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Maintenance Worker (Trails) - Seasonal
National Park Service · Posted 64 days ago
About the Role
The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is September to December but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: Dependent upon location. Open to the first 200 applicants or until 07/17/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Performs new trail construction and maintenance including sustainable trail design, general trail maintenance practices, masonry, and log carpentry work.
- →Work also includes moving a variety of materials (stone, logs, fill, etc.) to work sites, maintaining and (re)constructing trail tread, hauling materials, rehabilitating project sites, cleaning drainages, installing signs, transplanting vegetation, and brushing trail segments.
- →Work on park-wide trail construction and maintenance projects.
- →Projects include foot trails in wilderness, front country paths, footbridge construction and maintenance, re-vegetation work, and general maintenance and cleaning tasks.
- →Recognize and report future and existing maintenance problems such as erosion control and drainage pattern issues.
- →May lead (train) Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) employees, volunteers and conservation crews in new trail construction or maintenance projects in the front and back country.
- →Will frequently lift and carry objects weighing over 100 lbs.
- →Incumbent frequently hikes up to 20 miles daily.
- →Work is performed in both front country and backcountry locations and may require living and working out of wilderness camps.
- →Commercial Driver's License (CDL): As a condition of employment, CDL Class C (or higher) with endorsements may be required for some (but not all).
- →If you possess a CDL, indicate it clearly on your resume.
- →If selected for a position/location that requires a commercial driver's license, you will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment.
- →In such cases, this position may also be subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
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 maybe 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 may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties.
- ✓You will also submit a photocopy of your valid State issued driver's license prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists.
- ✓Lastly, you may be required to 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 discloses all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
- ✓Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's license.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle.
- ✓You may be required to travel overnight away from home.
- ✓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.
- ✓There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7f0392f3-3bb6-4c68-b393-6264ee055351
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