NPS HPTC Build Up Engineering Intern—Yosemite National Park—AmeriCorps

Description

Position Title: NPS HPTC Build Up Engineering Intern-Yosemite National Park-Ameri Corps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site

Location:

Yosemite National Park;
El Portal, CA

• Start Date: 5/18/2026, Preference given to applications submitted by 2/27/2026
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification : 900 hours, 26-weeks

Stewards Individual Placements (STE) provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting ecosystem health.

HPTC utilizes historic preservation projects as the main vehicle for teaching preservation philosophy and building crafts, technology, and project management skills. Our experiential learning approach emphasizes flexibility in addressing the unknown conditions encountered during the project and ensures that the goals of preservation are met.

Yosemite Facilities Management Design and Engineering team are technical experts, providing professional engineering and project management services to the Facilities Management Division and to the park as a whole, supporting the mission to preserve the resources and values of the National Park System. We provide a positive example of a professional, capable, and collaborative, engineering and asset management organization.

STE in partnership with the National Park Service and Historic Preservation Training Center are seeking individuals for an exciting new opportunity as a HPTC Build Up Engineering Intern. Selected members will support Yosemite Design and Engineering team by assisting with design, analysis, and documentation across many Park initiatives. The role typically involves hands-on work with engineering tools and software, data collection, troubleshooting, and collaborating with team engineers to develop practical solutions.

Members will gain exposure to real-world engineering processes, strengthen their technical skills, and contribute to meaningful projects that advance the team’s goals.

• Serves as a team member engaged in the planning, design, and construction of park facility repair and rehabilitation projects.
• Performs detailed measurements of existing infrastructure and enters data into databases.
• Analyzes and performs condition assessments and identifies deficiencies in existing facilities and systems.
• Researches and drafts standard design and construction details for the park.
• Assists with topographic survey and GIS mapping.
• Assists with the development of a cost estimating database to track and analyze construction cost.
• Drafts and edits technical engineering reports and effectively documents project work and other accomplishments

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• Must be 18-30 years of age, maximum 35 for Veterans with DD-214
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an Ameri Corps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
• Minimum of 1 year into an Engineering degree program
• Experience with Civil 3D & Microsoft Suite

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a…