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Open: December 31, 2025 — Closes: May 29, 2026
Summary
The primary purpose of the position is to operate one or more motor vehicles, which typically have an approximate gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds and up to 26,000 pounds.
Major Duties
Some of the duties you will perform, include, but not limited to: Operates and maintains equipment and vehicles with gross vehicle weights up to 26,000 pounds in order to haul equipment, personnel, fence posts, tools, and related materials to work sites. Leads a crew of lower-level co-workers (laborers) involved in the construction, repair, and upkeep of government boundary fences, roads, culverts, corrals, trails, campground facilities and buildings. Performs manual labor tasks such as digs holes, mixes and pours concrete, cleans culverts, installs drainage pipe and culverts, removes deteriorated posts and wire, etc. Uses and instructs laborers in the use of hand tools such as hammers, rakes, shovels, post hole diggers, wire stretchers, axes, saws, and wrenches. Operates a tractor, post hole digger, rollers, tampers, and pressure washers. This position requires heavy physical effort to haul materials and equipment to work locations. You will frequently lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds, continually walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pulling and pushing. The work is primarily outdoors and may be in temperatures up to 100 plus degrees. Work is performed in backcountry terrain that is uneven, steep, and rocky. As needed, you may also work as a flagger on road projects, picking up litter, digging ditches, and loading/unloading supplies, furniture, mow lawns, re seed roadsides, repair trails and assist with building maintenance. Must be able to operate gasoline and diesel powered equipment including rotary self-propelled mowers, brooms, weed trimmers, chain saws, jackhammers, dump trucks (with and without trailers), tractors, rollers, snow plows and compactor equipment. 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 Wednesday, January 14, 2026** Referral certificates will be issued when a hiring official exhausts current certificate and/or additional vacancies need to be filled. For more information about this park, please check out Wind Cave National Park