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Civil Engineering Technician (Transportation Planner)

The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest will be hiring a Civil Engineering Technician (Transportation Planner), GS-0802-10 full-time, permanent position. The permanent position will have a duty station in Laona, WI.

This position is being announced as part of the Chequamegon-Nicolet Engineering Hiring Event. (See USDA Forest Service News Release)

Join Forest engineering staff and hiring specialists on Thursday, June 1, 2023, from 12-1 pm (CST) to learn how a position with the CNNF engineering team could be your opportunity to work in the great outdoors, while unlocking professional growth and career advancement.  
REGISTER for the Virtual Open House:  https://tinyurl.com/2k5edudh
 
This permanent position will be filled through use of direct hire authorities available to:
 
To express interest in this position, please respond in the Forest Service’s Employment Outreach: Apply here   
If the public response link does not load, please proceed to express your interest via email - see below.
Please also send a cover letter, documents confirming direct hire qualifications, and your resume to Justin.Blake@usda.gov by June 9, 2023.
 
For more information about this position, please contact Forest Engineer, Justin Blake at Justin.Blake@usda.gov or at 715-533-2325
 
About the Position – Major Duties
Develops, maintains, and oversees a comprehensive road management program, including developing sign plans, performing road hazard and travel analysis, preparing and approving road use permits, identifying and implementing road closures and decommissioning of routes, and preparing and administering road maintenance contracts. 
Completes and reports annual road condition surveys and road accident reports and bi-annual updates of the road use rules for forest level planning, develops relationships to maximize county coop maintenance of forest roads under the Forest Road Agreement(s) and determines the need for commercial users' commensurate share for road maintenance to facilitate safety and adequately maintained roads. 
Coordinates transportation input for timber sale transportation planning, road maintenance appraisals and road construction and reconstruction projects. 
Serves as the team leader for all forest level comprehensive travel analysis processes, overseeing the development of proposed actions and alternatives and coordinating interdisciplinary team member input. Participates in the review and approval of the analysis of impacts of proposed and alternative actions on transportation facilities and evaluates actions with respect to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, the Agency directive system, and other applicable state and federal law. Specifically, reviews Project Design Features and Mitigations and prepares Transportation Specialist Reports for final acceptance. 
Employs geographic information systems (GIS) and INFRA roads database to provide data for project analysis and respond to information requests from other specialists on ID teams. Assists in keeping these databases current with existing projects and changes to the transportation system. 
 
For more information on all available engineering position descriptions: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Engineering Job Descriptions (usda.gov)
 
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