FUL-Maintenance Mechanic Trails

U.S. National Park Service; Alaska; On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska is seeking skilled trail maintenance personnel to support injury-free, durable trails. Join a mission-driven team within the National Park Service in Denali Park, Alaska, to perform journey-level work and oversee maintenance tasks throughout the season.

Applicants should demonstrate experience with carpentry, masonry, cement work, painting, and related trades, plus ability to read blueprints and use tools safely.

Qualifications

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT).
• Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (blueprints reading).
• Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment.
• Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc.
• Knowledge of materials.
• Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic).
• Use of Measuring Instructions.

Responsibilities

• Experience performing journey-level trail maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction work, including carpentry, masonry/stonework, cement work, painting, or related trades.
• Experience maintaining and repairing trails, drainage features, retaining walls, and trail structures.
• Operating and maintaining hand tools, power tools, and equipment.
• Leading employees, volunteers, youth corps participants, or conservation crews; coordinating project logistics; ensuring safety; and completing projects.

Skills

Screen-out ability

Blueprint reading

Tools operation

Equipment knowledge

Materials knowledge

Technical practices

Measuring instructions

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Equipment maintenance

Job description

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Alaska Region, for Denali National Park and Preserve at Denali Park, Alaska.

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as permanent appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately mid-January to mid-November, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year. Additional requirements continued..

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (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 precise, 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.

Note: Applicants must have experience performing journey-level trail maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction work, including the application of trade practices associated with carpentry, masonry/stonework, cement work, painting, or related maintenance trades. Experience is demonstrated by maintaining and repairing trails, drainage features, retaining walls, and trail structures; operating and maintaining hand tools, power tools, and equipment; and monitoring trail conditions. Experience may also be demonstrated by leading employees, volunteers, youth corps participants, or conservation crews; assigning and overseeing work activities; coordinating project logistics; ensuring adherence to safety standards; and independently completing trail maintenance and construction projects.

Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible. 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. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position.

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 skill and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.