Maintenance Worker (Trails)

National Park Service; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service is seeking a Maintenance Worker (Trails) to perform maintenance, repair, and construction of park trails at a sub-journeyman level. Duty station may be away from park headquarters with general duties performed in a park.

You will occasionally lead lower graded workers, volunteers, and interns in trail-related tasks, transport tools and equipment to job sites, and operate a range of trail maintenance machinery.

Qualifications

• Maintenance, repair, and construction of park trails.
• Sub-journeyman level responsibilities.
• May involve leading volunteers and interns.

Responsibilities

• Occasionally leading lower graded workers, volunteers, and interns in trail maintenance tasks.
• Transport tools, materials, employees, vehicles, and equipment to job sites and trailheads.
• Operate trail maintenance equipment such as front-end loaders, mowers, and excavators.
• Intermittently lead and teach youth crews in trail maintenance activities.

Job description

Open: September 9, 2026 — Closes: September 23, 2026

Summary

You will serve as a Maintenance Worker (Trails) with National Park Service.The purpose of the position is to perform, at the sub-journeyman level, the maintenance, repair, and construction of Park trails. Duty station may be in an area away from park headquarters with general duties performed in a Park.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Occasionally leading lower graded workers, volunteers, and Interns in carpentry, masonry, rigging, and motor vehicle trail maintenance related operations Transport tools, materials, employees, vehicles, and equipment with a variety of vehicles weighing under 26,000 GVW to job sites and trailheads Operate and maintain a variety of track type and rubber wheeled gasoline and diesel equipment such as front-end loaders, rollers, tractors with auxiliary attachments, utility terrain vehicles (UTV's), forklifts, dump trucks, mowers, mini excavators, and other types of equipment associated with support of Trail Maintenance related tasks. Intermittently leading and teaching lower graded employees, trails interns, volunteers and youth crews in all aspects of trail maintenance activities.