We are recruiting for the Summer of 2027 (June-November). This uniformed position will provide information to visitors and work with colleagues to offer safe and responsible recreation within Devils Postpile National Monument. A Laborer will perform recurring laboring work involving grounds, trails, roads, facilities, and developed areas, moving materials and supplies, operating tools and equipment, and performing basic maintenance and groundskeeping duties. Some of the Laborer Standard Duties include but are not limited to:

• Digging ditches and trenches with picks and shovels where soil is hard and compact and must be graded or sloped. Breaking up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixing and pouring concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; filling and leveling holes in damaged roads.
• Cutting heavy trees with an ax or chainsaw, stacking heavy logs, lumber, and sacks of cement.
• Moving furniture; removing and setting signs; painting picnic tables and signs; raking and watering lawns; trimming trees and shrubbery; picking up litter; cleaning fire pits, etc.
• Loading and unloading supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies. Moving heavy items using wheelbarrows and hand trucks.
• Maintaining buildings, grounds, road, and trails by operating heavy power equipment and hand tools such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, shovels, rakes, lawn edging equipment, tar pots, culvert steamers, brush chippers, power compactors, power saws, chainsaws, rock bars, picks, axes, crosscut saws, single-jack hammers, etc. Cleaning and maintaining equipment. Performing janitorial duties for buildings.
• Operating light duty motor vehicles such as pickup trucks, sedans, flatbed trucks, etc.

Park housing may be available in this remote setting, but housing options are limited.  Park housing consists of small dormitory-style wooden cabins or canvas tents with shared kitchen, lounge, laundry, and restroom access in a Community Building. More information about the park and our local area is available at the following links: 

• Devils Postpile National Monument (NPS.gov)
• Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center (VisitMammoth.com)
• Ansel Adams Wilderness (USDA.gov)
• John Muir Trail Virtual Visit (NPS.gov)
• Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA.org)