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Open: December 15, 2025 — Closes: May 29, 2026
Summary
This position is a working leader assigned responsibility for building and utility maintenance work. The position provides daily direction to at least three (3) workers to accomplish trades work on a regular and recurring part of the job and exercised on a substantially full time and continuing basis.
Major Duties
The incumbent leads a crew, with the construction and maintenance of hiking trails, docks, and campgrounds, as well as the upkeep of grounds around park owned facilities and cultural landscapes. The incumbent is required to complete all facets of trail and campground maintenance including but not limited to the hauling of heavy timbers and construction of boardwalk, installation of trail drainage components such as rock or wood water bars and culverts, removal of stumps and rocks, installation of trail and park signs, construction of trail bridges, and the identification of and felling of hazard trees. The incumbent reports directly to their supervisor regarding crew and project needs, assists with planning, and often takes the lead on technical aspects of grounds, trail, and campground projects. This position requires the ability to perform dock and marina maintenance and construction. Duties include masonry, constructing floating and crib docks, constructing timber cribs and decks, rub rails, cleat installation, and bin-wall repairs. In addition, the incumbent attends to custodial operations throughout the park including cleaning and stocking front and back country restroom facilities, emptying refuse and recycling containers, and the upkeep of buildings, shops, and workspaces. Position requires effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, as well as technical skills for computer use, word processing, and various facility management park service software. This is an open continuous announcement, in which applications are collected over several months, and have multiple cut-off dates. Applications will be considered throughout the open period of the announcement. **INITIAL CUT OFF IS Monday, December 29, 2025** Referral certificates will be issued when a hiring official exhausts current certificate and/or additional vacancies need to be filled. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is located at the northern tip of the Bayfield Peninsula of Wisconsin 75 miles east of Duluth, Minnesota, and contains 21 islands and 13 miles of the Wisconsin coastline of Lake Superior. The islands are spread over a portion of Lake Superior that is nearly 290,000 acres in size - an area larger than Rocky Mountain National Park - that is only accessible by boat. For more information on this park, check out Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
