We’re looking for a Maintenance Summer Intern to join our American Ordnance team located in Middletown, IA. The internship tasks will include light duty summer work throughout the installation assisting the Facilities/Utilities department with various tasks inside and outside.

As the Maintenance Summer Intern, here’s the work you’ll do:

• Light duty maintenance activities.
• Minor maintenance repairs to facilities and fencing.
• Maintain vegetation control.
• Painting of fire hydrants, PI valves, etc.
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

This role is for you if you have these skills:

• Knowledge of small equipment such as lawn mower, weedeater, paint/brushes.
• Observes safety practices and procedures; uses equipment properly.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work with others collectively.

And if you have these qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Some mechanical/facility aptitude.
• Great attitude and team player.
• Successful completion of background and drug screening process.

Candidates may be required to satisfy additional job-related requirements, including those established and controlled by third parties, as part of the selection process.

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the salary range for this role is $24.00/hr. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. (The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements).

We care about our employees and it shows!  Our staff receive a competitive salary and 401(k).

To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job, you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery.
• Balancing (e.g. maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.)
• Stooping (e.g. bending the spine at the waist)
• Reaching (e.g. reaching the arms or legs in any direction)
• Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 25 pounds
• Walking
• Repetitive motion of any part of the body
• Pushing or pulling (e.g. using a part of your body to press against something in a downward or outward direction or in a dragging or hauling motion)
• Manual Dexterity (e.g. picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses fingers)
• Grasping (e.g. use of hand to apply pressure)
• Feeling (e.g. perceiving an object’s size, shape, texture, etc.)
• Climbing (e.g. ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, pole, etc. using feet and legs and hands/arms to climb)
• Hearing
• Talking
• Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time.
• Ability to read complex documents in the English language.
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions.
• Ability to write complex documents in the English language.
• Capacity to express thoughts orally.
• Ability to wear a mask, respirator, bullet proof vest or other equipment.
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company’s office or worksite.
• Ability to withstand environmental conditions (e.g. extreme heat or cold, grass, wind, sand, fumes, odors, gases, extreme noise, etc.)
• Ability to withstand nature conditions (e.g. poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, insects, bees, snakes, etc.)