The Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland (MBRTB) is looking for candidates with an interest in soil science, natural resources, and land management for seasonal positions with the MBRTB soil resources program. Please help spread the word by forwarding this to individuals, classes, or groups that may be interested!
One to two positions may be filled in Laramie, Wyoming, for the 2022 field season, which typically spans from May/June to August/September. These positions are being posted under the title of Biological Science Technician (Soils) at the federal GS-5 and GS-6 levels. Additional information is available in the attached outreach.
The selected candidates will support planning efforts by collecting field data to inform the Soil Scientist on existing conditions in project areas and contributing to monitoring and watershed restoration projects. These are field going positions with approximately 80% of the workload comprised of fieldwork. Field work will generally consist of collecting soils and environmental data while traversing project areas. Crew members will apply general knowledge of soils, hydrology, geomorphology, and botany to collect qualitative and quantitative data using the Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol. Data includes soil texture and structure, forest floor depth, coarse fragment content, percent slope, hillslope shape, and presence of woody debris. Crew members will be trained to identify erosion prone soils, areas susceptible to mass wasting and geologic hazards, wetlands and hydric soils, and remnants of past management actions. Previous experience is valuable, but by no means required!
Title, GS-Series-Grade:
Biological Science Technician (Soils)
GS-0404-05 and 06
District/Unit:
Laramie Ranger District – Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Duty Location:
Laramie, WY
Announcement Numbers:
22TEMP3-R2-3418-5DT-EW
22-TEMP3-R2-6147-6DT-EW
Vacancy announcements will be open on USA Jobs between November 5 and 12, 2021. All applications must be submitted through the USA Jobs Website. Those submitted through other websites are not considered. Resources for help building your federal resume can be found here or through the Forest Service Building a Federal Resume Webinar. Vacancy announcement numbers for the positions being hired are 22TEMP3-R2-3418-5DT-EW and 22-TEMP3-R2-6147-6DT-EW. These can be used to find the appropriate positions on USA Jobs. Alternatively, the postings can be found by searching for “Biological Science Technician (Soils)” with the location set to Laramie, Wyoming. Please feel free to contact me with any questions about the position, the Forest, the city of Laramie, or the overall hiring process at Michael.Kasten@usda.gov.