Materials Handler (Seasonal)

National Park Service; California; Presencial; USD 29.000 - 34.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

The National Park Service in California is hiring for temporary seasonal positions within the Pacific West Region, with duties focused on grocery operations, stocking, and deliveries for park crews. Work is in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon areas, with appointment periods April through October and potential variability due to funding and weather.

Wage rates are posted at $21.18–$24.74 per hour, and typical duties include stocking, hauling, and supplying meals and materials for 10–50

Formación

• There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Responsabilidades

• Process grocery orders and purchases for multiple crews weekly.
• Stock the food commissary and deliver orders to staging areas.
• Load and unload groceries; transport groceries using government vehicles.

Descripción del empleo

The typical seasonal period is April through November but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April 2027.

Key Responsibilities

The Pacific West Region is recruiting for TEMPORARY seasonal positions not to exceed 1039 hours work in a service year. Dates of employment will vary between sites depending on funding, weather conditions and visitation. Within regulatory limitations, the length of initial appointment may be shortened or extended depending on work availability and funding.

Duty Location is: Yosemite National Park Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Major duties are processing grocery orders and purchases groceries for multiple crews weekly. Stocks the food commissary to complete grocery and sundry orders sent by crews for specific delivery dates and times. Transports food orders to staging areas.

Communicates via park radio system, satellite phone and normal phone network with crews to get orders and needs to be received in weekly resupplies. Purchases groceries and supplies using government furnished credit card. Responsible for the stocking, handling, storage and transport of a full food supply operation for a range of 10-50 personnel during the months of April through October.

Loads and unloads boxes of groceries with consideration given to safety, security and protection of all items involved. Labels all outgoing supplies with label identifier. Operates motor vehicles up to 26,000 GVWR in steep, wet, icy, slippery, dry, hot and cold conditions throughout parks and in the nearby cities. On occasion will operate pickup truck pulling an 8,000 Lb. GVW, or less, trailer to deliver material and or supplies to all areas of the parks.

Other duties include sharpening and re-handling hand tools used in trail maintenance. Minor tool maintenance and preventive maintenance of equipment (i.e. oil change to portable generators). Filling and mixing fuels for equipment used by work crews. Fills and stores liquid propane for crews weekly supply orders. Deliver hay and grain products to staging locations. Pick-up parts and supplies for other work units when shopping for groceries for crews.

May intermittently feed and perform welfare checks of park livestock during time the animal care takers are not available. Physical Requirements: Incumbent works indoors/outdoors primarily during daylight hours. Work is performed both indoors and outdoors. Exposed to a variety of seasonal weather conditions while working outdoors (temperatures 100+ degrees). Indoor building temperatures range from 70-90 degrees.

The work environment is dirty, dusty, and greasy, and soiling of clothes is inevitable. The work may involve sitting, bending, kneeling, twisting, awkward positions, standing, walking on uneven surfaces, and regular lifting of objects of up to 50 lbs. in weight.

Working Conditions: Operates motor vehicles on a daily basis, in all types of traffic and weather on public roads and various terrains in the performance of duties, including on curving narrow mountainous roads and occasionally off-road terrain, and is exposed to the danger of serious accidents. Must possess a valid State driver's license. May be required to travel overnight and work weekend shifts.

Incumbents are often required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time and to bend, stoop and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions.

Requirements & Education

There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $21.18 – $24.74/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-26.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.