Winter Grounds Maintenance - Part-time

We invite you to be part of our team of trailblazers dedicated to helping people discover and enjoy the outside. Come join us. Because on the inside we’re all outsiders. And if it’s outside, we’re all in.

We are looking for a Winter Ground Maintenance Technician for our Freeport, Maine locations.

Position Purpose: Performs winter grounds maintenance tasks and supports facilities projects. Will operate groundskeeping equipment and/or power tools. Participates in and assumes responsibility for assigned winter snow removal and preventive maintenance.

Responsibilities:

• Grounds Maintenance / Snow removal (plowing, snow blowing, shoveling).
• Maintain low-level Grounds equipment.
• Ability to perform assigned GM tasks: Painting and misc. repairs upon request.
• Report Grounds-related issues / concerns to appropriate personnel.
• Know and follow all safety rules and procedures. Report any unsafe acts or conditions.
• Completes selected repairs and maintenance to building components such as doors, windows, acoustical ceilings, and floor coverings.
• Assists in the construction of items such as picnic tables, barricades, sawhorses, etc.
• Performs other maintenance functions as skills and workload allows.
• Provides communication to co-workers through e-mail, voice mail, and daily interface.
• Employees working in this position will be expected and MUST be available to work fluctuating schedules which may exceed forty hours per week, according to weather and business demands.

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. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

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.

Education Level: High School or GED
Experience: Experience in landscaping, equipment operation and basic construction preferred. 

Skills and Qualifications:

• Performs all the functions of General Maintenance Technician I.
• Continuous mental and visual attention, with manual coordination due to equipment and tools used: driving of company vehicles, tractors, snowblowers, plows, saws, painting.
• Ability to use a computer, including email and Microsoft Office.
• Self-driven
• Lifting up to 50 lbs (30% of the time).
• Standing up to 8 hrs. per day.
• Dexterity, repetitive motion. Frequently handling of lightweight materials in difficult work positions.
• Valid, clean driver’s license.

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 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.