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Laborer, Outdoor​/Nature​/Animal Care, General Labor

Job in Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, 78363, USA
Listing for: Navy Region Southeast Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR)
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-18
Job specializations:
  • Outdoor/Nature/Animal Care
    General Labor, Outdoor / Nature
Job Description & How to Apply Below

summary

this position is assigned to the community recreation division; morale, welfare and recreation (mwr) department; commander, navy installations command (cnic). The purpose of this position is to perform duties commonly found in a variety of work situations and incidental to many different occupations in mwr, such as grounds maintenance, warehouses, facilities, and rental operations. This involves heavy labor, the use of hand and power tools, operating motor vehicles, towed, and large equipment.

duties

this is a maintenance worker position.

  • loads and unloads materials from ground, pallets, skids, platforms, trucks, lifting devices, and transport vehicles, manually or mechanically with lift gate, wheelbarrow, pallet jack or dolly.
  • operates a variety of power equipment to include but not limited to the following: mowers, clippers, posthole diggers, blowers, weed eaters, power washers, and banding equipment.
  • uses hand tools such as shovels, rakes, hammers, bars, saws, axes, loppers, wrenches, brushes, and brooms to maintain and clean facilities and grounds.
  • moves and organizes equipment, supplies, furniture, and materials by hand or by mechanical means. Uses shovels, rakes, and rock bars to excavate, backfill or spread sand, dirt or fill materials to improve recreation spaces such as playgrounds, park spaces, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, etc.
  • ensures grounds and facilities are maintained and clean (e.g., cleans park tables, collects/empties trash cans, barbecues, pavilions, docks, and rental equipment to ensure they are in serviceable condition).
  • clears small trees, limbs, tree debris, and bushes using handsaw, clippers or loppers.
  • shovels, sweeps or rakes snow, sand or dirt from sidewalks, playgrounds, volleyball courts, beach and recreational parking lots. Cleans and waxes vehicles.
  • maintains an inventory of hand and power tools, large equipment and inflatable bounce equipment and ensures they are in good working order.
  • makes all adjustments to equipment to ensure proper settings, connections, and mechanical soundness.
  • makes minor repairs, paints, and may perform carpentry work.
  • assists the mechanic with maintaining and cleaning rental equipment.
  • delivers, sets up, inspects and tears down inflatable bounce equipment.
  • assists in preparing excess property for disposal.
  • determines and selects the most appropriate type of equipment to accomplish each phase of the work in the most productive and cost-effective manner.
  • assists in issuing and receiving rental equipment from customers, assists customers in hooking up trailers, loading and unloading of equipment into personal vehicles.
  • observes required safety, sanitation, environmental, hazardous waste disposal, and housekeeping rules and regulations.
requirements
  • must meet federal employment suitability requirements and successful completion of background investigation. Background investigations are conducted using fingerprint identification and completion of background inquiry forms.
  • must successfully pass the e-verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
  • you must go through a personal identity verification (piv) process that requires two forms of identification from the form i-9.
  • may be required to pass pre-employment examinations.
  • must provide proof of u.s. Citizenship or u.s. National.
  • a valid state driver's license is required to operate motor vehicles.
  • must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by direct deposit/electronic funds transfer.
  • selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
qualifications

in order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

All non-government positions identified on your resume must include complete address and to and from dates. Government positions must include pay plan, series, grade, to and from dates and address of the agency/organization.

specialized experience directly related to the duties described above. Qualifying experience must have been equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression.

  • knowledge of safe and efficient operating techniques of various large equipment and power tools: (operates a variety of power equipment to include, but not limited to: posthole diggers, blowers, weed eaters, power washers, mowers, box trucks with lift gate, etc.)
  • ability to operate and control riding mowers on slopes which requires constant attention to working space and environment.
  • ability to safely operate equipment around buildings, walls, trees, fence lines, banks and hillsides, trenches, curbs, rocks and other visible obstacles.
  • ability to operate…
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