US Forestry Jobs – Mechanical Engineer

Job Description:

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.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead in the design, development, and testing of new or modified technology, equipment, and systems used in industrial and/ or commercial activities such as forest management, wildland fire, aeronautics/aerospace, and/or recreation activities.
• Develop engineering solutions to enhance safety and productivity.
• Lead the design of field experiments and product evaluation for new equipment and/or process.
• Serve as a project manager with responsibility for implementing industry accepted project management processes from project initiation to project closeout
• Manage multiple, concurrent assigned projects of considerable complexity.
• Lead the development of product performance and/or design specifications. This includes the test and evaluation of products against the developed specifications or criteria.
• Conducts project risks and cost analysis .

Job Requirements:

• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.

Qualification & Experience:

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level.

Job Details:

Company: U.S. Forest Service

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Hagerstown, MD, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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