Campground Maintenance Worker

Job Description

Job Overview

Campground maintenance workers are responsible for assisting the Facilities and Maintenance. Manager with general property maintenance such as grass cutting, clearing brush and emptying garbage and recycling bins around the camp property. This role is key in contributing to maintaining the overall appearance, cleanliness and tidiness of the campground. This role also assists the Facilities and Maintenance Manager with repairs to camp owned facilities, which could include plumbing and carpentry. While employed at Maple Grove, campground maintenance workers will receive on-the-job training and hands on experience directly relating to carpentry, painting, mechanical and plumbing maintenance. They will gain life skills such as problem solving, teamwork, communication, and time management.

Job Responsibilities

Key area Tasks

• Grass cutting and Trimming
• Work with a ride on lawn mower, a push mower, a tractor and mower finisher, and a line trimmer to cut approximately 20 acres of land.
• A leaf blower will also be used to clean up.
• You will need to follow your work schedule to ensure that grounds are ready for camp activities.
• Be aware of maintenance concerns regarding equipment. Pay attention to sounds that indicate obstructions.

Clearing Brush

• Assist with the clearing of branches and leaves that have fallen onto all camp owned areas.
• Hand raking and hand shovelling of materials around camp.
• Tree trimming, using a saw, under the direct instruction and /supervision of your Manager.
• When required, digging out tree stumps and transporting them to the maintenance storage area.

Taking out the Trash

• Assist in removing all camp trash from facilities and grounds containers.
• Trash is to be taken to the allocated dumpsters.
• Inspect that all recycling is correctly packed, and that garbage levels do not exceed the lid of the garbage can.
• Where needed, repack the garbage and report the incident to your Manager.

Projects

• Assist your Manager with planning out camp projects, carrying supplies and tools to the location of the project and being responsible for the return of all tools to our storage area.
• Assist your Manager with all project tasks as directed by him.
• Pressure washing will be one of your projects this year.

Maintenance

• Observe water leaks
• Observe electrical concerns
• Observe any areas of concern regarding sewage
• Observe environmental concerns that may lead to damage of camp grounds and property

Responsibility when operating machinery

• You will need to have a valid drivers licence to operate our camp truck.
• The truck needs to be used to load and transport heavy and or bulky items around camp. Care needs to be taken, security protocols followed and any maintenance concerns highlighted to your supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to stay focused on the task at hand and not be distracted by campers.
• Strong mind and body, physically able to do manual labour.
• Basic knowledge of time management.
• Some experience in woodwork, tree cutting, grass cutting and plumbing is preferable.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with other staff to achieve camp goals.
• An organized and detail orientated individual who works well under pressure.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be available to work flexible hours, including weekends, evenings and holidays when required.
• Must have a G drivers licence.
• Must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic and willingness to learn

Job Type: Seasonal

Contract length: 16 weeks

Pay: $17.60 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: In person