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Grand Canyon National Park

Maintenance Worker (Leader) Seasonal

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A Maintenance Helper or Assistant assists maintenance mechanics. Repairs and maintains equipment and machines, such as cars or heating systems. May assemble or adjust machines as directed by a head mechanic.

$38,990 / year median in Arizona

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Maintenance Worker (Leader) Seasonal Department of the Interior Nional Park Service Grand Canyon Nional Park Summary These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can be vary due to weher conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticiped Entry on
Duty:
November 2026 The work schedule is an 8-days-on, 6-days-off rotion, with employees working every other weekend. Employees work from Wednesday through the following Wednesday. For more park(s) informion, please find a park . All applicions submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive considerion. Learn more about this agency Summary These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can be vary due to weher conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticiped Entry on
Duty:
November 2026 The work schedule is an 8-days-on, 6-days-off rotion, with employees working every other weekend. Employees work from Wednesday through the following Wednesday. For more park(s) informion, please find a park . All applicions submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive considerion. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Grand Canyon Nional Park Grand Canyon, AZ No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $29.20
  • $34.06 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Multiple Schedules
  • Work Schedule is dependent upon the position. Travel Required 76% or greer
  • You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary
  • Not-to-exceed 1560 hours Occupions and job series 4749 Maintenance Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive 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
IM-1541-GRCA-26-13027111-DE
Control number 879061800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Videos Duties Help Leads a crew of between 4-12 employees in performing trail work to include resurfacing, maintenance, repair, and construction of trail bridges. Maintenance, repair, and construction of a variety of walls, bridge abutments, causeways, and other structures. Removal of hazard trees by use of a variety of felling techniques, use of wedges, and use of rigging techniques. Leads crew in rigging tasks in a variety of construction projects to include use of griphoists, wire ropes, synthetic ropes, amsteel, blocks, shackles, come alongs, winches, friction devices, slings, and chains. Carpentry tasks to include maintenance repair and construction of buildings, associed trail-side structures, and facilities. Small engine maintenance and repair. Snow and ice removal using a variety of mechanized medium and heavy equipment. Actively participes in the Park Safety Program, to include holding daily meetings, safety walk-arounds and the instruction and use of personal protective equipment to be worn all times. Work leaders are expected to exert a gre deal of physical effort while repairing trails. Travel to and from work can take several hours and can require hiking 3-4 miles to the jobsite and 3-4 miles back day's end, often carrying packs and/or tools exceeding fifty pounds in weight. Work Leaders are expected to be able to hike up to 16 miles a day carrying up to 50 pounds of gear and tools. Trail repair work consists of moving rock, soil and other building merials by hand. These objects can weigh in excess of 100 pounds. Work is conducted in steep, rocky and precipitous locions. Elevion changes range from 8,000 feet on the Canyon's Rim to 2,000 feet along the river. Temperures range from below 0 degrees in the winter to above 100 degrees in the summer. Working around mules can pose the hazard of getting stepped on, kicked or pushed. Employee must be fit and able to hike and perform strenuous labor. Must maintain a drug and alcohol free workplace. Use of drugs or alcohol terms for immedie dismissal of duty. Work may require travel in a helicopter or bo. This position may require schedule changes to perform needed repairs or to cover schedules. This position often requires living in cramped quarters. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Meet Selective Service Registrion Act requirement for males. Selectee required to participe in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. Depending on locion, occupancy of government quarters may be required. Depending on locion, government housing may be available. You may be required to wear a uniform and comply with the Nional Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and/or shift work. You may be required to travel overnight away from home occasionally. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. You may be required to complete training and opere a four-wheel drive vehicle. If selected for a position/locion th requires search and rescue, emergency response, use of firearms, wercraft operion, or commercial driver's license, you required to submit to a drug test and receive a negive drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. You required to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operor's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a Ste sealed envelope or submitted directly by the Ste authorities), and your own expense, all certified driving records from all Stes th disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. Applicants must be least 18 years old. Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-reled factors: Ability to Lead or Supervise (SCREEN OUT) Ability to interpret Instructions, Specificion, etc. (includes blueprints reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion Repair, etc. Knowledge of merials Technical Practices (theoretical practice, artistic) Use of Measuring Instructions If your knowledge and ability in the
SCREEN OUT
factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further considerion. In preparing your applicion, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had th specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualificions reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-reled factors.
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.
ICTAP/CTAP
Stement:
Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive considerion for special priority selection. Well qualified means th the applicant meets the following: OPM qualificion standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions th OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodion, where approprie to sisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is red by the organizion least the well qualified level on all competencies. Educion There is no substitution of educion for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions. Additional informion A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher re of pay. Click here for the Federal Wage Schedule Website to calcule locion specific pay. This job opportunity announcement used to fill one or more additional selections any time without notificion. The locions listed on the announcement anticipe filling vacancies. However, not all grade levels may be filled all locions. Eligibility and qualificions verified if there is a vacancy for the locion and grade for which you applied.
Non-Competitive Rehire Eligibility:
Temporary seasonal employees can only maintain their non-competitive rehire eligibility if they work no more than a combined total of Temporary NTE less than 1040 hours, or 1560 hours if the position falls under the Exception to the General Time Limits for Temporary Seasonal positions, anywhere in the Nional Park Service (NPS) within their established service year. Accordingly, non-competitive rehire eligibility allows for re-appointment to the same position or another position approprie for temporary appointment with the same qualificion requirements (5 CFR 316.402[b][7]), based on series and grade, anywhere in the major subdivision (NPS). If you have held a temporary seasonal appointment in the past 12 months and have already worked the maximum hours during th period, you are still welcome to apply. However, please be aware th exceeding the appointment limit in your established service year will result in the loss of your non-competitive rehire eligibility. The limit can be exceeded by working multiple temporary seasonal positions th result in a combined total greer than the appointment limit. Employment may be termined any time due to fluctuions in funding levels, project needs, employee performance, or other considerions.
Physical Effort:
The duties of this position require heavy physical exertion such as bending, lifting, etc. The incumbent is required to use hand tools and power tools to complete trail work and must frequently lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds. The incumbent carries and rolls rocks and logs both uphill and downhill, moves rocks weighing several hundred pounds with rock bars, uses hammers to crush or shape rock, uses jackhammers th weigh over 80 pounds to split and chisel stone, uses a shovel extensively, and frequently walks up to 20 miles daily and must be able to do so a minimum re of three mph.
Working Conditions:
This position is required to live and work effectively and efficiently in an isoled backcountry area with people for extended periods of time (up to 6 months out of the year). The incumbent lives and works outdoors on projects in desert/canyon terrain with an elevion of up to 8500 feet and weher conditions becoming extremely hot or cold. Trail work is dusty, and hazardous conditions exist when moving rocks, and while working in and around rockslide areas, stock (mules, horses), explosives, falling and bucking trees, and machinery. 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. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. You may only submit one resume. 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. A review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documention, you red 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score adjusted accordingly. If a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions or experience, you can lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your ring. Candides red and ranked using Cegory Ring procedures. These procedures place candides with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Veterans with a service connected disability of least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality cegory. Under Cegory Ring, candides red and ranked into one of the following cegories: Best Qualified
  • applicants possessing experience th substantially exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position Well Qualified
  • applicants possessing experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job Qualified
  • applicants possessing experience th meets the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
You evalued on the following competencies and/or job elements: Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specificion, etc. (includes blueprints reading) Ability To Lead Or Supervise Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion Repair, etc. Knowledge of merials Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic) Use of Measuring Instructions 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 All qualificions and documents must be met by 11:59 EST or when the 'applicant cut-off' is reached (which may be sooner than 08/14/2026). Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade in a federal position. 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 A complete Occupional Questionnaire Other Supporting Documents , if applicable, such as:
Veterans Preference Documention :
If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the Nional Archives . 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. If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother 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.ebenefits.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability. Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area.
You must include:
1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be red well-qualified on the ring criteria for this position. 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 any badges, licenses, etc.
Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help To apply for this position: You must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/14/2026.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13027111 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.
Note:
When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion Seasonal Staffing Office seasonal_staffing_office@nps.gov Address Grand Canyon Nional Park PO Box 129 20 South Entrance Road Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 US Next steps Many similar positions are advertised by various offices within the Nional Park Service. You MUST apply to each announcement for considerion. Officials may hire any grade level, locion or work schedule. All positions may or may not be filled. Des and length of employment will vary between park sites depending on funding, weher conditions, and ion. Positions are
TEMPORARY
positions, not to exceed 6 months (1,039 hours), or 9 months (1,560 hours) and have no promotion potential. Once the Occupional Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement th your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candides and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete. Applicants will get a response from this announcement by approximely August 2026. 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 All qualificions and documents must be met by 11:59 EST or when the 'applicant cut-off' is reached (which may be sooner than 08/14/2026). Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade in a federal position. 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 A complete Occupional Questionnaire Other Supporting Documents , if applicable, such as:
Veterans Preference Documention :
If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the Nional Archives . 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. If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother 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.ebenefits.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000 to establish proof of disability. Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area.
You must include:
1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be red well-qualified on the ring criteria for this position. 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 any badges, licenses, etc.
Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help To apply for this position: You must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/14/2026.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13027111 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.
Note:
When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Seasonal Staffing Office seasonal_staffing_office@nps.gov Address Grand Canyon Nional Park PO Box 129 20 South Entrance Road Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 US Next steps Many similar positions are advertised by various offices within the Nional Park Service. You MUST apply to each announcement for considerion. Officials may hire any grade level, locion or work schedule. All positions may or may not be filled. Des and length of employment will vary between park sites depending on funding, weher conditions, and ion. Positions are
TEMPORARY
positions, not to exceed 6 months (1,039 hours), or 9 months (1,560 hours) and have no promotion potential. Once the Occupional Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement th your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candides and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete. Applicants will get a response from this announcement by approximely August 2026. 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 1 vacancy in the following locion: Grand Canyon Nional Park Grand Canyon, AZ No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $29.20
  • $34.06 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Multiple Schedules
  • Work Schedule is dependent upon the position. Travel Required 76% or greer
  • You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary
  • Not-to-exceed 1560 hours Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive 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
IM-1541-GRCA-26-13027111-DE
Control number 879061800