SITE SUPERINTENDENT I

Job Requisition ID: 52079 
Closing Date: 12/29/2025
​Agency: Department of Natural Resources
Class Title: SITE SUPERINTENDENT I - 41211 
Skill Option: Natural Resources - Outdoor Recreation 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $6,121 monthly; Full Range $6,121 - $8,586 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Pope
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC056 Site Superintendents and Departments of Veterans' Affairs, Natural Resources, Human Services and Agriculture, and Historic Preservation Agency Managers, IFPE
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.

 

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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 looking to hire a Site Superintendent 1 at Dixon Springs, Golconda Marina, and Rauchfuss Hill for the Office of Land Management. This position will serve as supervisor maintaining site operations, assigning work and provide guidance and training to staff; prepare financial reports; monitor annual plan of work and the operating and capital improvement budgets; represent the Department at vaious meetings; and promote the Departments programs and activities. Dixon Springs State Park is home to spectacular topography not found in most of the state. Bold cliffs and crags overhang a bubbling brook, while large boulders overgrown with ferns, ivy, lichen, and moss fringe the hillside. Visitors can enjoy the site's natural beauty while hiking, camping, hunting and fishing. We welcome interested applicants who would like to be part of this team to apply today.

Essential Functions

• Under direction, manages the operation of Dixon Springs, Golconda Marina, and Rauchfuss Hill, Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Prepares and maintains site operations and financial reports/records.
• Directs and participates in the maintenance of site grounds, facilities, and equipment.
• Plans, coordinates, and implements site audit activities and programs compatible with the natural resource base.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with the media and interested groups of individuals.
• Explains agency policies, rules, and regulations to site visitors to assure compliance with same.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably with the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation administration, or natural resource area administration, or in museum administration, history, American studies, or archeology.
• Requires two years of supervisory experience affording training in various facets of managing an outdoor recreational park, or natural public area, or a cultural/historic site or museum.

Preferred Qualifications

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