Game Lands Maintenance Worker 1

About the role

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is seeking a hardworking, outdoor-driven Game Lands Maintenance Worker 1 to help build, maintain, and enhance Pennsylvania's game lands and wildlife habitats. In this role, you will operate heavy equipment, construct and repair infrastructure, manage habitat projects, assist with prescribed fires, and work across forests, fields, and rugged terrain to support healthy ecosystems and public access.

If you enjoy physical, hands-on work, take pride in craftsmanship, and want a career where every day supports conservation and Pennsylvania's natural resources, then this is the job for you.

This position helps maintain State Game Lands, facilities, infrastructure, habitat, and resource areas. It supports conservation and land management efforts through a variety of outdoor construction, maintenance, and related activities. As a Game Lands Maintenance Worker 1, you will perform the following duties:

• Construction Support: Maintain, repair, and build game land infrastructure such as bridges, roads, parking areas, gates, signs, and public ranges
• Habitat Management: Help develop and maintain habitat areas and herbaceous openings; plant shrubs and seedlings
• Equipment Operation: Safely use heavy equipment, chainsaws, snow removal equipment, and other tools to complete assigned projects
• Program Assistance: Participate in prescribed burns, applying herbicides and pesticides, equipment maintenance, and wildlife management projects
• Land Stewardship: Maintain boundary lines, post informational signs, read and prepare maps, and support surveying activities
• Safety Compliance: Follow safety procedures, complete required training, and report all problems and unsafe conditions

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. This position may have Alternate Work Schedules (AWS).
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year of laboring experience using construction tools and equipment; or
• One year of farming experience using agricultural tools and equipment; or
• One year of construction equipment operation experience; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirements

• You must possess an active Pennsylvania non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent.
• You must obtain an active Class A Commercial Driver’s License within one year of employment in this job.

Additional Requirement

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.