GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LABORER (UNION) - TEMPORARY

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Grounds Maintenance Laborer is responsible for maintaining the exterior of buildings, grounds, and roadways. The Laborer is also responsible for performing minor repairs of structures and equipment.

Pay Rate - $21.90/hourly

ANYONE IN THIS CURRENT POSITION SHOULD APPLY.

Work Model: Onsite

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Cut grass using walk-behind or riding mowers (less than 2,000 lbs).
• Trim hedges/edges around walkways, flower beds, and walls using hedge trimmers, clippers, and edging tools.
• Clean walks, drives and parking areas by means of a landscape blower or vacuum.
• Prune shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth using shears and other hand tools. Spray lawns, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicide, and/or insecticide. Plant grass, trees, flowers, and shrubs.
• Water lawns and shrubs. Perform litter and debris clean-up. Weed plant and ornamental landscape beds. Repair and paints fences, gates, benches, buildings, and equipment.
• May clean comfort stations, office and workshop areas, residential units, or parking areas by sweeping, washing, mopping, and polishing.
• May be assigned to assist with spill response team. Load and unload trucks and other conveyances.
• Move supplies and materials to proper location by wheelbarrows or hand trucks.
• Collect refuse and salvageable materials.
• Dig, fill, and tamp earth excavations. Level ground using pick, shovel, tamper, and rake.
• Clean culverts and ditches. Cut trees, and brush.
• Operate power tools such as chain saws, lawnmowers, weed eaters, edgers, blowers.
• Wash, wax, vacuum, and polish vehicles/equipment. Move heavy pieces of machinery and equipment.
• Pick up leaves and trash.
• Accountable for meeting safety performance standards and completing all work safely.
• Responsible for the timely reporting of accidents, injuries, "near miss" and hazardous situations.
• Responsible for minor routine maintenance to equipment use in their daily functions.
• May perform additional duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Perform all other duties assigned.

Accountable For:

• Positive Attitude/Enthusiasm.
• Diversity/interpersonal Skills.
• Attendance/Punctuality/Dependability.
• Teamwork/Integrity.

• 1yr Grounds Landscaping experience.
• General knowledge of hand and power tools.
• Must have good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Must have excellent organizational skills.
• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Mature judgment and ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Be a U.S. Citizen or legal residency alien.
• Valid state driver's license with excellent driving record.
• Must be able to pass background investigation.

Preferred:

• At least 2 years Grounds Landscaping experience.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about.

Working Conditions:

• Work Environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be borne by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  Work may be performed both indoors and outdoors. Outdoor work is subject to extreme temperatures, noise, inclement weather conditions, and other conditions determined by the nature of the job. Tasks may be performed on uneven, and or inclined surfaces.

Reasonable Accommodation:
CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.