Motor Vehicle Operator; Seasonal

Job Title

Construction Crew Leader

Open to the first 100 applicants or until 07/20/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. The selectee of this position 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. The selectee receives oral and written instructions from the General Maintenance Supervisor and is responsible for safely and efficiently carrying out the assigned duties and completing daily work reports.

The selectee operates and maintains equipment and vehicles with gross vehicle weights up to 23,000 pounds in order to haul equipment, personnel, fence posts, tools, and related materials to work sites. Selectee also digs holes, mixes and pours concrete, cleans culverts, installs drainage pipe and culverts. Removes deteriorated posts and wire. 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. Selectee 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, the selectee may also work as a flagman 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.