Careers That NRCS Offers

NRCS offers career opportunities for college graduates and others who want to work in conservation and natural resources.

NRCS Opportunities Include:

• Soil Conservationists
• Soil Conservation Technicians
• Engineers
• Biologists
• Soil Scientists
• Rangeland Management Specialists

Soil Conservationists

Soil Conservationists offer conservation planning and technical assistance to farmers and local government officials; suggest ways to conserve soil, improve water quality, manage nutrients, ad protect and improve wildlife habitat; help people set local conservation priorities; and plan, layout, design, and implement conservation practices.

"I've Already learned a lot, and I plan on a career with NRCS.  I know where I want to go and what I'm going to do."

        -Michelle Jezeski
        NRCS Soil Conservationist
 

Soil Conservation Technicians

Soil Conservation  Technicians show clients how to install conservation practices and oversee the quality use of those practices, make follow-up visits to check the progress and results of the practices and update the landowner's conservation plan.
 

Engineers

Engineers establish streambank and erosion control measures and water supply systems; design waste management systems and concrete and earthen dams; and work with community leaders to address urban erosion, stormwater, or flooding concerns.
 

Biologists

Biologists provide technical support on fish and wildlife habitat development or wetland restoration, and suggest ways to manage fish and wildlife populations and restore or develop habitat.
 

Soil Scientists

Soil Scientists map and classify soils, identify soil problems such as compaction and erosion, create digital maps and databases, prepare and use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and resources, sample soils and evaluate soil quality.

"The reason I like my job is because I really do something different every day.  And I also get to work with an array of different people within the agency and outside the agency."

    - Joe Brennan
    NRCS Soil Scientist
 

Range Management Specialists

Range Management Specialists help plan grazing systems that improve forage quality and other grazing lands functions, suggest ways to use grazing animals as tools to improve and sustain natural resources, provide technical assistance on water management or better ways to produce forage.

"I selected NRCS as an agency to work for because I get to work directly with owners of the land. It's all about offering options to the ranchers- giving them strategies to manage what they have for plant community, make it through a drought, or just to get through another year..."

    - Lee Voigt
    NRCS Area Grazing Lands Specialist

Additional Information Contacts:

Darlita Sarkilahti
Human Resources Manager
Phone: 701-530-2008
Email: darlita.sarkilahti@nd.usda.gov

Kelly Hochhalter
Human Resources Specialist
Phone: 701-530-2007
Email: kelly.hochhalter@nd.usda.gov

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