Laborer II

Laborer II

Agency: 025 OKLAHOMA MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Supervisory Organization: Oklahoma Military Department

Job Type: Regular

Compensation: Starting Salary Range: $2959.75 per month / $35517.00 per year

Benefits: This is a full-time state position that provides a percentage of matching contributions to employees' retirement plans, 11 holidays, and a minimum of 15 days of annual and sick leave per year. The state also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing or supervising a variety of unskilled to semi-skilled manual labor and general repair duties or assisting craft personnel in any one of the several mechanics, grounds maintenance or building trades. This primarily involves performing routine tasks which consist of manual labor or providing assistance to skilled trades and crafts workers in completing skilled tasks or projects.

Essential Functions:

• Cuts grass, weeds, trees and brush; cleans culverts, drains and ditches;
• Loads and unloads materials, supplies and equipment; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt and cement or other materials; occasionally operates forklift or tractor.
• Assists skilled craft workers, including machinists, carpenters, plumbers, masons, electricians or welders by carrying materials and tools. Picking up materials from suppliers or performing unskilled tasks, such as mixing concrete or mortar, digging holes and tearing out walls; moves furniture, oxygen tanks and other heavy equipment at an institution, building or site.
• Digs post holes and ditches; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass and trash, sweeps walks and cleans rest rooms; chips, scales, cleans and scrapes ironwork.
• Assists in setting up or moving scaffolds; sweeps, mops and buffers floors; picks up trash and performs general clean-up and custodial duties
• Provides general housekeeping services to various facilities and public areas to include, but not limited to, waxing and stripping floors, cleaning latrines and various fixtures within them, stocking paper products, hand soap etc. in latrines and public areas

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change with or without notice.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of the tools, equipment, methods and practices of the general building and mechanical trades. Ability to follow simple oral instructions; skill to use hand tools and high-speed power tools; to perform the less skilled aspects of the mechanical and building trades; and to physically perform heavy manual labor.

Education and Experience:

Requirements at this level are six months of experience in general construction work in the building trades, lawn care or gardening.

Licenses/Certificates Required:

None

Physical Requirements:

• Applicant must be able to lift/carry a minimum of 60 pounds
• Applicant must be able to work in extreme environmental conditions (Over 100 Degrees F and below 20 Degrees F)
• Applicant must be able to work from various building heights

Conditions of Employment:

• Serves a 12 month trial period
• Contingent on a favorable NCIC/OSBI background check
• Contingent on passing a pre-employment drug & alcohol screening
• T1 security clearance (Eligibility for national security positions shall be granted only to U.S. citizens)
• Contingent on continuous federal funding
• Must maintain a valid driver's license
• Non-exempt FLSA status
• Tobacco and Vape free facility

Notes: This position is located at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base in Tulsa, OK

Employment eligibility verified through e-Verify (Homeland Security), and a National Agency Check for positions that require computer access.

This position may require travel in and out of state with overnight stays. Travel may be required at the expense of the employee to be reimbursed within 45 days of travel.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.