SITE TECHNICIAN II (UMP)

Job Requisition ID: 12-32-44097 
 Closing Date/Time: 02/10/2025​
Agency: Department of Natural Resources
Class Title: SITE TECHNICIAN II - 41132 (Upward Mobility Program)
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None 
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $4,412 Monthly; Full Salary Range $4,412 - $5,991 Monthly
Job Type: Full Time Salaried
Category: Environmental & Natural Resources 
County: Grundy
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC028

 

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.

 

Posting Identification Number 12-32-44097

 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking to hire a Site Technician II at Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area. This position will provide maintenance at the site, operate farming machinery for site construction and heavy equipment such as bulldozers, backhoes and road grinders, perform minor plumbing and HVAC, register hunters, operate check stations and participate in prescribed burns. Goose Lake's Tall Grass Nature Trail displays the largest stand of tall grass prairie remaining in Illinois. Many of the park's ponds and marshes resulted from the 1890 decision by local farmers to drain Goose Lake. The Prairie View Trail takes you to the highest point in Goose Lake Prairie - a surface mine spoil mound - and offers a panoramic view of reclaimed prairie and prairie marsh and mine areas. We welcome interested applicants who would like to be part of this team to apply today.

Essential Functions

• Under direct supervision, performs a variety of semi-skilled maintenance and improvements to structures, facilities, roads, and day use areas at Goose Lake Prairie SNA, Heidecke Lake, and Morris Wetland
• Performs repairs and prescribed preventative maintenance on vehicles, equipment, and signage at all sites
• Participates in grounds and facility maintenance at all sites
• Provides support to the hunting and interpretive programs of the sites
• Assists in implementing safety and security at the sites
• Serves as lead worker to seasonal or volunteer workers engaged in routine site maintenance and operational activities
• 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.
• Requires possession of a valid Class A CDL driver’s license with Air Brakes designation. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of working knowledge of tools and equipment used in the trades and/or operation of heavy equipment or farm machinery and implements and/or warehousing.
• Two (2) years of experience in following wr