Seasonal Employees Bear River State Park 2025-00181
Seasonal Employees Bear River State Park 2025-00181
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11-04-2025
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Description and Functions
- Open Until Filled
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:Bear River State Park is one of 27 impressive state parks and historic sites in Wyoming. Located in Southwest Wyoming along the I80 corridor near Evanston Bear River State Park is one of our states smaller parks but has an abundance of recreational educational and natural resource opportunities for visitors. The park is home to a small captive herd of North American Bison and three Rocky Mountain Elk bulls for viewing a Visitor Center with an array of visitor information spectacular taxidermy displays herpetology exhibits and a small gift/souvenir shop. The site consists of 324 acres of recreational and natural resources on the outskirts of Evanston along the Bear River. Whether you are a onetime visitor or daily visitor Bear River State Park has something to offer for everyone with its 810 miles of paved and dirt trails for hiking and biking picnic shelters and areas wildlife viewing river access for fishing or floating educational programs events and much more. We also offer dump stations for RVs public restrooms at the Visitor Center and future potential for camping opportunities.
The primary employment season runs from May through the end of September. These positions may extend longer into the fall. The actual length of employment depends on the demand for services at Bear River State Park.Recreate yourself with an inspiring career in Wyomings outdoors! Explore the many possibilities with Wyoming State Parks Historic Sites and Outdoor Recreation. Watch our recruitment video here:Please refer to the Essential Functions for more detailed information about job duties.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.
Seasonal Maintenance- Perform routine building grounds and landscape maintenance such as but not limited to fixture repairs or replacement sprinkler system troubleshooting and repairs minor plumbing repairs some carpentry repairs painting mowing trimming etc.
- Assist staff in the construction installation maintenance and renovation of grounds and buildings. Also assist in preventive maintenance duties.
- Clean and service restrooms shelters and buildings and remove litter from grounds parking lots and other areas within the park.
- Ability to perform basic equipment repair.
- Operate and/or drive a variety of vehicles and equipment.
- Operate various maintenance equipment such as mowers eaters leaf blowers hedge trimmers chainsaws and other equipment required for daily operations.
- Utilize various hand and power tools.
- Follow proper handling and safety procedures involving cleaning chemicals fuel products and equipment encountered in daily operations including proper Personal Protective Equipment usage.
- Provide excellent customer service to all our visitors.
- Periodically assist with interpretive and educational programs or events at Bear River State Park and occasionally at other state parks and historic sites within our district.
- Occasionally assist with visitor services at the Visitor Center.
- Other duties as assigned.
Seasonal Visitor Services- Ensure visitor needs are professionally met by providing information on Wyomings cultural and natural resources history recreational opportunities and local regional and statewide travel services through excellent customer service.
- Keep the Visitor Center stocked with brochures and other information to meet the visitors needs.
- Maintain clean inspect and repair the Visitor Center and grounds including cleaning sanitizing mowing trimming pulling weeds cleaning taxidermy etc.
- Relay supplies equipment and materials necessary to maintain the Visitor Center and grounds to the Superintendent.
- Assist with ordering tracking and inventorying all retail items and brochures.
- Assist with educational and interpretive programs and tours.
- Occasionally help with park maintenance when needed.
- Help other state parks and historic sites in our district from time to time during events.
- Assist with cleaning or feeding/watering live animal exhibits including snakes and other reptile terrariums.
- Assist with the elk and bison program such as fixing fences maintaining pastures feeding in winter months and shipping bison calves.
- Assist with interpretive programming and tours for all age groups.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES/**AGENCY REQUIREMENTS:
For all seasonal positions preference will be given to professional applicants with excellent customer service skills.
**Must have a valid drivers license.
**Must be at least 18 years of age.
KNOWLEDGE:- Detailoriented accurate and thorough in completing assignments/tasks.
- Good interpersonal skills allow the ability to interact with visitors from around the world Willingness to work on various assignments every day.
- Experience/ability to operate a Square account and cash register for merchandise reservations and permit sales.
- Must follow proper cash handling procedures.
- Must possess excellent customer service skills
- Ability to manage and complete multiple projects with variable timelines and scopes of work.
- Basic construction and maintenance knowledge.
- Basic operational knowledge of light and heavy equipment use as well as hand and power tools.
- Ability to safely use all vehicles and equipment.
- Basic knowledge of and ability to operate light equipment such as trimmers mowers floor buffers steam cleaners and other like equipment.
- Ability to use and understand relevant computer programs used on Square and POS systems for tracking merchandise and permit sales and reporting
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
None See PreferencesNecessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:- Must work outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds with or without assistance.
- Must be able to work Saturday and Sunday.
- Must be able to work in the vicinity of captive snakes and other reptiles.
- May occasionally travel for special assignments or training at district sites.
NOTES:- FLSA: Nonexempt
- Please indicate which type of seasonal position you are interested in (Maintenance or Visitor Services) when completing the supplemental may choose more than one type of position but you must choose at least one.
- Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources is an Equal Employment OpportunityEmployerand actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex age national origin disability sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs services activities hiring and employment practices.
Supplemental Information
024State Parks & Cultural Resources Parks Division
Click here to view the State of Wyoming Classification and Pay Structure.
URL: State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.Class Specifications are subject to change please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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