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Maintenance Worker (Trails)
National Park Service · Posted 6 days ago
On-site Contract Joshua Tree, CA $24.9 – $29.1/hr Apply by Sep 23, 2026 Maintenance Mechanic ESTJESTPISTJISTP
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You will serve as a Maintenance Worker (Trails) within the Department of the Interior, Pacific West, Division of Maintenance, Twentynine Palms, California, National Park Service. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime work. Normally this is a Monday-Friday work schedule.
What You'll Do
- →Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.
- →You will work for approximately from the July to mid June and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year at least 1 pay period (two weeks) in June.
- →You may be required to travel 25% away from home to assist with Channel Islands and nearby NPS areas.
- →You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
- →Salary Range Information (Per Hour): $24.92-$29.07Federal Wage System Regular and Special Production Facilitating Wage Rate Schedules for the Los Angeles, California (LA) Wage Area AC-013R First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Assists in the installation, repair and replacement of water diversion bars, cribbing and retainer walls.
- →Removes windfalls, rockslides, surface outcroppings and debris from trails.
- →Builds up tread surfaces in eroded areas.
- →Installs steppingstones at creek crossings where bridges cannot be constructed.
- →Works under a trail's maintenance leader or other higher-graded position.
- →The position is primarily engaged in assisting in the maintenance and construction of graded and paved trails, trail drainage, trailbridges, and guard rails.
- →The incumbent works outdoors in harsh and challenging conditions, including extreme heat, cold, sunshine, snow, rain, humidity, wind, pollen, dust, and dirt.
- →Work locations may reasonably involve exposure to environmental hazards such as poison oak, biting or stinging insects, and venomous reptiles.
- →The position requires knowledge of backcountry communication and safety equipment-including park radios, satellite phones, GPS units, and SPOT devices-and the ability to use these tools accurately.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/ Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5dc3e749-c3d8-44e0-910c-8cc878511ef9
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