Laborer I - Northern Region - 3711 - Seasonal (13 Weeks) - Holbrook Island Sanctuary

Location: Brooksville,Maine,United States

LABORER I

Opening Date:

January 30, 2025

Closing Date:

February 21, 2025

Location:

Holbrook Island Sanctuary

Position #:

01720-3711

Position Type:

Seasonal Full Time - 13 Weeks*

Class Code:

8001

Grade/Salary:

Grade 03 - $15.00 - $17.72 Per Hour

*Season: 01720-3711 - 13 Weeks (approximately 06/08/2025 to 09/06/2025)

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands Division, is recruiting to fill a Seasonal Full Time Laborer I position (13 weeks), located at Holbrook Island Sanctuary.

BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION: This is maintenance and personal services work in performing a variety of unskilled manual labor tasks associated with minor maintenance, repair, and upkeep at such places as parks, boat facilities, cemeteries, garages, and agricultural growing sites. Responsibilities include mowing, shoveling miscellaneous material, lifting, and moving heavy objects, cleaning and servicing vehicles and equipment, making minor repairs to, and maintaining buildings, preparing, and planting cuttings and seeds, preparing grounds/fields for planting, and/or assisting trades workers in various duties. Some positions may require frequent bending, constant moving, and lifting and moving heavy objects on a regular basis. Reasonable accommodation will be made for qualified handicapped employees. Work is performed under immediate supervision.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.

For questions specific to the position, please contact the Park Manager, Charles Cannon, at (207) 326-4012 or by e-mail at Charles.Cannon@maine.gov

Since many of our parks are seasonal, park staff may not be available to take your call during the early spring months. If you are unable to contact the park manager at a park; please contact April Kerr at (207) 941-4821 or April.Kerr@maine.gov

Job offers to a new hire are conditional upon verification of credentials, criminal record, and driver’s license check if applicable. Three references must be made available at the interview to include at least one work-related reference.  Anyone who meets the minimum qualifications of the position may apply. 

The Department is not responsible for late receipt of applications due to mail service or faxing malfunctions.

The following general information pertains to seasonal employment at Maine State Parks: 

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older (Lifeguards must be 16 or older)
• Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or have legal authority to work in the U.S.
• Housing is provided in the Penobscot River Corridor and the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
• In general, housing is not available at the other parks
• Most positions are scheduled to work 40 hours each week, with weekends and some holidays required
• Parks seasonal positions are required to wear uniforms which are provided by the agency

HOW TO APPLY: Interested applicants need to apply online by selecting the "APPLY" button below along with uploading a detailed Resume. In order for us to properly determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for any posting, you must be sure your Resume includes month and year for any experience listed along with the duties and responsibilities associated with each particular time period. Any experience that was not full-time employment should be identified as such. 

If you can't apply online and you require a paper application, please download and print one here: https://www.maine.gov/bhr/state-jobs/application-process. Paper applications for this posting should be submitted along with a detailed Resume, before the closing date, to: Natural Resources Service Center, c/o Kristin McCamish, 32 Blossom Lane, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME 04333-0155. Please be sure that the title, and position number, of the job you are applying for is included.

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