Grounds Maintenance Laborer

Reports To: Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

Position Location: US Army, Camp Park Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California

Workdays/Time: Monday-Friday, 7:30 am-4:30 pm, Occasional evening and/or weekend hours

Qualifications:

• Must have a disability documented in writing by a physician licensed in the State of CA. as credentialed to diagnose and capable of diagnosing, the specific disability, or a written certification of disability by a CA State rehabilitation agency.
• Must pass a government security clearance upon application as well as subsequent background checks and not be subject revocation of facility access during the term of employment.
• Must possess a valid California Driver’s License for the duration of employment.
• 1 to 2 years’ experience utilizing various ground maintenance equipment and tools such as tractors, riding lawn mowers, trimmers, weed eaters, edgers, forklifts, and other power tools and machinery.

Duties:

Typical duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide manual labor associated with the daily landscape and grounds upkeep maintenance that involves tasks like regular mowing, precise trimming around objects; bush and hedge trimming, raking leaves, and cleaning of storm drains. In addition, the removal of debris, leaves, and litter ensures a tidy appearance and minimizes potential hazards.
• Perform moderate moving and transporting of items up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally moving or maneuvering heavier items with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers.
• Perform inventories, retrieving goods/supplies, and issuing tools.
• Fulfill assigned physical duties as well as positioning oneself in a fixed area for periods of sixty (60) minutes at a time, removing/replacing items at various height levels up to 16 feet from the ground.
• Assist in performing routine maintenance such as replacing HVAC filters and coils; replacing light bulbs; minor plumbing repairs such as leaking shower heads, clogged toilets, hanging fixtures, and minor carpentry repairs. Transporting furniture and/or equipment with the assistance of forklifts. Other routine repair/maintenance tasks as directed by journeymen. Any tasks that Management may deem to assign as business needs dictate.
• As a General Maintenance Worker (GMW), perform functions of the contract by making minor adjustments and repairs to plumbing, electrical, waste systems, architectural and structural building components, doors, windows, floor systems, light carpentry, and roof systems.
• Perform preventative maintenance functions and minor repairs, including changing filters, cleaning cooling towers, servicing heating and cooling coils, and changing fluorescent and other light bulbs.
• Manufacture, repair, and install screens and glass, ensuring all associated paperwork is completed.

Training:

A comprehensive training is provided to all workers. Job assignments are made according to entry skills and/or successful completion of various elements of the training program. Entry-level job assignments will normally be within the category of routine work.

Location:

Work will be performed indoors and outdoors at the US Army Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin, California

Calidad Industries is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency created by Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay in 1989. Our mission to provide employment opportunities and life skills training to persons living with medically-certified physical, mental or psychological impairments. We focus on providing our employees that are living with severe and long-term disabilities, paid on-the-job skills training and stable employment. Additionally, Calidad provides life skills training specifically developed to encourage personal and vocational growth and to help participants secure and retain competitive employment.

Calidad Industries provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.