Seasonal Facility Operations Specialist (Project Manager)
National Park Service
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Seasonal Maintenance Worker
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Location
Morristown, New Jersey
Salary
$26.62 - $26.62
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This seasonal job with the National Park Service involves hands-on maintenance tasks like cleaning buildings, caring for outdoor grounds, and doing basic repairs on structures and utilities using simple tools and equipment.
It's perfect for someone who enjoys physical outdoor work and has basic experience in trades like carpentry or plumbing, without needing advanced skills or close supervision.
Ideal candidates are reliable workers who can handle routine chores in a park setting, including volunteers with relevant hands-on experience.
Key Requirements
- Ability to perform simple and routine maintenance and repair work on grounds, buildings, and utilities with minimal supervision
- Experience in basic trade practices such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, cement work, or painting
- Skills in custodial duties including cleaning, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, emptying trash, and restroom maintenance
- Proficiency in grounds maintenance like grass cutting, removing bushes and branches, and using power equipment (e.g., mowers, weed eaters)
- Ability to safely operate a pickup truck for transporting and towing equipment
- Familiarity with hand tools for maintenance activities, such as hammers, saws, axes, rakes, and shovels
- Qualifying paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work, with specific examples provided in resume
Full Job Description
This position is located in a National Park Service Unit.
Performs simple and routine work involved in the maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings and related utilities, requiring the use of a variety of trade practices associated with occupations such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, cement work, painting, and other related trades.
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.
You must have performed simple and routine work involved in the maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, and related utilities, requiring the use of a variety of trade practices associated with occupations such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, cement work, painting, and other related trades.
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 custodial duties, cleaning, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, empty trash cans, cleaning restrooms. Maintain grounds, grass cutting, remove bush, branches etc.
Able to use and maintain power equipment for facility and grounds (riding mowers, push mowers, weed eaters, bowers). Ability to operate a pickup truck safety, transport, and tow equipment.
Use and maintain hand tools commonly used during facility grounds and maintenance activities such as hammers, wire stretchers post pounders, fence pliers, pulaskis, pick-mattock, axe, hand saws, lopping shears, pry bars, grading rakes, stone hooks, spade.
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