Engineering Technician (Civil or Agricultural)

This position is located in a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), state, area, or field office.

The incumbent provides engineering assistance working with landowners, groups, and units of government to apply and maintain a variety of conservation practices in their area of assigned responsibility. This position is supervised by a District Conservationist or Engineer but always with technical guidance provided by an engineer and under the Engineering Job Approval Authority (EJAA) of the State Conservation Engineer.

Duties: 

• Make site evaluations to assess the need for engineering measures and make or recommend a preliminary selection of appropriate measure alternatives.
• Make site evaluations to assess the need for engineering measures and make or recommend a preliminary selection of appropriate measure alternatives.
• Design engineering practices and structures involved in a variety of conservation programs, to include assembling complete packages of drawings and specifications for jobs and preparing drawings using CADD and manual methods.
• Inspect work under construction and maintain construction inspection records according to current policy.
• Determine the type, scope, and intensity of field investigations and surveys.
• This includes collecting field data, processing and plotting data related to engineering practices, and ensuring that procedures and products conform to current service policy and standards.

**Specialized experience required for each grade level can be found in the full job announcement.