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Seasonal Maintenance Mechanic
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Location
Pennsylvania
Salary
$32.92 - $32.92
per hour
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This seasonal job with the National Park Service involves maintaining park grounds, buildings, and equipment at the Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River in Pennsylvania, focusing on hands-on repairs like painting, plumbing, and electrical work.
It's a great fit for someone with practical experience in these trades who enjoys outdoor work and can handle routine tasks independently.
No formal education is required, but real-world examples from paid or volunteer roles are essential to qualify.
Key Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in masonry trades
- Demonstrated experience in electrical repairs, such as replacing light fixtures and outlets
- Demonstrated experience in plumbing repairs, such as faucet replacement and drain cleaning
- Demonstrated experience in painting projects using appropriate tools and techniques
- Ability to perform routine and corrective maintenance on grounds, structures, buildings, and equipment with minimal supervision
- Specific examples of qualifying experience in resume (paid or volunteer work accepted)
Full Job Description
The Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River is located in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, bordering New York. The park manages 73 miles of river and several historic locations.
The Upper Delaware River is renowned for its clean waters and amazing fishing including springtime trout and shad. Additional information about the park can be found at www.nps.gov/upde.
In order to be qualified for this position you must possess the ability to do the work of the position with no more than normal supervision.
Experience must be demonstrated in the following trades: Masonry, Electrical, Plumbing, and Painting. You must provide specific examples in your resume of how you meet the qualification listed above.
We will not assume you possess experience simply because you have held a particular job title, series, or grade.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:
Major Duties: Performs routine and corrective maintenance of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, building components, and equipment.
Performs work using simple and complex measures and hand tools on such tasks as painting, electrical, plumbing, etc. Performs painting projects using appropriate tools and techniques.
Performs plumbing repairs such as, faucet replacement, drain cleaning/repair. Performs electrical repairs such as replacing light fixtures and outlets.
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