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This position supports the agency mission by providing professional, forward-looking stewardship of our state lands, natural resources, and environment and by providing leadership in creating a sustainable future for the Trusts and all citizens.
The primary duties and responsibilities of this position include:

• Perform as lead forester on the layout of various types of timber sales including reconnaissance, stream typing, marking and traversing sale boundaries, identifying and traversing road locations, marking leave trees, and completing SEPA’s, FPA’s, and other presales documents
• Perform as a Contract Administrator for various state land timber sales, which includes felling and yarding, road building activities, billings, and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, policies and permits.
• Work in team and individual settings to achieve the district and region volume deliverables.
• Develop planting prescriptions, schedule surveys and maintenance activities in the Department’s Planning and Tracking system and Timber Sale Document Center.
• Updating Region transportation and local knowledge layers and corporate hydrology and FMU layers based on professional judgment of physical observations of resources and infrastructure.
• Identify and schedule road maintenance activities such as road grading, roadside spray projects, and ditch and culvert cleanout.
• Conduct various types of plantation and forest stand surveys as needed.
• Represent the agency in a professional manner, when interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Take an active role in the department’s fire suppression activities (not required).

• Demonstrated regard for safety in all aspects of the working environment
• Knowledge of principles and practices of the forestry profession as applied to the Northwestern United States (i.e., fundamentals of silviculture of Northwest species, sales layout, logging methods, engineering, reforestation and intensive forest practices)
• Demonstrated understanding of forest management objectives and timber management planning
• Knowledge of Forest Practices rules and other forestry laws and practices
• Experience correctly using topographic maps, aerial photos and compass
• Knowledge of forest mensuration techniques and forestry tools
• Experience with, or demonstrated education in ground and cable based harvest systems and road construction techniques
• Experience with computers and computer applications such as MS Word, MS Excel Outlook, UNIX, ArcView, ArcGIS, and specialized forestry equipment including GPS systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Proven ability to make decisions in a dynamic and sometimes stressful environment

This level of knowledge and skill is typically achieved with:

• Bachelor of Science in forest management, silviculture or related natural resource field and one year of professional natural resource experience

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• Two year Associate degree in an environmental or natural resource field and 2 years of natural resource work experience

Natural Resource Specialist 1 In-Training:

• Demonstrated regard for safety in all aspects of the working environment
• Ability to learn the principles and practices of the forestry profession as applied to the Northwestern United States (i.e., fundamentals of silviculture of Northwest species, sales layout, logging methods, engineering, reforestation and intensive forest practices)
• Understanding of forest management objectives and timber management planning
• Ability to learn Forest Practices rules and other forestry laws and practices
• Experience correctly using topographic maps, aerial photos and compass
• Knowledge of forest mensuration techniques and forestry tools
• Demonstrated education in ground and cable based harvest systems and road construction techniques
• Experience with computers and computer applications such as MS Word, MS Excel Outlook, UNIX, ArcView, ArcGIS, and specialized forestry equipment including GPS systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Proven ability to make decisions in a dynamic and sometimes stressful environment

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in forest management, forest operations or silviculture
• 2 years of professional natural resource management experience, including designing and managing timber harvest plans or contracts.
• Knowledge of Westside forest management objectives and silviculture practices
• Understanding of current forest management plans, Habitat Conservation Plan, and associated agency policies, procedures, and rules
• Knowledge of timber cruising and rog scaling
• Experience with the fundamentals of fogging road design and construction
• Experience assessing logging systems, including the capabilities of cable systems in thinning operations
• Experience using and adapting GIS technologies, including mapping and querying

SPECIAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

• Ability to work on uneven terrain in all weather conditions.
• The incumbent in this position is required to travel.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and have two years of driving experience. This position requires driving as an essential function.  Employees who drive for state business, whether in a state or privately-owned vehicle, are required to possess a valid license as defined in policy PO02-006 and abide by all other driver responsibility requirements.
• Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of hire.

• To be considered you must apply online at www.careers.wa.gov (Click on the APPLY button above)
• You must complete the entire online application to be considered for the position.
• You must submit the following:
  • Attach a letter of interest describing how your experience and qualifications relate to the position profile, required and desired position qualifications, and special position requirements.
  • Attach your Resume
  • The names of three to five professional references – you may attach a document, use the References text field in the online application, or include with resume.
• Carefully review your application materials before submitting. If you fail to submit the required documents or complete the entire online application, you may no longer be considered for the position by the supervisor.

Application Status – once you submit your online application, you can check your status by logging into your account.  Finalists for the position will be contacted by the hiring managers directly.

Note: Finalists and/or interview candidates will be asked to provide a driving record issued from all states in which they have held a license during the past 3 years.

Questions?  Please contact Becky VonDracek at (360)749-6825, becky.vondracek@dnr.wa.gov  or e-mail us at DNRrecruiting@dnr.wa.gov.

By submitting the application materials you are indicating that all information is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.  You understand that the state may verify information and that untruthful or misleading information is cause for removal from applicant pool or dismissal if employed. This announcement is published by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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