FOL Tech 3

Oglebay; West Virginia; On-site; USD 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Oglebay Park in Wheeling, WV is seeking a seasonal grounds assistant to support the Festival of Lights setup and daily operations. You will help maintain displays, assist guests, and perform general grounds work.

The job involves operating light maintenance tools, mowing, debris removal, and assisting with event setups and tear-downs. A high school diploma or GED is required, or up to three months of related experience. Pay is $13.00–$15.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, or 1–3 months related experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

• Interact with guests with a cheerful, positive attitude and help resolve guest problems.
• Work with a team or alone to accomplish goals.
• Assist in maintaining festival displays and grounds.
• Inspect and repair light strings and frames for Festival of Lights displays.
• Assist with construction and installation of light displays and decorations.
• Perform nightly inspections of lights and displays during the Festival of Lights.
• Keep walkways, parking lots, and driveways clear of debris and litter.
• Operate grounds maintenance equipment (blowers, mowers, trimmers, etc.).
• Use hand tools for grounds maintenance (shovels, rakes, pruners, etc.).
• Perform minor repairs to roadways and parking lots.
• Assist in setups and tear-downs for special events.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Oglebay Park, Wheeling, WV, US

Salary Range: $13.00 To $15.00 Hourly

Assist in maintaining the Festival of Lights show, general grounds work, and provide guests with support services and satisfaction

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Interact with the public in a cheerful and positive attitude, solve guest problems and complaints in a proper manner, and maintain harmonious working relationships with fellow employees and external contractors
• Must be able to work alongside a team, or alone to accomplish goals and other job tasks
• Assist in maintaining inventory of Festival of Lights displays (non-licensed electrical work)
• Inspect and repair frames, and light strings for Festival of Lights displays and ability to follow display light pattern (non-licensed electrical work)
• Assist with construction and installation of light displays, landscape lighting, and facility decoration including decorating and un-decorating trees, structures and buildings
• Assist in nightly inspections of lights and displays for duration of FOL
• Keep walk ways, parking lots, roadways, and driveways clear of debris and litter
• Operate equipment for maintenance of grounds such as blowers, chainsaws, log-splitter, trimmers, mowers, tractors, skid steer, trailers, and other pieces of equipment
• Able to use hand tools for grounds maintenance such as shovel, trowel, rake, cultivator, posthole digger, broom, axe, forks, pruners, loppers and shears
• Able to operate grinders, cutters, saws, and other equipment needed to routine maintenance of FOL displays and structures
• Operation of one-ton dump truck and pickup truck (with snow plow), bucket trucks and man lifts
• Mows and trims around FOL displays and other assigned areas
• Split, stack, and deliver firewood
• Refuse collection park-wide through cottages, roadways, parking lots, shelters, and other assigned areas
• Snow removal and ice control from roadways, parking lots, driveways, and walk ways by using tractors, snow plows, shovels, brooms and ice chemical
• Prunes trees properly as needed
• Removes fallen trees and limbs, and assists with the removal of dead and/or damaged trees and shrubs
• Maintain clearance, make minor repairs, and paint fences and gates
• Performs minor repairs to roadways and parking lots
• Keep grounds, drainage ditches, and culverts free of litter and debris (including dead animals)
• Assist in setups and tear downs for special events
• Complete appropriate trainings listed on the human resources Training Matrix
• Adhere to Wheeling Park Commission's safety rules and policy; refer any and all safety concerns to department manager, safety committee or human resources

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED),or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.