repairs are required.
- Performs specialized tasks requiring training in areas which may include plumbing, welding, carpentry, roofing, electrical, historic building stabilization some of which must meet specific codes or standards.
- Performs plumbing and sewer system repairs and maintenance including working on pumps, wells, valves, commodes, sinks, pressure tanks, septic tanks, sewer lift stations, boiler system and various kinds of pipe including galvanized, copper and plastic.
- Fabricates specialized equipment, when needed.
- Plans and determines weed control efforts using a variety of methodologies including chemical, social, biological and mechanical controls.
- Helps produce weed reports for weed maintenance at FWP sites.
- Performs weed control efforts including obtaining a commercial pesticide applicator.
- Coordinates with Maintenance Supervisor to track and report weed maintenance activities for the annual weed report.
- Gathers and removes garbage, debris, litter and performs janitorial and cleaning tasks.
- Performs basic preventative maintenance for equipment such as checking fluids, belts, hoses and filters and notifies others when significant repairs are required.
- Assists with daily maintenance logs and ensures record keeping and filing is sufficient in absence of maintenance supervisor.
- Also assists with ordering of supplies and materials, completing vehicle reports and other personnel logs and time reporting within required timeframes.
- Performs manual work to construct and/or repair property boundary fences, using permanent fences to minimize trespass by livestock.
- Performs manual work in maintaining roads, culverts, and bridges by using a variety of heavy and light equipment such as backhoes, dump trucks, and hand tools.
- Performs habitat development and maintenance projects such as tree planting, grazing programs, mowing, farming, waterfowl nesting structures.
- Manages large scale irrigation systems.
- Monitors FWP sites and makes public contacts, documents incidents and events related to public safety, resource impacts.
- May collect fees and educate visitors on rules and regulations and report violations observed to superiors for follow up.
- May evaluate and familiarize all staff on equipment operation and maintenance.
- Participates in and may lead safety trainings and ensure proper use of personal protective equipment on all job duties.
- Assists with major maintenance construction and stabilization projects on site.
- In conjunction with the Maintenance Supervisor and other regional staff, the employee will help establish the correct procedures to complete a wide variety of skilled, semi-skilled or manual work repairing, constructing and maintaining buildings, land, water, grounds, and related facilities.
Benefits
- Employee may act as Maintenance Team Supervisor in that person's absence and regularly demonstrates independent decision-making and problem solving.
- The employee may also serve as a Lead Crew worker.
- Regional and site-specific variance may exist, and other duties may be assigned.
- Employee may be eligible for a statutory base pay increase of $1.00 an hour effective July 1, 2026.
- Employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year are also provided health, dental and life insurance.
- Other benefits include retirement, paid vacation, sick and holidays.
- This position may be covered by a VEBA (Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association).
