Laws Railroad Museum & Historical Site Looking for Maintenance/Groundskeeper at Bishop, California Full Time

Work and live at Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site!
We are located on the eastside of the beautiful Eastern Sierra Mountains on eleven acres of history.   Are you interested in restoring and maintaining historic structures?   Working with some amusing characters?  Exploring some of the most awe-inspiring landscapes in the country?  Then we have what you’ve been looking for. 

Life at the Museum:

• Exciting work environment with plenty of growth opportunity
• Meet people of all ages from all over the world

Benefits and Perks:

• Employee housing – Single family mobile home
• Utilities included (water, electricity, and propane)
• Ten days (80 hours) of vacation pay per year for full-time employees
• Three days (24 hours) of paid sick leave per year

The Details:
Position Type: Year Round
Start Date:  Mid December to January
Pay: $16.00 to start
Schedule: Typical schedule is 40 hours, 5 days/per week with onsite evening monitoring (quarterly alternating days off)

CARETAKER DUTIES

• Opening and closing the facility. 
• Arming/disarming security system.
• Empty all outdoor trash cans at closing. 

Restrooms

• Maintenance/cleaning daily.  Before museum is open and as needed throughout the day.

Reception center/office

• Maintain clean windows, clean floors and dust-free surfaces.
• Includes vacuuming floors, mopping bathroom, cleaning sink, and toilet.

All display buildings and depot

• Maintain clean windows, clean floors and dust-free surfaces.
• Clean displays and display areas, including glass display case surfaces.
• See that the walkways are swept clean and are safe.
• Clear snow and ice from walk surfaces before allowing traffic.

Library Arts building

• Assure that the conference room and bathroom are always clean.

Grounds

• Fertilize lawns once or twice in the spring/summer season.
• Water and feed shrubs, bushes, trees etcetera.
• Mow, trim and edge lawns on a weekly basis.
• Weed as needed around trees, along walkways and around sprinklers.
• Control weeds by pulling or cutting.
• Prune trees and bushes as needed.

Equipment

• Security system: replace batteries when needed, clean sensors, and respond to alarms.
• Work with the Tel-Tec on problems that occur.
• Run and check roof sprinklers on depot monthly.
• Maintain septic tank monthly treatments.  Order pump service as needed.
• Start and run motorized equipment weekly.
• Check and change, if needed, anti-freeze in motorized equipment for winter.
• Locate, map and service all fire extinguishers June and December yearly and as needed.

Sprinkler system seasonal service

• Drain and winterize for winter, replace insulation in valve boxes. Reactivate in early spring. 
• Sprinkler System maintenance/adjustments as needed, repair and replacements as needed.

Swamp coolers seasonal service

• Drain and winterize for winter.  Clean, replace pads and reactivate for summer.

Fire boxes

• Flush and check insulation for winter. 

Other duties as assigned.

 

Open/close and responsible for security system

1st and 3rd Quarters – Jan/Feb/March and July/Aug/Sept

Caretaker A

                             Open – Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Off Off

                             Close – Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Off Off

Caretaker B

                             Open – Mon Tues Off Off Fri Sat Sun

                             Close – Mon Tues Off Off Fri Sat Sun

2nd and 4th Quarters – April/May/June and Oct/Nov/Dec

Caretaker A

                             Open – Mon Tues Off Off Fri Sat Sun

                             Close – Mon Tues Off Off Fri Sat Sun

Caretaker B

                             Open – Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Off Off

                             Close – Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Off Off

 

Priority

• Restrooms maintenance/cleaning/trash collection
• Daily preferable before 10:00 am and as needed throughout the day

Daily – While opening

• Dust all display cases, depot desk/office area and baggage area

Daily – While closing

• Clear cobwebs on building exteriors
• Inspect all buildings and note repairs needed

Reception center/office

• Clean windows & dust – Tuesday and Friday
• Vacuum/sweep/mop – Tuesday and Friday, and as needed
• Clean bathroom – Tuesday and Friday

Buildings

East side, West side and Depot

• Window washing monthly
• Floors weekly
• Display glass weekly
• Clean inside displays, floors and dust everything
• Conference restroom – every Sunday including floor

As needed

• Mowing weekly
• Weeding weekly
• Watering
• Pruning
• Clearing leaves from exhibits

Monthly

• Septic tank treatment – first Wednesday monthly – pump as needed
• Run engines/service as needed
• Run sprinklers on top of depot – March through October