Seasonal Heavy Equipment Operator — Park Projects

National Park Service; Estes Park (CO); On-site; USD 38,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service in Estes Park, Colorado, is seeking a Seasonal Engineering Equipment Operator to operate a range of heavy equipment for park infrastructure projects. The position may run six months and is subject to weather, funding, and project needs.

Anticipated start is April-May 2027, and applications are open to the first 200 applicants. Responsibilities include operating graders, loaders, backhoes, and other heavy machinery, performing earth moving and grading tasks to maintain road

Qualifications

• No substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.

Responsibilities

• Operates gas or diesel powered engineering and construction equipment with wheeled or crawler-type traction, such as road graders, tractors with bulldozer or angle dozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes, wheel loaders, trench diggers, and large industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments.
• Operates equipment to push, pull, pile, excavate, backfill, grade, or level earth and/or refuse. Uses equipment to perform such functions as cutting, moving, digging, grading, and rolling earth, sand, stone, and other materials to maintain ditches, road shoulders, and beds.

Skills

Equipment operation

Job description

National Park Service in Estes Park, Colorado, is seeking a Seasonal Engineering Equipment Operator to operate a range of heavy equipment for park infrastructure projects. The position may run six months and is subject to weather, funding, and project needs.

Anticipated start is April-May 2027, and applications are open to the first 200 applicants. Responsibilities include operating graders, loaders, backhoes, and other heavy machinery, performing earth moving and grading tasks to maintain road