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Engineering Equipment Operator
National Park Service · Posted 60 days ago
On-site Mesa Verde National Park, CO $29.2 – $34.1/hr Apply by Jul 23, 2026 Engineering Equipment Operating ISTP
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This position is located in Mesa Verde National Park in the Facility Management Roads & Trails Division. Current or former time-limited (temporary and term) employees of a land management agency eligible for permanent positions under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA). For more information, select the following link: Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA). You will be required to work shifts, weekends, evenings, and holidays. CONTINUED IN DUTIES SECTION
What You'll Do
- →CONTINUED FROM SUMMARY SECTION Career-Seasonal positions are subject to release and recall procedures.
- →A permanent career-seasonal position includes all the benefits of permanent employment but does not provide employment on a full year-round basis.
- →As such, selectees will be in a non-pay/non-duty status for at least 2 weeks to 6 months per year based on project requirements or weather conditions.
- →Selectees are guaranteed to work at least 6 months per year but not more than 50 weeks per year, with the work schedule to be determined upon appointment.
- →The typical season for Mesa Verde National Park is January through September and November through December (anticipated non-pay period 10/1 - 10/31) but can be variable during this month due to project requirements or weather conditions.
- →Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will not be paid.
- →All travel, transportation, and relocation expenses associated with reporting for duty in this position will be the sole responsibility of the selected employee.
- →Major Duties: Operate heavy gasoline or diesel-powered engineering equipment to accomplish heavy construction and/or excavation work on flat or rolling terrain, refuse dumps, and/or construction sites with simple terrain problems.
- →Operate heavy engineering equipment such as tractors with bulldozer or angledozer blades, backhoes, frontend loaders, excavators, wheel loaders, trench diggers, skid steers, and large industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments.
- →Operate equipment to push, pull, pile, or load earth, sand, stone, snow, and/or refuse, and maintain ditches, road shoulders and beds, parking lots, and/or fire roads/lines.
- →As instructed, hook up attachments, use booms, and/or adjust engineering equipment settings for level, angle, or depth.
- →Load, secure, and drive equipment to and from project sites.
- →Perform pre-trip safety inspections on engineering equipment and document and report deficiencies to the higher-level operator and/or supervisor.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship required.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
- ✓You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment.
- ✓In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
- ✓You must possess and maintain a current Class B Type Commercial Driver's License.
- ✓Upload with application, no pictures.
- ✓You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
- ✓You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 2 nights per month.
- ✓You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
- ✓Government Charge Card: You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).
Personality Fit
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