Current Job dates:
Currently recruiting for the season that runs from May 1st, 2025 to November 1st, 2025.
- Routine maintenance and construction of hiking trails, trail drainages (water bars, dips, and culverts), iron pins and handrails, stonework, and trail bridges.
- Marks trails with rock cairns and blazes.
- Moves materials to job site.
- Safely and effectively uses and maintains hand and power tools required for the job and has the ability to maintain those tools properly.
- Operates and performs minor operator maintenance on light duty motor vehicles within the park.
- Operate one or more motor vehicles including platform truck, van trucks, stake trucks, dump trucks, specialty pumping equipment, and trash removal trucks up to 35000 GVW; some vehicles may have air brakes.
- Operate vehicles in heavy congestion on public and nonpublic roads and through multiple campgrounds.
- Perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance of equipment.
- Perform manual labor tasks, such as digging, pulling, cleaning drainage ditches, lifting and emptying trash containers, cleaning rest rooms, picking up litter, cleaning picnic grills, etc.
- May perform semi-skilled and unskilled maintenance, repair, and janitorial work in and on various unit buildings. For example, minor plumbing repair, touch-up painting, minor carpentry repairs, and janitorial work in public and administrative buildings.
- 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.
- Responsible for the general cleaning, ground maintenance, repairs to the grounds, buildings and structures of the parks and the efficient operation, maintenance, and care taking of buildings, structures and grounds serving public and domestic use throughout the park.
- Position also focuses on custodial services, including cleaning sinks, toilets, sweeping and mopping floors, and ensuring that there are adequate supplies of soap, towels, and toilet paper for a public restrooms throughout the park, picnic areas, and/or camp grounds.
- Operates heavy power equipment such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, and all types of hand tools (such as shovels rakes, lawn edging equipment, etc.), to maintain buildings, grounds, roads, trails, etc.
- Loads and unloads supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc. Moves furniture, removes and sets signs, paints picnic tables and signs, rakes and waters lawns, trims trees and shrubbery, picks up litter, and cleans fire pits.
- Digs ditches and trenches with pick and shovel where soil is hard and compact and must grade or slope; occasionally breaks up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixes and pours concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; fills and levels holes in damaged roads. Moves heavily loaded wheelbarrows and hand trucks; uses heavy type power mowers including adjusting blades, cleaning and oiling. Cuts heavy trees with axe or chainsaw; stacks heavy logs, lumber, and sacks of cement, etc., or performs other duties requiring similar judgment and comparable physical effort.
- Performs janitorial duties for buildings in the absence of janitor and as back-up support.
- Operates heavy power equipment such as lawn mowers, chain saws, brush cutters, brush chippers, portable snow blowers, and all types of hand and light power tools.
- Loads and unloads supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc.
- Digs ditches and trenches; occasionally breaks up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixes and pours concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; fills and levels holes in damaged roads.
- Performs janitorial duties for buildings and grounds when required.
- Operates vehicles in all traffic conditions, performs minor operator maintenance, vehicles weigh up 10,000 pounds.
Laborer (Motor Vehicle Operating) WG-4
Read the full job announcement and job description at USAJOBS.gov.
Open to the first 150 applicants or until 01/13/2025 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Motor Vehicle Operator WG-8
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You must possess and maintain a current Class B or higher Commercial Driver's License prior to entrance on duty.
Maintenance Worker
For this Custodial and Grounds Maintenance Worker role, please read the full job announcement before applying.
Duties include:
Laborer
Read the full job announcement at USAJOBS.gov before submitting an application.
Job duties include:
Maintenance Worker (Trails) - WG-5
Trails workers shaping grade, setting stone steps, building dry stone and retaining walls, and more, on historic trail system.
Park housing is available on a limited basis and is not guaranteed.
Read the full job announcement and job description at USAJOBS.gov before submitting a federal resume and other required documents. Submit a federal resume and any other required documents identified in the job announcement via USAJobs.gov.
Applying for a federal job is different than applying to jobs in nearly every other industry. Thus, Acadia National Park is free federal resume workshops. Learn more.
Maintenance Worker (Trails) - WG-7
Experienced trails workers shaping grade, setting stone steps, building dry stone and retaining walls, and more, on historic trail system.
Park housing is available on a limited basis and is not guaranteed.
Read the full job announcement and job description at USAJOBS.gov before submitting a federal resume and other required documents. Submit a federal resume and any other required documents identified in the job announcement via USAJobs.gov.
Applying for a federal job is different than applying to jobs in nearly every other industry. Thus, Acadia National Park is free federal resume workshops. Learn more.
Laborer/Motor Vehicle Operating WG-5
Read the full job announcement and job description at USAJOBS.gov.
Motor Vehicle Operator WG-7
Read full job announcement and jobs description at USAJobs.gov.
You must possess and maintain a current Class B or higher Commercial Driver's License prior to entrance on duty.
Operates one or more motor vehicles including platform truck, van trucks, stake trucks, dump trucks, specialty pumping equipment, and trash removal trucks, which typically have an approximate gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds and up to 35,000 pounds. Vehicles are usually equipped with air brakes. Vehicles are driven on the basis of either specific trip assignments or regularly established schedules over public roads at highway speeds to transport passengers, supplies, materials, solid waste, or equipment and tools, or to tow equipment throughout rural or urban areas. Operates vehicles over rough terrain, in close quarters, and in heavy traffic on both long and short hauls. Performs operator maintenance on all vehicles operated (e.g., monitoring fluid levels, replacing air filters and interior lights, checking tire pressure and hose connections, and washing vehicle.) May perform semi-skilled and unskilled maintenance, repair, and janitorial work in and on various unit buildings. Typical duties include installing faucet washers and gaskets, replacing faucets, other minor plumbing repair, touch-up painting, minor carpentry repairs, and janitorial work in public and administrative buildings. Performs minor repairs and preventative maintenance of equipment. Does manual labor tasks, such as digging, pulling, cleaning drainage ditches, lifting and emptying trash containers, cleaning rest rooms, picking up litter, cleaning picnic grills, etc.
How to Apply
All federal resumes and required documents should be submitted via the job announcement at USAJobs.gov. Applying for a federal job is different than applying to jobs in nearly every other industry. Thus, Acadia National Park is hosting free federal resume workshops. Learn more about these workshops at go.nps.gov/AcadiaJobs.
Contact Info
- Amanda Pollock
- amanda_pollock@nps.gov
- (207) 288-8806
- www.nps.gov
