You will serve as a Physical Scientist with National Park Service. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately mid-January through mid-December, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year (2 pay periods / 4 weeks).
Serve as a technical advisor in the physical sciences for Timpanogos Cave National Monument. Responsible for program development and implementation related to geology, caves and karst formations, soils, hydrology, hydrogeology, air quality, acoustics, paleontology, and related fields and activities. Prepare management and scientific reports regarding the results of protection, mitigation, restoration, inventory, monitoring, and research activities.
Following established procedures and within a defined scope, conduct scientifically credible protection, mitigation, and restoration projects needed to prevent resource damage and to minimize human impacts. Work closely with park education staff to incorporate new information into park and partner education programs. Area/Housing Information: Timpanogos Cave National Monument is located on Utah State Hwy 92 in American Fork Canyon, 10 miles east of exit 284, I-15.
The monument is surrounded by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, which includes several wilderness areas. It is located 10 minutes away from nearby cities of Cedar Hills, Highland, Lehi, Pleasant Grove, and American Fork. There are plenty of premier outdoor activities that can be experienced near the monument such as camping, hunting, fishing, snow skiing, boating, rock-climbing, mountaineering, caving, and hiking.
Schools with grades kindergarten through 12 are in all of the nearby cities. A wide selection of housing options, shopping facilities, hospitals, movie theaters, banks, churches, and universities are available all along the Wasatch Front. The State's main metropolitan population cities including Provo, Salt Lake City, and Ogden are all within a 1-hour drive radius. The Headquarters office elevation is 5,600 feet.
Temperatures can range from below 0 in the winter to above 100 degrees F in the summer. Government housing is not available. For more information about Timpanogos Cave National Monument, please visit: Timpanogos Cave National Monument (U.S. National Park Service).
This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted.
Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.
For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications
This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $29.57 – $38.45/hr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-17.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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