Campground Park Services Associate

Pay: $16.38 per hour

Reports to: Campground Assistant Manager / Manager

Benefits: Full benefits eligible including health insurance, flex benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, parking & amenity pass, and discounts.

Retirement: Georgia State Employee Retirement System - GSEPS (Pension + matching 401k)

Closing date: Open until filled (position subject to closing once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified)

Applicants should complete the application; incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants may submit a resume; however, it does not replace the application.

Park Services is responsible for performing a variety of custodial and cleaning tasks. This position is a regular full-time position working 40 hours per week. Responsibilities include cleaning and restocking public bathrooms and pressure washing shelters, tables, and walkways, cleaning, sweeping, polishing, waxing, vacuuming, and maintaining bathrooms and yurts of Jekyll Island Campground. Work involves public contact, customer service, and working cooperatively with others to ensure a positive guest experience.

• Performs custodial work necessary to maintain buildings and grounds in exceptional conditions; scrubs, sweeps, mops, vacuums, waxes and polishes floors, cleans restrooms, removes trash and participates in other cleaning/disinfecting actions to keep assigned areas clean.
• Clears and restocks public restrooms; cleans mirrors and floors; applies air fresheners; cleans and sanitizes yurts after departures, including dusting, sweeping, mopping, and cleaning windows to prepare for arriving guests.
• Ensures adequate cleaning supplies are maintained in stocking areas; requests and picks up supplies from the warehouse.
• Safely operates motor vehicle to locations on assigned route; performs vehicle inspections as required.
• Cleans buildings/structures as assigned; cleans fixtures throughout, vacuums and dusts as necessary.
• Pressure washes shelters, tables and walkways as required.
• Picks up trash and debris, disposing of it properly; removes trash from bins as required.
• Performs various custodial duties as determined and directed by the Manager and/or Assistant Manager.
• Attends and completes assigned training.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 6 to 12 months experience in cleaning and maintenance (or related experience).
• Knowledge of cleaning methods, materials, and equipment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to follow guidelines and work independently; good communication skills.
• Manual skills to perform cleaning, utilize cleaning tools, operate vacuum cleaners, etc.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must be reliable with availability on weekends and holidays.
• Regular and predictable attendance and punctuality is required.

• Exert up to 80 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• More than 50% of the typical work day may be spent walking, lifting, climbing, balancing, stooping and/or crouching, kneeling, reaching, standing, pushing, pulling and repetitive motions of the wrists, hands or fingers.
• Between 25% and 50% of the typical work day will be spent crawling.
• Sensory abilities required are feeling, grasping and touching with more than 50% of the time spent talking and hearing.
• Visual abilities to perform tasks required are to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment and determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Required to perform in outdoor environmental conditions. Exposure to extreme heat, high humidity and occasionally adverse weather conditions as well as occasional extreme cold.
• Will be exposed to hazards such as moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, exposure to chemicals.
• May be subject to atmospheric conditions such as fumes, oils, odors, dusts, mists, or poor ventilation.
• Will be subject to close quarters, shafts, manholes, enclosed rooms, small sewage, water line pipes and function in narrow aisles or passageways.
• Noise levels are considered normal to loud.

Successful completion of background checks is required, including credit when applicable to the position.

Jekyll Island Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Authority supports equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. The Jekyll Island is a Drug-Free workplace.