Park Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job ID: 33474
Agency: Department of Game Fish & Parks
Location: Grenville, SDSalary: $19.74 Hourly
Pay Grade: F
Closing Date: 11/04/2025

The Park Maintenance Technician at Pickerel Lake Recreation Area is one of the 10 permanent staff of District 1. District 1 consists of 4 parks: Fort Sisseton Historic State Park, Roy Lake State Park, Sica Hollow State Park and Pickerel Lake State Recreation Area; 7 Lakeside Use Ares; 12 Public Water Access Areas. These areas provide year round recreational opportunities and facilities for the public such as camping, lodging, historical interpretation, programing, picnicking, beach going, boating, fishing, hunting, multi-use trails, and disc golf. The focus of the maintenance technician at Pickerel Lake will be to lead and manage the buildings and grounds of Pickerel Lake Recreation Area. Pickerel Lake will be the reporting duty station. This is a Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly position with the Game Fish & Parks. For more information on the Game Fish & Parks, please visit https://gfp.sd.gov/ .

Duties of the Park Maintenance Technician will include:

Assuming the lead role on facility maintenance and management of all current facilities at Pickerel Lake Recreation area. This position will assist with maintaining: grounds, comfort stations, park shop buildings, cold storage buildings, park offices, camping cabins, campsites, playgrounds, dump stations, vault toilets, picnic shelters, and many other facilities. Specific duties include, but not limited to: electrical work, plumbing work, carpentry, construction and concrete work. The position will be directing and inspecting work for seasonal staff to assure facilities are clean, sanitized and available for the public. They will also maintain cleaning equipment and chemicals, inspect facilities for safe and proper operation and maintaining accessibility. This position will also prepare facilities for safe winter storage and be responsible for turning the facility back on in the spring.

This position will need to know how to operate, perform maintenance, diagnose and make repairs on mowers, tractors, skid steers, trailers, sprayers, UTV's, golf carts, small equipment/small engines and various implement attachments. The Park Maintenance Technician will be responsible for keeping accurate service records and logs for all repairs and service performed on equipment.

The position will also assist with the construction and maintenance of hiking & multi-use trails, turf and grounds maintenance; campsite maintenance; tree care including; planting, pruning, maintenance & removal, landscaping, and construction projects; perform herbicide and insecticide applications to control weeds and insects; snow removal; fencing; signing; and operating specialized equipment and power tools to effectively and efficiently complete projects mentioned above.

Position will act as a lead worker for seasonal, and volunteer staff while maintaining daily park operations and maintenance tasks. Position will assist in making sure staff are orientated, adequately trained, properly supervised, given proper feedback, meeting safety standards and completing duties as assigned. Position will also create and maintain a positive working environment for all staff.

Position will assist district permanent staff with preparation of vehicle & equipment reports, Fleet and Travel work orders, weed spraying records, electrical maintenance repair records, maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets and safety inspections.

Licenses and Certifications:
Valid driver's license required; incumbent must be able to obtain a chemical applicator's license as well as Wildland Fire Certification.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
A background in maintenance fields with knowledge and experience in grounds maintenance, equipment maintenance, plumbing, electrical, welding and carpentry along with the desire to accomplish these tasks to a high standard, safely and responsibly.

Knowledge of:

• operation, maintenance and repair of tractors, skid steers, loaders, implement attachments, large commercial mowers, weed eaters, chain saws and other specialized equipment of different diagnostic and repair methods for a wide variety of vehicles and equipment;
• safe operating guidelines for equipment;
• herbicides, pesticides and insecticides, methods and rates of application, safe use and handling practices, and proper operation of spraying equipment;
• seed, fertilizers;
• janitorial and sanitation procedures, chemicals, materials, and supplies;
• fence building, landscaping;
• carpentry, plumbing, painting and electrical repair;
• record keeping and report writing;
• supervising and directing work crews.

Skill to:

• work outdoors in all weather conditions and a wide variety of terrain and water;
• lead crews as well as perform as part of a crew;
• operate a diversity of machinery, equipment and tools and perform hard physical labor and lift heavy objects.

Ability to:

• ability communicate and work with Park Manager, District Supervisor, Building Maintenance Specialist and District Foreman to facilitate park needs and projects;
• operate a variety of vehicles and equipment;
• operate vehicles with manual transmissions;
• operate boats with outboard motors;
• use a variety of hand tools;
• provide on the job training to assigned employees.

This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information here . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=2NQ
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"

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