SITE TECHNICIAN II (UMP)

Job Requisition ID: 52181
Closing Date: 12/29/2025
​Agency: Department of Natural Resources
Class Title: SITE TECHNICIAN II - 41132 
Skill Option: UMP Certificate 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $4,586 monthly; Full Range $4,586 - $6,228 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Logan
Number of Vacancies: 2
Bargaining Unit Code: RC028 Paraprofessional Human Services Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: N/A

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking to hire Site Technician 2 at James Heltfrich GPC and Edward Madigan State Park for The Office of Land Management. This position will assist in the propagation and rearing of game birds, perform ground maintenance, plumbing, carpentry and electrical duties throughout the parks, winterize buildings and equipment and provide maintenance to tractors, small machines and trucks, answer phone calls and questions from visitors and provide training to volunteers and conservation workers. James Helfrich Wildlife Propagation Center/ Edward Madigan State Park is comprised of a mixture of upland hardwood timber, wooded riparian/floodplain buffer (along Salt Creek), native warm-season grass and forb plantings, cool-season grass pasture, and agricultural fields. You can enjoy fishing, hiking and hunting. We welcome all interested candidates to apply today.

 

Essential Functions

• Under direct supervision, provides technical assistance in the propagation and rearing of game birds.
• Performs semi-skill maintenance and repair projects for James Heltfrich GPC and Edward Madigan state Park.
• Performs overall general maintenance of the grounds internal and external throughout the parks.
• Engages in public relations work throughout the parks.
• Provides training to volunteers and conservation workers on the safe operation of equipment and utilization of hand tools.
• Prepares reports and records for the parks.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires education and experience equivalent to high school graduation and two years maintenance or farming experience preferably associated with the building trades and/or the operation of heavy equipment and machinery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of tools and equipment used in the trades and/or the operation of heavy equipment or farm machinery and implements and/or warehousing.
• Two (2) years of experience in following written and oral instructions.
• Two (2) years of experience in informing visitors of site facilities, programs, rules and regulations.

Conditions of Employment

Applicants must be able to meet the following Conditions of Employment, with or with