Maintenance Worker (Trails) Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Kenai Nional Wildlife Refuge Summary The mission of the Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habits for the continuing enjoyment of people. The Nional Wildlife Refuge System exists to administer a nional network of lands and wers for the conservion, management, and where approprie, restorion of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habits within the U.S. for the benefit of present and future generions of Americans. Learn more about this agency Summary The mission of the Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habits for the continuing enjoyment of people. The Nional Wildlife Refuge System exists to administer a nional network of lands and wers for the conservion, management, and where approprie, restorion of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habits within the U.S. for the benefit of present and future generions of Americans. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Soldotna, AK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $28.50

• $33.21 per hour Pay is subject to annual review and adjustment. Pay scale & grade WG 5 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent
• Career-seasonal
• See Additional Informion section for an explanion of Career-seasonal appointments.

Occupions and job series 4749 Maintenance Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CAXB-26-13077638-DE-LL

Control number 886948600 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled using the Alaska Nional Interest Lands Conservion Act (ANILCA) local hiring authority (16 USC 3198). Any U.S. Citizen who has special knowledge or expertise regarding the nural or cultural resources, by reason of having either lived or worked in or near Alaska Public Lands may apply. Your applicion package must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near Alaska Public Lands. See Qualificions section for eligibility requirements. Videos Duties Help This position is loced within the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Kenai Nional Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, Alaska. At the full performance level (WG-05) the major duties of the Maintenance Worker position include, but are not limited to the following: Coordines transporting camp and work supplies, construction merials and trail crew laborers by foot bo, truck, fixed wing and rotary aircraft. Coordines the maintenance and construction of public use trails including the trail drainage feures, boardwalks and trail bridges. Removes downed trees, rockslides, surface outcroppings, and debris from trails. Uses hand and power tools safely and effectively in performing assigned work including chainsaws and crosscut saws. Maintains hand and power tools used in performing assigned work. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participion required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more, www.dhs.gov/EVerify/ . Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You may be required to complete training and opere a four-wheel drive vehicle. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided. You may be required to travel overnight away from home primarily during the months of May through September. During this timeframe you may be required to travel up to two weeks per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You required to undergo a CNACI background investigion due to working with youth. You must be least 18 years of age or older to opere government vehicles. Eligible for conversion to competitive service after two years and upon meeting all requirements

• Additional Requirements loced under Qualificions
• Qualificions Requirements Continued.

.. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. This trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your trial your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualificions:

All qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement-10/13/2026-unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Special knowledge or expertise concerning Alaska public lands nural and/or cultural resources and the management thereof is required. Local knowledge of the resources and the typical conditions th affect the work to be accomplished applied in the performance of duties.

• AND•To be eligible your applicion package must clearly show periods of time having lived and/or worked in or near Alaska public lands.
• ALSO
• The following are the competencies identified for this position.

Applicants are not required to address these competencies in a separe document but are encouraged to include in their resumes experience reled to these competencies: Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion, and Repair, etc. Use of Measuring Instruments Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Special knowledge or expertise concerning the nural or cultural resources of public lands and the management thereof. Knowledge of weher, river channels and conditions, snowmobile trail conditions, and travel routes to safely travel on or near a refuge or other public lands in a variety of conditions.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion There is no substitution of educion for the required special knowledge or expertise as outlined in this announcement. Additional informion Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. This is an excepted service appointment, th confers competitive stus after two years and upon meeting all performance and OPM qualificion requirements. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as permanent appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work for approximely le February through le November, and you in a non-pay stus for the remainder of the year. First time hires to the Federal government normally start the step 1 re.

Physical Demands:

Exerts heavy physical effort frequently while performing trail construction and maintenance work, including bending, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and using hand and power tools. Frequently lifts and carries objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Carries and rolls rocks and logs and uses rock bars and similar tools to move or position rocks weighing several tons. Frequently uses hammers and other hand tools to crush, break, or shape rock and performs extensive shoveling and similar strenuous manual work. Frequently walks long distances, up to 15 miles per day, while performing assigned trail work, including work in remote areas for extended periods.

Work Environment:

Works and lives for extended periods in isoled backcountry areas in close contact with small groups of employees and other personnel. Performs work outdoors in remote and mountainous terrain elevions up to 6,000 feet and under extremes of weher conditions. Performs trail work in dusty and potentially hazardous conditions. Encounters hazards associed with moving and handling rock; working in and around rockslide areas; falling and bucking trees; and working in and around machinery. Participes in established safety programs designed to safeguard ors, employees, the environment, facilities, equipment, and vehicles. Observes work and camp activities for unsafe conditions and practices affecting volunteers, Youth Conservion Corps (YCC) participants, Student Conservion Associion (SCA) participants, and regular crew members, and follows established safety procedures while performing assigned work. All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions . The duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or nural disaster. Alaska currently does not have a ste income tax. All travel, transportion, and relocion expenses associed with reporting for duty in this position the sole responsibility of the selectee. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents, questionnaire responses). If your applicion package does not clearly reflect having lived and/or worked within Alaska public lands, does not clearly reflect special knowledge of the nural and/or cultural resources of Alaska public lands, or if you fail to submit all required documention, you red 'ineligible' or 'not qualified'. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine your qualificions/eligibility and for ring purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the lest submission reviewed. Veterans' preference based solely on the claimed preference. Your eligibility will not be changed based on the documention provided. If you are uncertain which preference to claim, you can learn more by ing the VetGuide . Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inapproprie language or informion in their applicion package ineligible for further considerion for this position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/13/2026-unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. More informion on how to write a

Federal Resume:

https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Complete all required assessments. To be eligible, your applicion package must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near Alaska public lands as described in the Qualificions section of this announcement. Veterans Preference Documention , if applicable. Veterans must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.va.gov/records/ or call 1-800-827-1000. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from all documents.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. There are multiple options for applying to this position, please see applicion options and instructions below: To apply online : You must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 10/13/2026

• unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion.

You must provide documention to support your eligibility claim. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13077638 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus, https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus .

To apply via mail:

Mailed applicions must be postmarked by the closing de of the announcement. If your applicion is postmarked by the closing de, it must be received in a sealed envelope no ler than seven calendar days after the closing de. The seven-day waiting period may be extended if weher delays mail delivery.

Applicions may be mailed to:

Nional Park Service Alaska Regional Office Attn:

Human Resources 240 W. 5th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 Applicions must include the vacancy announcement number. If you are applying to multiple vacancy announcements, you must submit a separe applicion for each vacancy. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Agency contact informion Laura Lasell laura_lasell@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Resources 1101 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99503 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. If your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ . Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/13/2026-unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. More informion on how to write a

Federal Resume:

https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Complete all required assessments. To be eligible, your applicion package must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near Alaska public lands as described in the Qualificions section of this announcement. Veterans Preference Documention , if applicable. Veterans must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.va.gov/records/ or call 1-800-827-1000. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from all documents.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. There are multiple options for applying to this position, please see applicion options and instructions below: To apply online : You must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 10/13/2026

• unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion.

You must provide documention to support your eligibility claim. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13077638 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus, https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus .

To apply via mail:

Mailed applicions must be postmarked by the closing de of the announcement. If your applicion is postmarked by the closing de, it must be received in a sealed envelope no ler than seven calendar days after the closing de. The seven-day waiting period may be extended if weher delays mail delivery.

Applicions may be mailed to:

Nional Park Service Alaska Regional Office Attn:

Human Resources 240 W. 5th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 Applicions must include the vacancy announcement number. If you are applying to multiple vacancy announcements, you must submit a separe applicion for each vacancy. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Laura Lasell laura_lasell@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Resources 1101 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99503 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. If your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ . Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Soldotna, AK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $28.50

• $33.21 per hour Pay is subject to annual review and adjustment. Pay scale & grade WG 5 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent
• Career-seasonal
• See Additional Informion section for an explanion of Career-seasonal appointments.

Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CAXB-26-13077638-DE-LL

Control number 886948600