Charles Warren—2010 Engineering Technician of the Year

Charlie is an assistant regional development engineer and member of the Pacific Northwest Region transportation systems team. Since 2003, he has been a leader in developing and conducting public works contracting officer representative (COR) and timber sales engineering representative (ER) training. He mentors and coaches a group of subject matter experts to review and revise training materials. He also conducts road design classes and develops regional and national road construction specifications.

In 1973, Charlie received a bachelor's degree in construction management from California State University, Long Beach. After he and his wife spent 2 years in Iran as Peace Corps volunteers, he worked as a construction inspector for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Jamestown, CA.

Charlie worked for the Forest Service in 1970 and 1971 as a seasonal survey aid on the Plumas National Forest. He began his Forest Service career in 1979 at the Stanislaus National Forest as a civil engineering technician. In 1986, he transferred to the Jefferson National Forest where he worked on road design and reconstruction projects to help repair the damage caused by a 144-year flood. He later returned to the West Coast as a supervisory civil engineering technician at the Siskiyou National Forest. From 1990 to 2000, Charlie served as the forest development engineer for the Siuslaw National Forest before moving to the Tahoe National Forest as a supervisory civil engineering technician.

Charlie has enjoyed teaching "Surviving in the Wilderness" and "The Wilderness Surviving You" courses to fifth-graders at the Forest Service Outdoor School in Corvallis, OR. He and his wife of 38 years enjoy skiing and choreographed ballroom dancing. Their two sons have engineering degrees.