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About J.E. Roush Lake Fish & Wildlife Area:
The J.E. Roush Lake Fish & Wildlife Area (also known as “Huntington Lake”) maintains 7,347 acres of land, 900 acres of lake, and 350 acres of impoundments. It was constructed in 1967 and is one of the three Upper Wabash Valley lakes operating as a unit with the Mississinewa and Salamonie lakes to control floodwaters along the Wabash River Basin. The benifits nearly 60,000 acres of agricultural lands and general recreational activities associated with hunting and fishing. Activities include bird/wildlife watching, biking, camping, dog running, fishing, foraging, hunting, a shooting range, trapping, and water recreation.
Role Overview:
The Seasonal Worker provides friendly customer service. You will assist park guests with information and regulations, provide upkeep of designated areas, and support park staff with general operational needs.
A Day in the Life:
The Seasonal Property Worker performs duties according to the following roles:
Concession Attendants provide quality customer service at concession stands, beach houses or other locations as needed. Attendants sell food items, firewood, boat rentals, ice, and other items specific to their locations. This role is responsible for reporting information regarding the inventory & stock of supplies necessary to operations. Attendants are responsible for the collection of revenue from fees and permits, and cash/credit card handling duties.
Concession Supervisors provide supervision, motivation, and direction to concession team members to achieve sales revenue. The Supervisor ensures staff are properly trained and scheduled. This role is responsible for ordering, tracking, and ensuring concession stands are properly stocked. Concession Supervisors assist property management by performing point of sale system (POS) maintenance, creating transaction reports, inventory management and control activities.
Gate Attendants provide quality customer service at property, facility and/or campground gates. Attendants are responsible for the collection of revenue from fees and permits, and cash/credit card handling duties.
Housekeepers work to maintain and clean property buildings, grounds, and facilities. Duties include regular deep cleaning and sanitization of facilities (including toilets, urinals, and showers).
Laborers work to maintain, clean and repair property buildings, grounds, and facilities. Laborers perform various landscaping, mowing, and trimming of grounds, which may include firewood cutting, splitting, and processing. The design and maintenance of structures, signs and recreational trails are dependent on the features of the property. Duties may include limited carpentry and plumbing.
Offender Supervisors monitor the activities and transportation of offenders. Offenders assist with the maintenance, cleaning and repair of property buildings, grounds, and facilities. The supervisor provides transportation for offenders and may participate in labor duties, as needed.
Office Assistants answer inquiries about the property and assist property management with operations and administrative functions. Office Assistants may assist in the preparation of financial reports.
Security Officers monitor the activities of visitors and report problems to property management or other authorities. Security Officers patrol the property and enforce regulations in a courteous, but firm manner. This role provides security to facilities, construction sites and logging operations as needed, including late night visits to area prone to vandalism, disturbances, and illegal activities.
Shooting Range Officers monitor the activities of visitors using the shooting range while providing quality customer service and education on safe gun handling. This role will enforce shooting range standard operating procedures while ensuring the safety of visitors and staff. In addition to basic maintenance of the range, the Safety Officer will collect and sort brass casings.
Trail Crewmembers repair wood structures, add water bars to trails, install information panels and perform other general maintenance duties.
The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.
What You’ll Need for Success:
•Candidates shall have a high school diploma or GED or one (1) year of work experience.
•This role should expect to work afternoons, evenings, weekends and holidays.
•Individuals may experience working in potentially inclement weather.
•Individual may be required to wear a DNR provided uniform.
•Individuals may experience working directly with offenders.
•May be required to travel to additional properties.
•May perform duties in a variety of different environments, including an office environment, field environment, rugged terrain, and various adverse weather conditions (extreme heat, cold, rain, snow, sleet, etc.).
•May be required to work around potentially dangerous heavy equipment (e.g. tractors, disks, mowers, planters, etc.).
Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
This role does not provide direct supervision to direct reports.
Salary:
This seasonal position pays $12.25 per hour. Weekly hours are flexible and will be arranged with the manager.
Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
This seasonal position does not offer benefits and is limited to 180 working days in an eleven (11) month continuous period
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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