What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seasonal Laborer II-Leominster State Forest Summer 2025 position at DCR - Urban Parks & Recreation?
Who We Are:
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts’ environmental resources and create a clean energy future for all residents. Through the stewardship of open spaces, the protection of environmental resources, and the advancement of clean energy, EEA works tirelessly to make Massachusetts a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family. Our commitment to environmental justice ensures that every resident, regardless of background or location, can live in a safe, clean environment and shares equally in the benefits of the clean energy transition.
Who We Are as an Employer:
At EEA, we create meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower our employees to make a real difference in shaping the environmental future of Massachusetts. We foster a workplace culture where diversity is valued, innovation is encouraged, and collaboration thrives. Our employees play a vital role in advancing sustainability, environmental justice, and clean energy solutions, ensuring a positive and lasting impact on Massachusetts and its residents.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation manages one of the largest and most diverse state parks systems in the nation and protects and enhances natural resources and outdoor recreational opportunities throughout Massachusetts. The DCR system includes over 450,000 acres of parks, forests, water supply protection lands, beaches, lakes, ponds, playgrounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, trails, golf courses and parkways.
- Seasonal Laborer II
- Leominster State Forest
- 05/04/25-09/20/25
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Cleans and maintains public areas of assigned location such restrooms, campgrounds, parking lots, trails beaches etc.
- Performs various manual labor tasks, which may require some specialized skill.
- Installs repairs and maintains signs such as regulatory, historic and information signs by performing such tasks as digging holes and installing supports using a variety of hand or handheld power tools.
- Plants, transplants, prunes, trims and fertilizes trees, flowers and shrubs; seeds lawns and gardens; sprays for insects and plant diseases; and performs related tasks such as cutting grass, raking leaves and watering trees, shrubs and flowers as required for the upkeep and beautification of public grounds.
- Load and unload trucks, physically or by use of dollies; unpacks and stores supplies and equipment in stockrooms, storerooms or warehouses; and takes periodic inventories of supplies and equipment.
- Performs preventative maintenance on assigned equipment and tools by washing, inspecting, tightening, lubricating and sharpening edges on all cutting tools.
- Perform related duties such as repairing and painting guard rails; setting up wooden horses, cones etc. for traffic control purposes; moving equipment, sweeping, collecting and removing trash.
- Operate handheld power tools, tapping machines and rodding machines.
- Install attachments such as mowers, plow blades, leaf catcher buckets and vacuum cleaners to tractors and/or trucks in order to
equip vehicles for grass cutting, roadway cleaning, snow removal, etc. - Operate motor vehicles including light vehicles, trucks, etc., in connection with assigned unit activities.
- Operate camp registration offices, issue admission tickets, receive receipts and maintain simple records
- Perform related duties as required.
Comprehensive Benefits
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