Hannah Wanderling; Civil Engineer

Hannah Wanderling, a Civil Engineer with the USDA Forest Service, plays a pivotal role in advancing infrastructure resilience across national forests and grasslands. She manages procurement activities centered on civil engineering projects essential to maintaining public safety, wildfire mitigation, and ecological restoration in remote and rugged terrains. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to sustain forest ecosystems by overseeing the acquisition of construction services that ensure the integrity of roads, bridges, and drainage systems critical to operational access and emergency response. She specializes in competitively awarded, performance-based contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a strong emphasis on technical compliance and environmental stewardship. Wanderling maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These relationships reflect a strategic alignment with firms capable of delivering specialized civil construction, workforce support, and technical consulting services tailored to federal land management needs. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, geographic adaptability, and proven experience in executing complex infrastructure projects under challenging environmental conditions. She exhibits a full commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity and build capacity among small, locally based contractors with demonstrated expertise in federal construction environments. Her procurement patterns prioritize equitable access and sustained engagement with small businesses as key partners in achieving long-term forest infrastructure goals. Her technical focus is exclusively on NAICS 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—encompassing the design, rehabilitation, and maintenance of transportation corridors, erosion control structures, and access routes vital to forest operations. She procures services requiring advanced civil engineering knowledge, including geotechnical analysis, stormwater management, and compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, ensuring all projects meet rigorous safety and ecological standards.