SITE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT I

Job Requisition ID: 53068 
Closing Date: 02/17/2026
​Agency: Department of Natural Resources
Class Title: SITE ASSISTANT SUPT I - 41071 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,148 monthly; Full Range $5,148 - $7,227 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Jefferson
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical 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.

 

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

Posting Identification Number: 12-32-53068 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is looking to hire a Site Assistant Superintendent at the Mt. Vernon Game Farm for the Office of Land Management. This position will operate trucks, tractors, mowers, and other equipment; prepare detailed technical reports to assess the effectiveness of new or existing game farm disease control programs; prepare administrative forms and record keeping essential to the operation of the farms such as mortality reports, grain reports, weight gain and physical measurements of birds; assign hunters to hunting areas; supervise planting and cultivation of wildlife food plots; trap and transport pheasants to sites where hunts are conducted; oversee buildings, picking up trash, and cleaning toilets within the park; supervise and schedule mowing, weed eating, and chemical application for aesthetics within the day use areas.  The Mt. Vernon Game Farm's topography is rolling, with a wide range of diverse habitats. These include, timbered hills, prairie grass, and old field patches, ponds, creek bottoms, and agricultural fields. This area also includes two smaller ponds and an 8 acre wetland and creek that flows through the south side of the property.  We welcome qualified applicants who would like to be part of this team to apply today.

Essential Functions

• Under general supervision, serves as a working supervisor. 
• Supervises and participates in maintenance of buildings, flight pens, equipment, and vehicles. 
• Monitors and utilizes professional expertise in the evaluation of pheasant rearing methods. 
• Assists with pheasant hunting program and other special hunts. 
• Provides input and gathers data for preparation of the annual and seasonal plans of work. 
• Coordinates and facilitates day use activities on the park. 
• Assumes responsibilities of the Site Superintendent in the absence thereof. 
• 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 a bachelor's degree with courses in parks and recreation, natural resource administration or public administration.
• Requires one year’s related functional supervisory experience. 

Preferred Qualifications