MAKAH TRIBE
POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Forester
EXEMPT: Yes
JOB CODE: 3-SS T-5
TARGET SALARY: $16.36 to $20.41/DOQ
SHIFT: 8:00 to 5:00
PROGRAM: Forestry
LOCATION: Forestry
REPORTS TO: Foresty Manager
SUMMARY: Responsible for the planning, administration, performance and analysis of technical forestry tasks requiring the knowledge of forest science, economics, engineering, and natural resource management.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Because of the Tribe’s commitment to community service and the well-being of its members, each employee may be expected to perform a wide range of office and field duties from time to time. Such duties may or may not be related to their regular responsibilities.
Plans, supervises, and conducts timber cruises for timber sales, forest inventory data and continuous forest inventory (CFI) data. Complies and statically analyzes various forest resource/inventory data to direct both commercial and forest development activities.
Preparation of annual timber sales. Includes field reconnaissance of proposed sale units to evaluate conditions and other natural resource conditions for contract packages; establishment of timber harvest units including road and landing locations and harvest methods; preparation of timber sale appraisals, technical narratives including associated graphs, maps, and other references, federal environmental permitting, development of timber sale contract; and administration and compliance of contract activities
Silvacultural responsibilities include management of tribal greenhouse facility to ensure that annual reforestation needs are met, ensuring that annual goals related to pre-commercial thinning are met, and the development annual bids and contracts associated with reforestation and pre-commercial thinning projects.
Analyzes prices, directs and administers road construction and maintenance as well as non-commercial and commercial stand treatment and other forest resource contract.
Manages various forestry budget and accomplishes work within annual forestry budget constraints.
Supervises and sets work schedule for forestry technicians to accomplish annual planting, pre-commercial thinning, timber sale activities, collection of resource/inventory data and other forestry related activities.
Work with the Forestry Engineer staff to engineer new roads, bridges, or road rehabilitation projects as required to meet annual forest management goals.
Works closely with the Forest Manager to meet annual goals related to forest management. Provide recommendation to the Forest Manger based on environmental, biological, economical and safety considerations.
As a member of the Makah Forestry Management Team, assists other members in meeting the team’s goals and objectives.
Train forestry technicians to handle increasingly more technical duties and responsibilities.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Directly supervises 2 + employees in the program. Is responsible for the overall directions, coordination, and evaluations of these employees.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizations’ policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Position requires a B.S. in Forestry Resource Management or Forest Engineering with appropriate experience in silviculture and forest planning. Experience in the Pacific Northwest/western United States is preferred.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups or managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as ad discounts, interest, commissions, and proportions, and percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Must have a valid Washington State Drivers license and be insurable. May be required to drive a Tribal GSA vehicle to perform job duties. If so, a driving history/background check will be conducted on the applicant.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to write technical reports, professional correspondence, environmental assessments, and other related documents.
Must have a thorough understanding of project management principles and techniques as they relate to forest resources.
Ability to defuse potentially confrontational situations while making every effort to resolve the potential conflict in a positive manner.
Ability to read and use maps and aerial photographs.
Ability to use GIS, road engineering, and other forestry related software to accomplish required work.
Knowledge, understanding, and application of economic principles, harvesting costs, and regional log market sorts and prices.
Ability to establish and maintain working relationships.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information pertinent to the nature of work.
Must submit to and clear a pre-employment alcohol and drug test and random testing, in accordance with the Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Act of 2002.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS – The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 65 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT – The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. Topography is rough and uneven, quite brushy with an annual rainfall exceeding 100 inches per year.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This position description is intended to provide an overview of the requirements of the position. It is not necessarily inclusive and the position may require other essential and/or non-essential functions, tasks, duties, or responsibilities not listed herein. Management reserves the sole right to add, modify, or exclude any essential or non-essential requirements at any time with or without notice. Nothing in this position description or by the completion of any requirement of the job by the employee is intended to create a contract of employment of any type.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Submit a Tribal Application for this position with supporting documentation to:
Makah Tribal Council
Personnel Office
P.O. Box 115, Bldg 150 Rm #7
Neah Bay, WA 98357
Fax: (360) 645-3123
E-mail: mtcpersonnel@centurytel.net
OPEN: July 9, 2009
CLOSE: August 5, 2009
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO PROVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR TRIBAL POSITIONS.
PLEASE NOTE: If requirements are not met, i.e., submission of a resume in lieu of a Tribal application, or not including required certification, your application will not be reviewed and will be disqualified.
The Makah Tribal Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages applications from all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status or ancestry, sexual orientation or sensory, mental, physical, or other non-disqualifying disability. Indian Preference will be applied to hiring of this position as defined in Title 25, U.S. Code, Chapter 14,
Subchapter V, Sections 472 and 473.