Trail Crew Tech State Trails Program

Overview

Open Until Filled

Turn the Wyoming backcountry into your office. We are looking for a skilled operator to manage the on-ground success of our snowmobile and ORV trails. In this role, you will use your technical expertise to ensure our trails remain world-class, delivering safe and thrilling recreational experiences to thousands of residents and visitors.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities

and MUCH MORE!

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• Conduct the daily, on-ground construction and maintenance of the 2,000 miles of snowmobile trails across the state of Wyoming. This includes, but is not limited to trail opening at the beginning of the snowmobile season, clearing the trails of down fall and hazardous trees, brushing and pruning the trees to provide proper line of sight and safe passage on the snowmobile trails, installing the safety and informational signing along the trails, installing and maintaining the 30,000 trail marker stakes (according to the state of Wyoming's industry leading staking and signing guidelines) throughout the season as snow levels accumulate and removing the stakes at the end of season, grooming the snowmobile trails with snowcats and drags, coordinate with grooming contractors to ensure trail maintenance needs are being met.
• Conduct the daily, on-ground construction and maintenance of the 6,200 miles of ORV trails and enrolled roads across the state of Wyoming. This includes, but is not limited to: clearing trails of down fall and hazardous trees, brushing and pruning trees to provide proper line of sight and safe passage on the ORV trails, installing and maintaining trail marker signing; using industry leading techniques and standards for erosion control, trail tread development, reroute construction, puncheon building, and tread widening;
  
  operating heavy equipment such as: track hoe, bull dozer, skid loader and front end loader.
• Conduct the daily in-shop maintenance and fabrication duties required on the Snowmobile Program's tools and equipment. This includes, but is not limited to: in depth repair and maintenance of 2 stroke and 4 stroke snowmobile engines and drivetrain; in depth repair, maintenance and fabrication of diesel powered snowcat grooming heavy equipment including engine, drivetrain, electrical and hydraulic systems; in depth repair, maintenance and fabrication on enclosed trailers, flat bed trailers, equipment trailers and heavy equipment trailers.
• Conduct the daily in-shop maintenance and fabrication duties required on the ORV Program's tools and equipment. This includes, but is not limited to: in depth repair and maintenance of 4 stroke ATV, UTV and Motorcycle engines and drivetrain; in depth repair, maintenance and fabrication of diesel powered heavy construction equipment including the engine, drivetrain, electrical and hydraulic systems for track hoes, bull dozers and loaders;
  
  in depth repair, maintenance and fabrication on enclosed trailers, flat bed trailers, equipment trailers and heavy equipment trailers
• Design and fabricate custom trailhead and trail-side facilities for both Snowmobile and ORV Programs. This includes: designing, fabricating, building, and installing trailhead kiosks, parking areas, fencing, restroom entry-ways, and canopies; designing, fabricating, building, and installing trail way gates, pass-throughs, and fencing.
• Conduct detailed GPS mapping and traffic use counter data collection of snowmobile and ORV trails across the State of Wyoming.

Preference may be given to applicants with two to four years of experience in the following areas:
Snowmobile and Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) maintenance and operation, trail maintenance and construction, sawyer certifications, and heavy equipment operation and maintenance.