BUILDING/GROUNDS LABORER

Job Requisition ID: 50339
Closing Date: 10/08/2025
​Agency: Department of Military Affairs
Class Title: BUILDING/GROUNDS LABORER - 05598
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $4,414 monthly; Full Range $4,414- $5,926 monthly.
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Randolph
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC042 Residual Maintenance Workers, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:

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Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

Why Work for Illinois?

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Position Overview

The Department of Military Affairs is looking to hire a Building/Grounds Laborer located out of the Sparta Training Site and Armory. This position under immediate supervision, performs non-skilled tasks and manual building labor; strips, scrubs, waxes, and polishes floors; washes windows; clean restrooms; shovels snow; empties trash. Maintains interior and exterior cleanliness and condition of various on-site locations. The Department of Military Affairs works with the members of the Illinois Air and Army National Guard. We welcome all interested applicants to apply.

Essential Functions

• Maintains interior cleanliness of facility.
• Performs exterior maintenance of facility.
• Performs routine maintenance of facility.
• Cares and accounts for janitorial supplies and equipment.
• Loads and unloads trucks which requires the possession of appropriate valid driver's license when moving the trucks; sets up and takes down tables, chairs, etc.; moves office equipment; carries moderate to heavy items up to 80 lbs.
• Performs building security duties such as checking for leaks, fires, vagrants, and prowlers. Checks condition and security of facilities windows, doors, gates, and other controlled access points.
• Assists in the firing of a low-pressure boiler, cleaning flues, and keeping boiler room clean.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of high school.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers elementary knowledge of grounds/building maintenance and building cleaning methods.
• Prefers common understanding and basic experience using elementary computer software.
• Prefers the ability to follow simple oral and written instructions, as well as instructions provided in graphical flow charts.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the ability to pass a DoD background investigation and obtain a DoD Common Access Card (CAC) prior to hire or transfer.
• Requires travelling to other state facilities using state owned vehicle.
• Requires the ability to lift and carry 80 pounds, il e., heavy boxes, supplies, etc.; ability to move heavy furniture and equipment.
• Requires being on feet for long periods of time; the ability to climb stairs and ladders.
• Requires being on hands and knees for extended periods of time.
• Requires the ability to withstand extreme temperature changes.
• Requires exposure to a variety of chemical cleaning agents.
• Requires possession of an appropriate valid driver’s license.

Work Hours: 7am - 3pm (1/2 hr paid lunch) Can vary based on mission requirements
Work Location: 1803 N Hillcrest Dr, Sparta, Illinois, 62286
Agency Contact: Natasha
Email: [email protected]
Posting Group: Building, Fleet & Institutional Support; Public Safety

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

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• If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:
• State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid
• Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.

The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your “junk mail”, “spam”, or “other” folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:

• [email protected]
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*NOTE: The Department of Military Affairs does not discriminate against any individual because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service in connection with employment, real estate transactions, access to financial credit, and the availability of public accommodations in compliance with the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Constitution, Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Acts, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the U.S. Constitution. The Equal Employment Opportunity Office is responsible for compliance and may be reached at 217/557-5667.

Department of Defense (DOD) background check and receipt of a DOD Common Access Card (CAC) is required for this position.