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 🔗Historic Structures Report Intern – 480 hours & 640 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Longmire, WA
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Mount Rainier National Park - Cultural Resources Management and Maintenance Division, Project Shop
  • Job Reference #: 4146
  • Job Summary: An architectural historian or architect to assist in surveying and documenting of historic Mission 66 style buildings in the Ohanapecosh Campground and Administrative Area within Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State.
  • Job Qualifications:
    • Experience with or working knowledge of measuring tools and conventions is very desirable.
    • Working knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Properties and National Register of Historic Places a plus.
    • Possess strong research and writing skills.
    • Ability to convey information graphically, either through hand or computer drawings (like Auto CAD).
    • Experience with performing building condition assessments is desirable.
    • Ability to work collaboratively within a team of cultural resource and preservation professionals.
    • Experience with document preparation and graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop or InDesign.
    • Working knowledge of rustic architecture or properties of wood construction a plus.
    • Ability to work outside for extended periods of time.
    • Enrolled in, or recently graduated from, an undergraduate or graduate academic program with a focus on architecture, historic preservation, architectural history, or other related design field.
  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online. Specify in the required essay if you are applying for the 640 hour internship, or the 480 hour internship, or both.

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO); Park Housing Provided
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Work requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing, walking over rough or uneven rocky surfaces, recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, and recurring lifting of moderately heavy items. Intern will be required to operate a government motor vehicle as part of official duties; a valid driver's license is required.
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

Established in 1899, Mount Rainier National Park is 235,625 acres (97% is designated Wilderness). The wilderness area includes Mount Rainier (14,410'), an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice. The majority of the park’s developed areas were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1997 as a showcase for the "NPS Rustic" style architecture and landscape architecture of the 1920s and 1930s. This internship reports to the park landscape architect and is part of the Project Shop within the Maintenance Division. The Maintenance Division consists of approximately 75 permanent employees and 200 summer seasonal employees. The Project Shop currently consists of a historical landscape architect and a project manager. This season it will also include four NCPE interns.

The National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)’s Internship Program is a partnership with the National Park Service and other Federal agencies with cultural resource protection and public land management responsibilities. The purpose of the program is to accomplish needed and important work on federally protected lands while providing program participants with professional experience in their chosen fields. Interns work under the guidance of agency staff who are subject area experts to carry out the mission of the park.

To be eligible, applicants must be between 18 and 30 years old (or 35 if a veteran) when starting the internship, a college student or recent graduate (within the past 12 months at the time of application), enrolled in a degree-seeking program, and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Mount Rainier National Park is seeking 2 interns to assist in the surveying and documentation of historic Mission 66 style buildings in the Ohanapecosh developed area within the Park. The interns will work closely with the cultural resources team and historical landscape architect to survey, document, and research 2 multi-story buildings utilizing photography, hand, and laser measuring tools. They will also be responsible for compiling this information into a Historic Structures Report (HSR), which includes writing descriptions of the buildings, providing condition assessments, and developing recommendations for repairs and maintenance. If time allows, the interns may also be asked to verify and update GIS systems and databases.

The Mission 66 buildings constructed in the Ohanapecosh developed area have been determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and as such require preservation of their character-defining features. The HSR for this building typology will identify the character-defining features that should be preserved and will inform future maintenance projects and decision-making. This work supports National Park Service (NPS) responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) to preserve cultural resources.

There are two positions available, one for 640-hours (16 weeks, full-time) and one for 480-hours (12 weeks, full-time). The interns will be based out of and living in the Longmire Historic District, within walking distance of the Project Shop offices. Housing will be provided.

A background security investigation may be required prior to the start date. All NCPE internships accrue 4 hours of PTO for every 80 hours worked.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal permanent, temporary, or term positions. Visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.