FUL Seasonal Maintenance Worker; Trails

Open: July 23, 2026 —
Closes: July 30, 2026

This position is located in Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, in the Facilities Maintenance Division. This position is located in a unit of the National Park Service. The incumbent works primarily on the backcountry and front country trails. The primary purpose of the position is to assist journeyman level tradesmen in all areas of trails maintenance in the park unit.

As a Maintenance Worker (Trails), you will perform the following duties:
Assists in the maintenance and construction of graded and paved trails, trail drainage, trail bridges, and guard rails. Assists in the installation, repair, and replacement of water diversion bars, cribbing and retainer walls. Removes windfalls, rockslides, surface outcroppings and debris from trails. Builds up tread surfaces in eroded areas. Installs steppingstones at creek crossings where bridges cannot be constructed. Uses hand power tools required for the job and can maintain these tools properly.

Physical Demands:
Heavy physical exertion is frequently required in bending, lifting, and using hand and power tools in trail work. Ability to frequently walk up to 20 miles daily while carrying a loaded pack weighing up to 60 pounds; and must not have potential emergency medical problems that could complicate work in remote areas for extended periods of time.

Working Conditions:

Ability to live and work effectively in isolated backcountry areas in close contact with small numbers of people. Some location may have you live and work out-of-doors on projects including mountainous terrain up to 14,000 feet in elevation in all extremes of weather. Trail work is dusty and hazardous conditions may exist while working at certain jobsites. This position may also require working around machinery.