Woodcrafter

National Park Service • Full-time • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • $31.79 - $37.14 / hour • 1d ago

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Open: March 27, 2026 — Closes: April 7, 2026

Summary

This position is located in Independence National Historical Park, in the Asset Preservation and Maintenance Division. This division also oversees the management of the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, and Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church National Historic Site. The position is responsible for the preservation and maintenance of historic, recreation, and modern wooden building components and features, as well as furniture and exhibit items, and locks.

Major Duties

Performs complex carpentry and fine woodworking involving the construction, repair, restoration, and reproduction of high-grade furniture, cabinetry, architectural millwork, and decorative woodwork for use in offices and historic buildings, where accuracy, fit, and appearance are critical. Plans, lays out, and fabricates wood components and assemblies by interpreting blueprints, shop drawings, sketches, and preservation standards; selects appropriate materials, tools, and methods; and produces closely dimensioned work using precise joinery and finish techniques. Repairs, alters, installs, and maintains structural and finish carpentry elements of buildings and structures, including framing, floors, doors, windows, trim, cabinets, shelving, and related features, ensuring structural integrity, proper fit, weather-tightness, and visual compatibility with historic construction. Designs and constructs custom fixtures, jigs, templates, and special tools to accomplish non-standard or highly detailed woodworking and carpentry tasks, and operates and maintains a wide range of woodworking machinery, power tools, and hand tools. Leads and provides technical guidance to assigned workers by explaining work methods, demonstrating techniques, ensuring adherence to safety and preservation requirements, and coordinating work with architects, preservation specialists, and other trades as required. This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service. The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years term appointments may last. This change, which may be made at the agency's sole discretion and without further competition, shall not be construed or interpreted as the granting of a right to a selectee or employee to such an extension. No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action.