Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor (Trails)

Summary

You will serve as a Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor (Trails) for the Division of Facilities Management, Branch of Roads and Trails. Salary Range: First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level. WS-10: $37.48 (Step 1) to $43.42 (Step 5) per hour - Fresno, California (FN) Wage Area

Duties

This position is responsible for planning, directing, administering, and overseeing all operational, maintenance, and construction activities for Yosemite National Park's front country and backcountry trails program. The incumbent provides leadership for the repair, rehabilitation, cyclic maintenance, emergency response, and construction of the park's trail infrastructure, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with National Park Service standards, while supporting the protection of the park's natural and cultural resources. This position provides full program oversight for the repair, rehabilitation, cyclic maintenance, and emergency maintenance of more than 800 miles of park trails, drainage structures, and multiple multi-use and pedestrian bridges. Responsibilities also include winter snow removal operations on paved front country trails and sidewalks, construction of new trail infrastructure, and preservation of historic trail features, including dry-stacked masonry structures, in coordination with the park's cultural resource specialists. The incumbent is responsible for oversight and management of the trails program commissary, ensuring seasonal backcountry trail crews are adequately supplied with food, tools, equipment, fuel, and other mission-essential materials. This includes forecasting seasonal supply requirements, coordinating food and equipment orders, maintaining inventory levels, ensuring proper storage and food safety practices, coordinating pack and helicopter resupply operations to remote work locations, and managing logistical support for extended backcountry projects.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/20/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT) Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc. Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) Use of Measuring Instruments Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading) Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Materials To be minimally qualified, your resume must demonstrate that you are able to perform the duties of the Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor (Trails), WS-4749-10 position with the ability to lead or supervise. Examples of relevant experience include, but are not limited to: Identified training and development needs; Prepared performance plans and conducted evaluations; Initiated on-the-job safety efforts; Participated in hiring (interviews, reference checks, selections); Developed annual work plans and estimated labor/equipment needs; Assisted with budget preparation and tracking; Directed workflow for trail repair, rehabilitation, and construction; and Supported remote logistics and compliance documentation. If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that 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. Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible. The qualifications 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-related factors. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Requirements Continued: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a ???????1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.