Gillson Beach Maintenance Worker

The Wilmette Park District offers Summer Short-term staff the following benefits: Individual Seasonal Beach and Pool Pass, One (1) parking decal for Gillson Beach (over 16 years of age only), Individual Center Fitness Club Membership for June – August for the year of employment.

Job Summary: The Gillson Beach Maintenance Worker is responsible for performing a variety of facility maintenance duties to effectively open Gillson Park for the summer and maintain it during the active season.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Sand sift beach to maintain an even waterfront

• Work in tandem with the excavator contractor to clear the vessel racks of sand and debris

• Build and maintain simple form racks for small vessels

• Redistribute vessels into summer storage spaces

• Remove winter fencing and make adjustments to summer fence lines

• Transport winterized equipment to seasonal spaces

• Clean and configure storage locations for alternate usage

• Perform other related duties as assigned, based on agency needs

• Actively contribute to the Park District’s sustainability goals

Safety Responsibilities:

• Actively support the safety program that will effectively control and reduce accidents

• Obey all Park District and departmental safety rules, regulations, and procedures established by the Wilmette Park District safety program that are pertinent to the activities conducted at the facility and property

• Promptly report all unsafe actions, practices, or conditions to the immediate supervisor

• Attend and participate in required safety training

• Review all accident and incident reports that occur under the area of responsibility and send them to the Human Resources/Risk Management division

• Responsible for administering minor first aid if needed

Required Skills/Abilities (Technology, Mathematical, Language):

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

Education and/or Experience:

• Prior maintenance or operations experience is a plus

• Must be at least 21 years of age

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.

• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and taste or smell

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

• The employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions

• The employee frequently works in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme cold

• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places, and is occasionally exposed to extreme heat and risk of electrical shock

Required Certificates/Licenses/Registrations:

• Valid driver's license

Salary : $16