Summary
These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can be vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty:
November 2026
The work schedule is an 8-days-on, 6-days-off rotation, with employees working every other weekend. Employees work from Wednesday through the following Wednesday.
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All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
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Duties
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Leads a crew of between 4-12 employees in performing trail work to include resurfacing, maintenance, repair, and construction of trail bridges. Maintenance, repair, and construction of a variety of walls, bridge abutments, causeways, and other structures. Removal of hazard trees by use of a variety of felling techniques, use of wedges, and use of rigging techniques. Leads crew in rigging tasks in a variety of construction projects to include use of griphoists, wire ropes, synthetic ropes, amsteel, blocks, shackles, come alongs, winches, friction devices, slings, and chains.
Carpentry tasks to include maintenance repair and construction of buildings, associated trail-side structures, and facilities. Small engine maintenance and repair. Snow and ice removal using a variety of mechanized medium and heavy equipment. Actively participates in the Park Safety Program, to include holding daily meetings, safety walk-arounds and the instruction and use of personal protective equipment to be worn at all times.
Work leaders are expected to exert a great deal of physical effort while repairing trails. Travel to and from work can take several hours and can require hiking 3-4 miles to the jobsite and 3-4 miles back at day's end, often carrying packs and/or tools exceeding fifty pounds in weight. Work Leaders are expected to be able to hike up to 16 miles a day carrying up to 50 pounds of gear and tools. Trail repair work consists of moving rock, soil and other building materials by hand. These objects can weigh in excess of 100 pounds. Work is conducted in steep, rocky and precipitous locations. Elevation changes range from 8,000 feet on the Canyon's Rim to 2,000 feet along the river. Temperatures range from below 0 degrees in the winter to above 100 degrees in the summer. Working around mules can pose the hazard of getting stepped on, kicked or pushed.
Employee must be fit and able to hike and perform strenuous labor. Must maintain a drug and alcohol free workplace. Use of drugs or alcohol will be terms for immediate dismissal of duty. Work may require travel in a helicopter or boat. This position may require schedule changes to perform needed repairs or to cover schedules. This position often requires living in cramped quarters.
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Conditions of employment
- U.S. 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.
- Depending on location, occupancy of government quarters may be required.
- Depending on location, 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 obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- You may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle.
- If selected for a position/location that requires search and rescue, emergency response, use of firearms, watercraft operation, or 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 addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
- 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.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:
- Ability to Lead or Supervise (SCREEN OUT)
- Ability to interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading)
- Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
- Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc.
- Knowledge of materials
- Technical Practices (theoretical practice, artistic)
- Use of Measuring Instructions
If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
Additional information
A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.
Click here for the Federal Wage Schedule Website to calculate location specific pay.
This job opportunity announcement will be used to fill one or more additional selections at any time without notification.
The locations listed on the announcement anticipate filling vacancies. However, not all grade levels may be filled at all locations. Eligibility and qualifications will be verified if there is a vacancy for the location and grade for which you applied.
Non-Competitive Rehire Eligibility: Temporary seasonal employees can only maintain their non-competitive rehire eligibility if they work no more than a combined total of Temporary NTE less than 1040 hours, or 1560 hours if the position falls under the Exception to the General Time Limits for Temporary Seasonal positions, anywhere in the National Park Service (NPS) within their established service year. Accordingly, non-competitive rehire eligibility allows for re-appointment to the same position or another position appropriate for temporary appointment with the same qualification requirements (5 CFR 316.402[b][7]), based on series and grade, anywhere in the major subdivision (NPS).
If you have held a temporary seasonal appointment in the past 12 months and have already worked the maximum hours during that period, you are still welcome to apply. However, please be aware that exceeding the appointment limit in your established service year will result in the loss of your non-competitive rehire eligibility.
The limit can be exceeded by working multiple temporary seasonal positions that result in a combined total greater than the appointment limit.
Employment may be terminated at any time due to fluctuations in funding levels, project needs, employee performance, or other considerations.
Physical Effort: The duties of this position require heavy physical exertion such as bending, lifting, etc. The incumbent is required to use hand tools and power tools to complete trail work and must frequently lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds. The incumbent carries and rolls rocks and logs both uphill and downhill, moves rocks weighing several hundred pounds with rock bars, uses hammers to crush or shape rock, uses jackhammers that weigh over 80 pounds to split and chisel stone, uses a shovel extensively, and frequently walks up to 20 miles daily and must be able to do so at a minimum rate of three mph.
Working Conditions: This position is required to live and work effectively and efficiently in an isolated backcountry area with people for extended periods of time (up to 6 months out of the year). The incumbent lives and works outdoors on projects in desert/canyon terrain with an elevation of up to 8500 feet and weather conditions becoming extremely hot or cold. Trail work is dusty, and hazardous conditions exist when moving rocks, and while working in and around rockslide areas, stock (mules, horses), explosives, falling and bucking trees, and machinery.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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