General Assistant- Winter McMurdo Station

Gana-A'Yoo Services Corporation, GSC, is renowned for excellence in delivery, performance and customer satisfaction with a focus on Food Service, Janitorial Services and Administrative Services. GSC supports the National Science Foundation managed United States Antarctic Program as part of the Antarctic Support Contract (ASC) and we are currently seeking a General Assistant at McMurdo Station.

As a General Assistant you are responsible for general labor such as moving furniture and other items as needed around station. Additional duties will include providing support to facilities personnel as needed, and assisting with other station services tasking when primary tasking is complete.

POSITION: General Assistant

SEASON: Winter (March-October)

LOCATION: McMurdo Station, Antarctica

SECTOR/DEPT: Gana-A'Yoo Services Corporation (GSC) Antarctica

SALARY: $810 per week

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in Station Services daily & weekly meetings
• Participate in Station Services and other department (as needed) safety trainings & JHAs
• Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace and ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace
• Responsible for moving lodging & station furniture items, such as bed frames, mattresses, wardrobes, couches, chairs, tables etc. Movements can at times be up several flights of stairs
• Assembling said furniture when needed
• Performs daily tasking in an efficient and thorough manner
• Able to complete assignments in a timely, organized manner, following through with tasking from beginning to end
• Able to work in a team unit composed of diverse personalities
• Able and willing to work as a team when lifting items in excess of 50 pounds
• Able and willing to work solo or as a team when moving items up several flights of stairs
• Displays self-motivation in physically challenging and atypical work environment
• Able to maintain flexibility and positive attitude in a dynamic, fast-paced work setting
• May also be tasked to assist in special projects such as, inventories, carpet extraction, waxing and buffing floors, and seasonal building opening/closing
• Responsible for reporting any maintenance issues
• Occasionally assists in other station services departments as time allows
• Performs other related duties as assigned by manager-on-duty.

EDUCATION:

High school education or GED.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to lift/carry/move up to 50 lbs for an extended period of time
• Must be able to lift/carry/move items 50-300 lbs, as a team, for extended periods of time
• Must wear composite toe shoes
• Must wear proper PPE as issued
• This position requires spending time outdoors working in cold temperatures,
• This position may require after-hours (outside of standard 7am-5pm) work occasionally.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility 75% or more of the time. The employee is occasionally required to remain in a stationary position for at least 25% of the time. The employee frequently is required to maneuver self to be able to reach product and/or materials needed for task. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 65 pounds, and occasionally lift and move as a team items weighing 300 pounds. Must have capacity for exposure to long hours, days, and weeks away from home.

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of one year experience in a custodial related or manual labor industry required.

Previous experience with Stations Services in Antarctica may be accepted in lieu of minimum experience.

OTHER:

US citizenship or permanent residency required

A prerequisite of employment for this position is to successfully gain a favorable Tier 1 - Elevated Background Investigation (EBI) result prior to deployment. Candidates hired for this position will be required to complete; online forms, written forms, fingerprint cards and provide additional details and information as requested by NSF Personnel Security.

Gana-A'Yoo, Limited (GYL), an Alaska Native Corporation, offers services with ongoing contracts in many facility types, such as, military training facilities, emergency management centers and temporary field sites. GYL in partnership with ESS Support Services, a Division of Compass Group, will provide operational management support. ESS Support Services is the market leader in providing remote camp and catering services to clients, wherever their location, no matter how extreme the environment may be. Services extend across North America and include such diverse facilities as drilling, mining, construction, pipeline and logging camps, offshore, governmental agencies and others. Payroll and benefits are supported by Compass Group.

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