A career with the Forest Service will challenge you to manage and care for more than 193 million acres of our nation's most magnificent lands, conduct research through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory, and provide assistance to State and private forestry agencies.
It's an awesome responsibility - but the rewards are as limitless as the views.
This position is on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests-Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Supervisor’s Office, located in Pueblo, Colorado. Responsibilities of the Civil Engineering Technician include: providing transportation-related engineering support for on-going forest and watershed health activities, as well as overall road maintenance and reconstruction project work. Emphasis will be on providing engineering support for long-term stewardship and timber sale activities. Forest Service Engineering Representative (ER) certification is a critical aspect of this position. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Ralph (Jerry) Stevenson at (719) 553-1492 or rstevenson@fs.fed.us.
This position is being concurrently announced under Merit Promotion Announcement Number 14-0212-6313G-BS. Current or former Federal employees may apply to both announcements, but should be sure to apply to the Merit Promotion Announcement in order to avoid losing consideration since different referral criteria apply to each type of announcement. Disabled veterans, candidates with 3 or more years of active duty military service, and candidates eligible for special hiring authorities may apply to the Merit Promotion Announcement if they meet the criteria outlined in the announcement and submit supporting documentation.
The USDA Forest Service has legislative authority to recruit and fill Permanent (Career/Career-Conditional), Temporary, and Term Appointments under the USDA Demonstration Project. Under this authority, any U.S. citizen may apply.
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