Maintenance Worker Leader

National Park Service; Saint Joe (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service in Saint Joe, Arkansas, seeks a Maintenance Worker Leader for the Buffalo National River's Facilities Division. The role leads a crew, assigns daily tasks, coordinates materials, and oversees a range of trades to maintain and repair park facilities and utilities.

Responsibilities include electrical troubleshooting, equipment operation, plumbing corrections, and carpentry work for buildings, fixtures, and outdoor structures.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership by assigning daily tasks to workers and communicating supervisor instructions.
• Ensures availability of plans, materials, supplies, equipment, and tools as needed.
• Performs maintenance and repair on grounds, exterior structures, buildings, and utilities across trades (carpentry, plumbing, electrical, cement work, painting).
• Diagnoses electrical issues, replaces/installs controls, relays, switches, and wiring; follows National Electrical Code for wiring and conduit work.

Job description

Open: September 14, 2026 — Closes: September 18, 2026

Summary

You will serve as a Maintenance Worker Leader with National Park Service, Buffalo National River, Facilities Division located in Saint Joe, Arkansas.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Performs as a working leader and passes on to other workers the instructions received from the supervisor by assigning daily tasks to individuals of the work group. Ensures necessary plans, materials, supplies, equipment and tools are available when needed. Recommends operation needs per work requests to the supervisor. Performs non-supervisory work involved in the maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings and related fixtures and utilities, requiring the use of a variety of trade practices associated with occupations such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, cement work, painting and other related trades. Makes electrical repairs and trouble shoots electrical wiring, fixtures and controls by use of ohm/volt amp meters and visual inspection. Determines fault, replaces and/or installs controls, relays, switches, fixtures and wiring. Measures, bends (conduit) and splices wires in compliance with National Electrical Code. Operates hydraulic and gear driven, diesel and gasoline powered dump trucks, forklifts, end loaders/backhoe, bobcat with attachments and 7-yard trash compactor. Installs, adds, replaces, and cleans faulty plumbing and fixtures including leaky drains, dirty traps, and broken water, sewer and gas lines, as well as hooking up appliances including propane and oil stoves/heaters and installation of pumps, etc., to new and existing systems. Operates and maintains a variety of automatic or manually controlled pumps, chlorination units, 20 and/or 100 kilowatt generators. Takes chlorine readings, prepares and mixes chlorine, changes filters in water systems and maintains records. Performs carpentry repairs and construction of new and existing structures or items such as building storage shelves, dry wall, repair of roofs, doors and windows, stairs and decks.