Grounds Maintenance Worker 2 (Wilsonville)

Initial Posting Date:

06/17/2024

Application Deadline:

06/30/2024

Agency:

Department of Corrections

Salary Range:

$4,174 - $5,489

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Grounds Maintenance Worker 2 (Wilsonville)

Job Description:

Grounds Maintenance Worker II (Wilsonville)

Oregon Department of Corrections

The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) seeks to employ career-oriented candidates and offers employment opportunities in a wide variety of challenging occupations. ODOC’s mission is to promote public safety by holding offenders accountable for their actions and reducing the risk of future criminal behavior.

This position is represented by American Federations of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). This position may be eligible for Police & Fire (P&F) benefits through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), as defined by statute.

This position is responsible for grounds maintenance of Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. You will lead a team of adults in custody to accomplish this work while educating them about landscaping and grounds maintenance.

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is Oregon’s only women’s correctional institution as well as the intake department for the state housing newly sentenced offenders.  There are a variety of uses onsite including secure areas, roads, parking lots, landscaping, grass, and shooting ranges. You will work to maintain a safe and well cared for ground. The facility also includes a large fruit and vegetable garden that is used to help provide fresh healthy food to the institution.

The ideal worker for this position is well versed in landscape in the Willamette Valley, comfortable operating and maintaining relevant equipment, has a passion for leading crews and teaching others, and strong personal ethics and boundaries.

What We Are Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

An associated degree in landscape technology, horticulture, turf management or closely related field

AND

eighteen (18) months of landscape experience

AND

the ability to obtain a Public Pesticide Applicator license within six (6) months of hire

OR

Three (3) years of landscape experience AND the ability to obtain a Public Pesticide Applicator license within six (6) months of hire

Requested Skills in

• Supervision and direction of work
• Irrigation implementation and maintenance
• Planting and caring for large fruit and vegetable garden
• Operation of landscaping equipment
• Drivers License

Only the candidates whose experience most closely matches the qualifications and requested skills of this position will be invited to an interview.

In the Work Experience section of your online application clearly describe your experience as it relates to the minimum and special qualifications, requested skills, and/or desired attributes. Be sure to demonstrate you have obtained any skills requested or required through education, work experience, or by showing you have transferable skills (i.e., skills obtained through military education or experience) that substantially relate to this position. Your application and work experience will be used to determine how related your experience is to this position.

Failure to provide this information will result in eliminating your application from further consideration. A resume will not substitute for completing the work experience section of your application.

Working Conditions

Working in a minimum and medium custody adult correctional facility including daily contact with male and female adults in custody (AIC). Working with equipment, groundskeeping chemicals, and tools. Co

Requirements for Employment

You must be able to pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following convictions are likely to result in being disqualified for this position: felony convictions, computer theft, identify theft and fraud. CJIS clearance is done at the conditional job offer.

The Selection Process – We expect to

• Initial review of minimum qualifications, knowledge, and skills.
• Consideration of top candidates - Recruitment will review and refer the top candidates to the hiring manager.
• There will be interviews and/or testing to determine the best candidates for a position.
• Background check and reference checks - All finalists must pass a thorough a criminal record check and reference check.

Benefits

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