Maintenance Helper

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. 

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

This position will be located onsite in Gadsden, Alabama.

Perform Center wide repair in custodial, roads, and grounds areas in compliance with government, corporate, and management directives.

Essential Duties:

• Apply sand to Center roads and pathways, and chip ice where hazardous.
  • Care for Center lawns to include fertilization, application of herbicides, mowing, watering, and establishment of new lawn areas.
  • Care for trees, to include: fertilization, pruning, watering, transplanting, and removal of hazardous or dead trees
  • Care for shrubs by fertilizing, pruning, watering, and application of wood chip mulch.
  • Collect and dispose of all litter, trash and debris on grounds, streets and parking lots. Sweep and clean exterior steps, entrances, landings and sidewalks.
  • Maintain property with appropriate equipment and materials.
  • Perform custodial duties including: floor care, clean and sanitize restrooms and work areas, vacuum, wash walls, windows and woodwork. Dust furniture and fixtures.
  • Maintain Center grounds and dumpster areas free of trash and litter.
  • Assist other maintenance staff with necessary maintenance Center buildings.
  • Support and promoted center zero tolerance policies.
  • Participate in student employability programs and activities.
  • Cultivate and maintain a climate on center, which is free of harassment, intimidation, and disrespect to provide a safe place for staff and students to work and learn.
  • Promote student attainment of career success standards through modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students, monitoring student skill acquisition and intervening when inappropriate behaviors are observed
  • Promote and cultivate positive customer service.
  • Performs all other duties as requested.

Mandatory:

• Academic and Career Technical Training permission 

Preferred:

• Grounds keeping experience. 

Working Conditions:

• Work is typically performed in an office setting and at various locations on Center.
• Employee must regularly walk, climb stairs and visually observe Center environment.
• Employee must be able to run and respond to physical altercations or other emergencies rapidly for the safety of students, Center staff and property.
• Employee must be able to safely operate a passenger vehicle and supervise students simultaneously.

Physical Requirements:

• This position requires the employee to be able to frequently required to sit, stand, walk and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• Work somewhat close to other people, such as when sharing office space.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email [email protected].

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.