Part Time Seasonal Laborer - Parks & Cemetery Maintenance
The Town of Shrewsbury
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Shrewsbury, MA
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Posted 1 day ago
Job Description
**Summary**
The Town of Shrewsbury is seeking an energetic individual to join the Parks \& Cemetery Division Team within the Department of Public Works as a **Part\-Time Seasonal Laborer**! Seasonal Laborers work to keep our Town looking its best, completing duties such as rubbish pickup, weed trimming, cleaning restrooms, lining athletic fields, leaf clean up and general maintenance of parks, ball fields, schools, playgrounds, and cemetery areas. If you are passionate about making our community’s green spaces look their best, we’d love to hear from you!
**Weekly Hours:** 7:00am\-12:00pm Monday\-Friday (4 days per week, rotating schedule)
**Hiring Rate:** $20\.80 per hour
**Our Seasonal Laborers typically work from early spring (April) up until mid\-December weather permitting!**
**What You’ll Do:**
* Empty trash barrels at parks, playgrounds, and cemetery
* Operating leaf blowers and weed trimmers
* Cleaning of floors, walls, toilets, sinks, partitions, and other surfaces in and outside of restroom facilities
* Lift and load full trash bags into trucks and dumpsters, up to 40 pounds
* Raking leaves, mulch, grass, etc.
* Clean up of playgrounds, tennis courts, and basketball court areas
* Maintaining grounds by mowing, raking, weeding, and trimming
* Weed trimming around monuments, guard rails, and fences in parks \& cemetery
* Loam and seed grounds
* Lining athletic fields using paint machines
* Clean up of cemetery graves
* Perform other related duties as needed
**What You’ll Bring:**
* Familiarity with and the ability to use small hand tools, rakes, shovels, and related equipment
* Familiarity with and the ability to safely operate a lawn mower including a ride on and push mower
* Ability to drive a light pickup truck, standard or automatic
* Ability to follow oral and written instructions
* Ability to work independently or work as a team
* Ability to lift and carry heavy objects, trash barrels weighing up to 40 pounds
* Ability to read a map and locate sections/grave locations in a cemetery
* Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner
**Working Conditions:**
Work is performed outside in a variety of weather conditions. Work includes regularly lifting, standing, and walking for extended periods of time over uneven grounds. Additionally, please note that the Part\-Time Seasonal Laborer will work with various cleaning agents.
**To Apply:** Submit a resume on Indeed or to Lilianne Exinor, Assistant to Town Manager \- Human Resources Coordinator, at [email protected]. Position open until filled.
Job Type: Part\-time
Pay: $20\.80 per hour
Work Location: Multiple locations
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