Engineering Technician (Inyo National Forest)

Inyo NF USFS, California The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the Inyo National Forest, is recruiting one entry-level engineering technician to support engineering and infrastructure projects in Stanislaus National Forest. These positions are designed to provide hands-on experience in forest engineering while contributing to critical road reconstruction efforts that support timber harvest operations, vegetation management, and overall forest health initiatives. Under close supervision of the U.S. Forest Service engineering staff, technicians will assist with a variety of engineering-related tasks, including data collection, field inspections, and documentation associated with road reconstruction and maintenance projects. Interns will support planning and implementation efforts to ensure roads meet safety, environmental, and operational standards necessary for land management activities. This position offers an opportunity to gain practical experience working within a federal land management agency while developing foundational skills in engineering, project coordination, and natural resource management. Essential Job Functions may include the following: The technician will aid in a variety of engineering support activities including, but not limited to: - Assist senior level engineers with design reviews for various road and transportation facility related projects. - Perform field surveys on forest roads to gather design information. - Assist senior level engineers with the development of plans, specifications, and other contract documents for road reconstruction projects. - Attend forest-wide project meetings, attend and satisfactorily complete assigned training and instructional tasks. - May perform project planning and management tasks such as administrative duties, Schematic and blueprint reading, data cleanup and audits, organize digital and hard copy engineering related files. - Utilize Avenza Maps to produce geographical data indicating required road maintenance, construction, and reconstruction tasks. - Perform engineering related research such material and equipment research based on project need and obtain quotes from vendors. - Simple engineering design such as take-off estimates, cost estimating, product identification, and production of drawing and specifications. LOCATION Inyo National Forest; Bishop, CA The Inyo National Forest is home to many natural wonders including Mt. Whitney, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes Basin, and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Adjacent to multiple land management agencies such as Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Death Valley, and Devil's Postpile National Park Service units, Sequoia, Sierra, and Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Various geologic features combined with elevation extremes produce a wide range of climatic conditions, resulting in tremendous floristic diversity of the forest vegetation communities. World class recreation with a full range of summer and winter activities, including camping, backpacking, fishing, hunting, hang gliding, skiing and snowboarding, bicycling, off-roading, motorcycling, birding, photography, painting, rock climbing, and horseback riding, to name a few. WORK SCHEDULE This position is scheduled to begin on August 3,2026 and end on November 25, 2026. Season start and end dates are project and weather dependent and may change slightly. Engineering crew positions follow 10 hour days, 4 days a week schedule. Temporary Special Assignment employees are eligible to receive holiday pay, if partner approved. TSAs working four (4) ten (10) hour days per workweek will be paid ten (10) hours for all holidays. Same with other approved/allowable workweek configurations; these can be accommodated accordingly with Banked Holiday(s). COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Wage: $21/hour with overtime at 1.5x hourly rate. Full time, average 40 hours per week Housing: Shared housing provided f…