Seasonal Laborer (Motor Vehicle Operating)

Seasonal Laborer (Motor Vehicle Opering)

Department of the Interior

Nional Park Service

Multiple parks within Interior Region 3, 4, and 5

Summary

This position performs laboring duties th require moderely heavy physical effort requiring the use of common hand tools and power equipment involving any or all of the following duties. The incumbent must opere light duty motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds (such as pick-up trucks, panel trucks, flbed trucks, etc.) to transport personnel, merial, or equipment to work sites over Federal, ste, and county roads and city streets in all traffic conditions.

Summary

This position performs laboring duties th require moderely heavy physical effort requiring the use of common hand tools and power equipment involving any or all of the following duties. The incumbent must opere light duty motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds (such as pick-up trucks, panel trucks, flbed trucks, etc.) to transport personnel, merial, or equipment to work sites over Federal, ste, and county roads and city streets in all traffic conditions.

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

07/21/2025 to 09/26/2025

Salary

$21.47 to - $29.01 per hour

Pay may vary based on duty locion.

Pay scale & grade

WG 5

Locions

Springfield, IL

7 vacancies

Porter, IN

2 vacancies

Saint Louis, MO

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Temporary - 1039 Hours; The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is Oct-Apr, but can be variable during these months due to weher conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticiped Entry on Duty: Oct 2025 or Nov 2025

Work schedule

Full-time - You may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

3502 Laboring

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

Announcement number

MW-1544-INDU-25-12762925-OC

Control number

841138100

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

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MAJOR DUTIES:

Employee loads and unloads supplies and merials from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc. helps erect scaffolding, planking and ladders assists in hauling merials, supplies and equipment from job site areas using hand trucks, wheelbarrows, and dollies.

Digs ditches and trenches with pick and shovel, paints metal and wood fences, mixes and pours concrete or cement, stacks lumber, timbers, bricks, etc., moves sacks or boxes of cement, sand, ice melt, hardware, nails, etc. or performs other duties requiring similar physical effort.

Individual performs custodial/janitorial duties for public and non-public buildings in the absence of custodian/janitor and as backup support.

Cleans and picks up trash and debris from grounds and work areas routinely, empties trash cans into central dumpsters.

Position will require the employee to assist higher skilled Maintenance Workers WG4749-5/7/9 in areas such as carpentry, custodial, and grounds maintenance.

Additionally, this position on a regular and recurring basis operes light duty motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds (such as pick-up trucks, panel trucks, flbed trucks, etc) to transport personnel, merial, or equipment to work sites. The parenthetical (Motor Vehicle Opering) is therefore appropriely added to the title.

This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants referred periodically throughout the announcement period. Final applicion disposition completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period sted in the announcement. The first cut-off de is 11:59 pm EST, AUGUST 4, 2025. Initial considerion given to candides whose applicions have been received before the first cut-off de. Qualificion requirements must be met for those applicions submitted by the first cut-off de.

For more informion regarding this position are the park please contact:

Indiana Dunes Nional Park (U.S. Nional Park Service) - Point of Contact: Ron Griffin, ..., ...

Ulysses S Grant Nional Historic Site (U.S. Nional Park Service) - Point of Contact: Cody Sims, ..., ...

Lincoln Home Nional Historic Site (U.S. Nional Park Service) - Point of Contact: Christopher Harmon, ..., ...

Springfield 1908 Race Riot Nional Monument (U.S. Nional Park Service) -Point of Contact: Christopher Harmon, ..., ...

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Conditions of employment

U.S. Citizenship required.

Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion.

Meet Selective Service Registrion Act requirement for males

Direct Deposit: Selectee required to participe in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.

Driver's License: You required to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operor's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a Ste sealed envelope or submitted directly by the Ste authorities), and your own expense, all certified driving records from all Stes th disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.

Uniform: You required to wear a uniform and comply with the Nional Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided.

Qualificions

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-reled factors:

Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)

Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (other than blueprints)

Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

Dexterity and Safety

Vehicle Operion

Work Practices (including keeping things ne, clean, and in order)

SCREEN OUTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Performed the most difficult and complex laborer tasks including ability to opere trucks and trailers weighing up to one ton; properly loading and unloading various supplies and equipment; to perform work providing laboring assistance to others in the maintenance of buildings, grounds, roads, and trails; opere power equipment such as lawnmowers, snow blowers, and string trimmers; and safely use a variety of hand tools such as shovels, rakes, hammers, saws, pulaskis, rock bars, etc. Able to safely opere these vehicles/equipment in all types of traffic and weher conditions. I utilize most hand and power tools associed with these tasks including light hand and power and cleaning custodial tools, lawn mowers, snow blowers, and leaf blowers . I have experience performing operor maintenance on all vehicles/equipment opered (e.g. monitoring fluid levels, checking tire pressure and blade replacement/sharpening). I perform these duties as an expert with a high degree of independence. My supervisor assigned work orally, through work orders, or with written specificions. My work was checked to see th it met compliance with work and safety standards and policies., through work orders, or with written specificions. My work was checked to see th it met compliance with work and safety standards and policies.

DRIVER'S LICENSE :

This position requires th the incumbent possess a valid Driver's License.

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factors above is not sufficient, you will receive no further considerion. In preparing your applicion, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had th specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualificions reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-reled factors.

Volunteer Experience : Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

ICTAP/CTAP Stement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive considerion for special priority selection. Well qualified means th the applicant meets the following: OPM qualificion standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions th OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodion, where approprie to sisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is red by the organizion least the well qualified level on all competencies.

Educion

There is no substitution of educion for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Additional informion

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 re of pay.

This job opportunity announcement used to fill one or more additional selections anytime without notificion.

Non-Competitive Rehire Eligibility: Temporary seasonal employees can only maintain their non-competitive rehire eligibility if they work no more than a combined total of Temporary NTE less than 1040 hours anywhere in the Nional Park Service (NPS) within their established service year. Accordingly, non-competitive rehire eligibility allows for re-appointment to the same position or another position approprie for temporary appointment with the same qualificion requirements (5 CFR 316.402[b][7]), based on series and grade, anywhere in the major subdivision (NPS).

If you have held a temporary seasonal appointment in the past 12 months and have already worked the maximum temporary appointment less than 1040 hours during th period, you are still welcome to apply. However, please be aware th exceeding the limit of 1040 hours in your established service year will result in the loss of your non-competitive rehire eligibility.

The limit can be exceeded by working multiple temporary seasonal positions th result in a combined total greer than 1040 hours. The limit also can be exceeded by working a single temporary seasonal appointment th exceeds 1040 hours, unless granted an exception by OPM.

Employment may be termined any time due to fluctuions in funding levels, project needs, employee performance, or other considerions.

Physical Demands: The work performed requires the exertion of modere to very heavy physical effort. The work involves lifting and moving objects over 50 pounds, and in some cases, carrying 80 to 100 pounds (or more) with assistance.

Working Conditions: Outside work is usually performed under all kinds of weher conditions. Indoor work is often accomplished in office buildings or in well-lighted, heed, and ventiled areas such as warehouses, loading docks, or trade shops. Frequently exposed to weher and temperure extremes, drafts, noise, dust, and dirt and the possibility of bruises, muscle strains, cuts and scrapes. Work requires the employee to follow proper safety procedures and use standard safety equipment such as gloves, ear protectors, safety glasses, and steel-toe shoes to avoid possible hazards in the work area.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.

A review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documention, you red 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score adjusted accordingly. If a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions or experience, you can lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your ring.

Candides red and ranked using Cegory Ring procedures. These procedures place candides with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Veterans with a service connected disability of least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality cegory, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Cegory Ring, candides red and ranked into one of two cegories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience th substantially exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience th meets the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

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The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/26/2025:

Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.

A complete Occupional Questionnaire

Other Supporting Documents , if applicable, such as:

Veterans Preference Documention :

If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the Nional Archives .

If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge , you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion.

If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran , you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15 . You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.ebenefits.va.gov or call ... to establish proof of disability.

Documention th you meet Selective Factors.

Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area. You must include: 1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be red well-qualified or above 85 on the ring criteria for this position.

Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.

How to Apply

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To apply for this position: You must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/26/2025.You must provide documention to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the approprie informion. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities th you selected and provided the approprie supporting documention.

Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. You can only submit one resume; Only the resume submitted under the "Resume" "Document Type" used to determine your qualificions and for ring purposes.

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601 Riverfront Drive

Omaha, NE 68102

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Once the Occupional Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement th your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candides and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete.

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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

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Required Documents

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The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/26/2025:

Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.

A complete Occupional Questionnaire

Other Supporting Documents , if applicable, such as:

Veterans Preference Documention :

If you are a Discharged, Non-Disabled Veteran , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member 4 copy), or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you don't have your DD-214, you may request it after discharge from the Nional Archives .

If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge , you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion.

If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Mother or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran , you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15 . You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.ebenefits.va.gov or call ... to establish proof of disability.

Documention th you meet Selective Factors.

Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area. You must include: 1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be red well-qualified or above 85 on the ring criteria for this position.

Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.

How to Apply

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To apply for this position: You must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/26/2025.You must provide documention to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the approprie informion. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities th you selected and provided the approprie supporting documention.

Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. You can only submit one resume; Only the resume submitted under the "Resume" "Document Type" used to determine your qualificions and for ring purposes.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.

Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account .

Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion."

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To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link:

Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS .

Select documents you want included in this applicion.

Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed.

Select if you want to include your demographic informion.

After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site."

Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion.

Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown.

Upload any missing required documents or optional documents.

Review and Submit Applicion.

While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position.

You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement.

To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

Note: When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion.

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Agency contact informion

MWR HR Staffing Team

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Address

Interior Region 3, 4 and 5

601 Riverfront Drive

Omaha, NE 68102

US

Next steps

Once the Occupional Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement th your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candides and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your Applicion Package the time candides are referred for considerion, and when the selection process is complete.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/21/2025 to 09/26/2025 Salary $21.47 to - $29.01 per hour Pay may vary based on duty locion. Pay scale & grade WG 5 Locions Springfield, IL 7 vacancies Porter, IN 2 vacancies Saint Louis, MO 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary - 1039 Hours; The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is Oct-Apr, but can be variable during these months due to weher conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticiped Entry on Duty: Oct 2025 or Nov 2025 Work schedule Full-time - You may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime. Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number MW-1544-INDU-25-12762925-OC Control number 841138100