JOB SUMMARY: The primary purpose of the position is to perform laboring duties that require significant manual skill, prior work experience or training, and very heavy physical effort. In order to accomplish the laborer duties the incumbent must on a regular and recurring basis operate light duty motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds to transport personnel, material, or equipment to work sites over Federal, state, and county roads and city streets in all traffic conditions. MAJOR DUTIES: You will perform a variety of laborer duties in support of Maintenance. You will work independently or as a member of a team, loading and unloading supplies and equipment such building materials and tools to and from trucks in support of higher grade employees. You may be required to perform a wide variety of task such as landscape area maintenance using lawn mowing equipment up to large riding mowers and snow removal equipment to include snow blowers and shovels. You will rake, seed, and smooth grassy areas, trim hedges, clear brush and trees. Will be using all hand tools associated with maintenance operations. In addition, gas powered tools and equipment such as leaf blowers, weed whackers, portable generators, snow blowers etc. Work will be performed on Buildings, utilities, roads, trails, and grounds. Clean shops, tools and vehicles. This is not an all inclusive list of duties. 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 rate of pay. AREA INFORMATION: Indiana Dunes National Park is a 15,000-acre park located at the southern tip of Lake Michigan, approximately 45 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois. The park is among the top 10% of most visited national park units annually; it is within 3 hours of 30 million people, includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan's southern shoreline, several historic districts, and over 50 miles of trails through forest, dune, wetland, and prairie ecosystems. The park is the birthplace of the science of ecology, has some of the most diverse plant and avian communities in the National Park Service, and hosts an array of exceptional cultural resources, for example the 1933 World's Fair Century of Progress homes. Small towns and vacation communities on the beaches of Lake Michigan, along with industrial corridors and farmlands, interspersed with large tracts of woodlands and wetlands, surround the park. All services are available in the communities, including schools, colleges, shopping, and other major amenities. The area has weather typical of the Midwest with temperatures normally ranging from 0 degrees in the winter to 90 degrees in the summer. No government housing available, however, many houses and rental properties exist in the surrounding communities. For more information about the park or the position please contact: Ron Griffin, ronald_griffin@nps.gov, (219)898-1729 IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
