Festival Maintenance Worker - Celebration of Lights

ofallon; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Outdoor work

Job summary

The City of O'Fallon is seeking a Festival Maintenance Worker for the Recreation Division. This part-time, hands-on role supports O'Fallon's Holiday Light Display, Celebration of Lights, with a flexible schedule and a fun work environment and starting pay of $18.40-$19.00 hourly.

Duties include setup/teardown, installing lights, constructing scenery, using hand tools, ensuring displays work, and delivering customer service to patrons. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Part-time position with flexible schedule.
• Experience with holiday lights or electrical work preferred.
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Reliable and team-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Assist in setup and teardown of festival grounds.
• Install, maintain and repair holiday lights.
• Construct scenery for the holiday light display.
• Use basic hand tools.
• Ensure displays are working and fix issues.
• Provide information and customer service to patrons.

Skills

Electrical experience

General maintenance

Hand tools

Outdoor work

Customer service

Flexible schedule

Tools

Basic hand tools

Job description

The City of O'Fallon is looking for energetic and dependable team members for the position of Festival Maintenance Worker. This part-time opportunity is a hands-on position with general maintenance and electrical experience is preferred. This position aides with the maintenance and operation of O'Fallon's Holiday Light Display, Celebration of Lights. Our Festival Maintenance Aides enjoy a flexible schedule along with a fun work environment and earn competitive pay with an expected starting rate of pay of $18.40-$19.00 hourly.

As part of our Recreation Division, this position plays an important role in one of the City's largest events of the Tourism and Festivals Department.

As a Festival Maintenance Worker, your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation and set up/tear down of festival and event grounds
• Installing, maintaining and/or repairing holiday lights
• Constructing scenery for the holiday light display
• Using basic hand tools
• Assuring light displays are working properly, taking corrective action when necessary
• Providing information and top notice customer service to patrons

We're looking for someone who is reliable and willing to contribute support to our festivals and special events team. This person should be comfortable working with electricity and hand/power tools. This position works outdoors on rough, uneven terrain in all weather conditions. Light duty includes lifting during general festival set up or breakdown. Availability to work evenings, weekends and holidays is required.

Could this be the opportunity for you? We are seeking employees who:

• Exhibit self-motivation by always looking for ways to improve their knowledge and skills
• Show great respect for others and their property
• Maintain their assigned equipment with care
• Get great satisfaction from contributing to what makes O'Fallon such a great place to live!

Applicants must:

• Have a valid driver's license

The City of O'Fallon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify