Maintenance Worker (Trails) (Temporary)

National Park Service; Hawaii; On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Park Service is seeking a Maintenance Worker (Trails) to perform recurring building and utility maintenance and to assist journeymen and higher graded workers. The role supports trail preservation within Hawaii’s park landscapes and aligns with an anticipated entry on duty in December 2027.

Major duties include safe use and maintenance of tools, trail clearing, tread restoration, and collaboration on trail structures and new trail lay-outs in challenging terrain.

Qualifications

• Experience using hand and power tools and maintaining them.
• Ability to clear trails of windfallen trees and debris.
• Experience in trail maintenance and construction of graded/paved trails.

Responsibilities

• Safely and effectively uses hand and power tools and maintains them.
• Clears trails from windfallen trees, vegetation, rock fall and debris.
• Builds up tread surfaces in eroded areas.
• Assists in installation and maintenance of trail structures.
• Maintains trails including graded and paved trails.
• Provides daily guidance to field crews and helps supervise.
• Contributes to construction of rock and wood water bars, retaining walls and cribbing.
• Lays out and constructs new trails in rocky, mountainous terrain and restores abandoned trails.

Job description

Open: October 21, 2026 — Closes: October 28, 2026

Summary

The primary purpose of the Maintenance Worker is to perform recurring building and/or utility maintenance and operation duties and to assist journeymen and other higher graded maintenance workers. Anticipated Entry on Duty: December 2027.

Major Duties

• Safely and effectively uses hand and power tools required for the job and can maintain these tools properly.
• Clears trails from windfallen trees, vegetation, rock fall and other debris on trail.
• Builds up tread surfaces in eroded areas.
• Assists in the installation and maintenance of trail structures including cribbing and retainer walls, water diversion bars, and steps.
• Trail maintenance and construction of graded trails and paved trails.
• Additional duties for the WG-7 Maintenance Worker (Trails) include:
• Provide daily guidance and direction to field crews completing trail maintenance/construction.
• Construction and maintenance of rock and wood water bars, retaining walls and cribbing, and other trail structures.
• Laying out and constructing new trail in rocky, mountainous terrain, and performing landscape restoration of abondoned trails.