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Laborer (Motor Vehicle Operating) - Seasonal
National Park Service · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
These positions may be filled for a seasonal period, up to 1039 hours, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: November 2026. For more park(s) information, please visit find a park. Open to the first 200 applicants or until 08/08/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
What You'll Do
- →Duties: Operates and maintains hand and power tools (e.g. mowers, shovels, rakes, lawn edging equipment, blowers, etc.) to maintain buildings, grounds, and roads.
- →Load and unload supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.
- →Dig ditches, clean gutters, shovel snow.
- →Maintain lawns and grounds.
- →Performs duties such as custodial, maintenance, and groundwork as needed.
- →Transport people or materials in a motor vehicle to and from destinations within the park.
- →Physical Demands: The work performed requires the exertion of moderate to very heavy physical effort.
- →The work involves lifting and moving objects over 50 pounds, and in some cases, carrying 80 - 100 pounds (or more) with assistance.
- →Working Conditions: Outside work is usually performed under all kinds of weather conditions.
- →Indoor work is often accomplished in office buildings or in well-lighted, heated, and ventilated areas such as warehouses, loading docks, or trade shops.
- →Frequently exposed to weather and temperature extremes, drafts, noise, dust, and dirt and the possibility of bruises, muscle strains, cuts and scrapes.
- →Work requires the employee to follow proper safety procedures and use standard safety equipment such as gloves, ear protectors, safety glasses, and steel-toe shoes to avoid possible hazards in the work area
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.
- ✓Government housing may be available.
- ✓You may 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/or shift work.
- ✓You may be required to travel overnight away from home occasionally.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle.
- ✓You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required.
- ✓You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record.
- ✓You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
- ✓Travel, transportation & relocation expenses will not be paid.
Personality Fit
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