Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you like working with your hands? A semi-skilled laborer position at Raccoon Creek State Park may be the job for you. Raccoon Creek State Park is looking for a positive individual who strives to keep the park facilities in good working order for the safe, enjoyable recreation and relaxation of our park visitors.

This position involves manual tasks in construction and maintenance at a state park, including repairing buildings and facilities using trades like carpentry, electrical work, and plumbing. Operating and maintaining vehicles and equipment, constructing forms for cement work, and laying stone walls are also part of the role. Other tasks include ground maintenance, cutting firewood, picking up litter, and loading materials in trucks. Your responsibilities include site preparation, seeding, establishing turf areas, planting trees and shrubs, and painting park buildings. Overall, this position requires a range of skills to ensure proper construction and maintenance of the state park.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Seasonal full-time employment without benefits. The season runs from approximately April to December at which the employee is placed on leave without pay.
  

• Shift hours and days vary due to operational need, with a 30-minute lunch.

• Weekends, holidays and all shifts as needed at 37.5 hours per week.

• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of experience in laboring work including the use of tools and equipment used in maintenance or construction; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.