You will serve as a Cook(YCC) Seasonal Yellowstone National Park.. The typical seasonal entry-on-duty is April-May but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: May 2027. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 10/13/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
DUTIES: Perform full food services for 50-60 teens and staff at the YCC facility including: dining hall management; food preparation; cooking; serving and replenishing food; cleaning facilities, equipment, and utensils; cleaning/stocking tables in dining areas; and handling foods and supplies. Plan and execute menus for well-balanced meals to serve YCC program participants.
Research and prepare meals for participants with special food allergies or other dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, gluten-free, or vegan. Maintain a clean and sanitary dining facility which includes kitchen equipment, pots and pans, floors, counters, kitchen racks, tables, chairs, food service machines, and serving utensils. Lead and positively interact with and enjoy working with youth enrollees, ages 15-18.
Physical Demands: The work is indoors and requires physical exertion from continual standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing and pulling, and bending. Frequent lifting of heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers is required. Usually work requires average agility and flexibility. Driving a government vehicle is also part of the job. Working Conditions: Most of the work is performed indoors.
Kitchens and dining area are sometimes small, hot, and noisy, and make-shift operations are required. It may also be found to be uncomfortably warm or cold, and outside temperatures may drop to 20°F. The incumbent will be alone a large portion of the time and sometimes be without means of communications or by means of a park radio only.
Exposure will occur to steam, fumes, and odors from cooking, frying, baking, and washing dishes and utensils and to extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in coolers. There is danger of slipping on wet floors that have been recently mopped or where food has been spilled. Subject to possible cuts from knives and burns from steam, hot foods, stoves, hot grease, and water.
The YCC base camp/facility is located in Mammoth Hot Springs, headquarters of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, elevation 6,200 feet. Mammoth is a small community that includes a housing area, a small store, a post office, a medical clinic, a visitor center, and a hotel. The camp consists of a dormitory for enrollees and crew leaders, who are required to live there, and a cafeteria facility that is used for meals and meetings during the weekends.
From Monday through Friday, work crews live in dorm or camp in front country and backcountry campsites throughout Yellowstone National Park. Summer temperatures vary from 0 degrees at night to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the day. Many community facilities such as stores, a drugstore, motels, and restaurants are available in Gardiner, Montana, 5 miles north of headquarters. All other services are available within 55 to 75 miles of Mammoth.
There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.
This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $28.58 – $33.33/hr.
Applications close on 2026-10-13.
This is a Work schedule dependent on position. position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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