MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1-2

The mission of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach treatment goals and to return to more integrated community living settings. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center specializes in the treatment of people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioral, and psychiatric support needs.

No experience or training is required.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Operate and maintain various types of mobile equipment in order to properly maintain grounds of PSSC. Pinecrest has approximately 300 acres of lawn, trees, shrubs and flower beds that require maintenance.
• Operate 25hp lawn tractor cutting grass. Operate 62hp backhoe with front-end loader, digging and or/loading pit run, gravel, fill-dirt, top-soil, removal of tree stumps and /or trees, grading ditches, installing drain pipes maintaining grounds of this agency.
• Operate 53hp tractor with grader blade to scrape road shoulders, grade roads, and level lawns. Operate 40hp tractor with roller attachment to level cold mix for patching roads, parking lots, etc.
• Operate a 2.5 ton bucket truck to clean gutters, prune trees, and remove limbs and debris from roofs of buildings. Operate and maintain push mowers, weed eaters, and chain saws for the general upkeep and beatification of the grounds. Operate Miller ACDC Stick Welding Machine to fabricate metals.
• Trim hedges, trees, and shrubs. Fertilize lawns, trees, shrubs, etc. Apply ant or insect poison. Responsible for insect and disease control of shrubs and trees. Remove unwanted vegetation in pond. Spray herbicide on unwanted vegetation around homes and grounds. Dig graves and set-up for funerals at cemetery.
• General up-keep of cemetery. Plant shrubs, flowers, sod, trees, etc. Maintain vehicle operation and maintenance logs. Complete personal daily task records. Notify supervisor to restock supplies used (oil, ant poison, etc.) Removal of trash from grounds.

Position-Specific Details:
Location: Pinecrest Supports and Services Center - Grounds

Appointment Type: This position may be filled by Probation, Promotion, Demotion, Lateral Transfer, and Detail to Special Duty or Job Appointment

Shift: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Pass Days: Saturday and Sunday

Compensation:

MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1: $16.06 hour - $28.90 hour

MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 2: $17.18 hour - $30.92 hour

How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Application may be rejected if incomplete

There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:
Robert L. Jones
Pinecrest Supports & Services Center,
P.O.Box 5191
Pineville, Louisiana 71360
Robert.Jones@la.gov

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.