Seasonal - Facilities Maintenance - Tanglewood -H Learning Center

Looking for a job that combines teaching, adventure, and the outdoors? Spend your season at Tanglewood 4-H Learning Center, leading youth in environmental education,trips, campfires, and community building. You’ll gain real-world experience, build leadership skills, and make lasting memories all while working in one of Maine’s most beautiful outdoor classrooms.

Your position will be based at Tanglewood in Lincolnville, Maine. Your day-to-day work will involve active indoor and outdoor tasks with opportunities to learn and develop practical skills related to facility upkeep and maintenance.

Salary is $16.51 - $17.07/hour based on experience.

We are unable to consider applicants who require visa sponsorship support.

• High school diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.)
• No previous work experience required

• Ability to follow directions and work independently
• Ability to provide exemplary customer service
• Ability to perform manual labor
• Ability to understand Material Safety Data Sheets
• Ability to pass required safety training
• Communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
• Ability to perform physical activities that require talking, hearing, seeing, and considerable and repetitive use of arms and legs, and moving the entire body, such as reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, climbing, lifting, bending, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• Heavy work:
  The ability to lift up to 50 pounds frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Lifting and exerting forces more than 50 pounds requires assistance by other employee(s) or mechanical assistance. Individual forces must never exceed 50 pounds. Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, and/or oils.

The 4-H Camp and Learning Centers provide environmentally focused programs for Maine youth and families. Our mission is to teach youth and adults to be effective and caring citizens of the earth through affordable environmental education and fun nature-based experiences. Tucked into a parcel of Camden Hills State Park, participants and staff join together to form a creative community fostering a supportive and fun environment for all — and drawing people back year after year!

While having fun and experiencing the joys of being a part of the natural world, we emphasize community living, respect for all, and healthy relationships. Our programs encourage everyone to be themselves, learn from those around them, and make good decisions.

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The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screening and post offer physical.