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Seasonal Maintenance Worker (Trails)
National Park Service · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
These positions may be filled for a seasonal period, up to 1560 hours, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: July- September 2026 Open to the first 50 applicants. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the 07/09/2026 to be considered. Please visit find a park for additional park information.
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 backcountry areas, 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) and other youth corps 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 10-15 miles daily.
- →Work is performed in both front country and backcountry locations.
- →Area Information:At just over 7,200 acres, Petroglyph National Monument stretches 17 miles along the Albuquerque, New Mexico, West Mesa.
- →Established by Congress on June 27, 1990, Petroglyph National Monument protects more than 20,000 petroglyphs and 350 archeological sites, including the Las Imagines National Archeological District.
- →Co-managed by the City of Albuquerque, the Monument's annual visitation tops 350,000, including many visitors from the local communities near the Monument.
- →The monument's cultural resources and landscape hold profound meaning and significance for traditional communities, including many of the Pueblos and Tribes of the Southwest.
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 is not available.
- ✓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 evenings, weekends, and holidays You may be required to travel overnight away from home.
- ✓You may be required to live and work out of backcountry camps.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓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.
- ✓There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 157e1951-882a-41bc-9dbe-7330e0169c4d
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