General Grounds Technician

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L.L.Bean is currently searching for General Maintenance Technicians to join the Facilities team located in Freeport, Maine.
Position Purpose
Participates in or assumes responsibility for assigned preventive maintenance and repair activities including repair of building components and miscellaneous tools and equipment. Performs grounds maintenance tasks and support facilities projects. May operate power tools and/or grounds-keeping equipment.
Available Shifts:

• 1st shift - 6:00a-2:30p Monday through Friday. Full/Time- Year-round (This is a full time/Year-round, benefited position)

• 1st shift 6:00a-2:30p Monday through Friday. Temporary/Full-time (This is a Full time/temporary position - Starting end of November through end of April)

• 2nd shift 2:00p-10:30p Monday through Friday. Temporary/Full-time (This is a Full time/temporary position - Starting end of November through end of April)

Responsibilities
Grounds Responsibilities

• Will be expected and must be available to work fluctuating schedules which may exceed forty hours per week according to business and weather demands.

• Able to assist in basic exterior setup and installations such as signage, furniture setups, parking lot setups.

• Be able to use basic landscape and snow removal equipment.

• Performs spring/summer/fall landscape duties including mowing, string trimming, weeding/watering, fall cleanup.

• Performs winter snow/ice duties including shoveling, snowplowing/snow blowing, salting, and sanding.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provides communication to co- workers through e-mail, Teams and daily interface.

• Employees working in this position, to support peak, will be expected and must be available to work fluctuating schedules which may exceed forty hours per week according to business demands.

• Performs scheduled maintenance on equipment timely on the required schedule established by leaders in Service Channel.

• This position has been identified as a safety-sensitive position. A safety-sensitive position is one in which an impaired worker constitutes a serious and direct threat to workplace health and safety. Employees in this position must agree that they will not come to work or be at work at any time under the influence of alcohol or any drug that could render them impaired.

Skills and Qualifications

• A valid, clean driver's license.
• Performs all the functions of General Maintenance Technician I.

• Continuous mental and visual attention, with manual coordination due to tools used: table saws, planers, metal fabrication tools, paint sprayers, driving of company vehicles and equipment, and powered industrial trucks.

• Ability to document daily activities, preventive maintenance and repairs through email, Excel, Word, Teams and Service Channel.

• Lifting up to approx. 50 lbs (30% of time).

• Standing up to 8 hrs. per day.

• Dexterity, repetitive motion. Frequently handling lightweight materials in difficult work positions.

Health and Safety Requirement
Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner.
Education Level- High School or GED
If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan. Because, when it comes to the outside-we're all in. Visit llbeancareers.com to learn more.
Being outside brings out the best in us, no matter where we come from or what we believe. At L.L.Bean, we value individual differences and encourage our co-workers to be themselves - because the uniqueness of each individual makes L.L.Bean better.