Fish Hatchery Specialist 3 – Chiwawa Fish Hatchery – Permanent – *05635-24

FULL-TIME/PERMANENT
FISH HATCHERY SPECIALIST 3
CHIWAWA FISH HATCHERY

Fish Program – Hatcheries Division
Leavenworth, Washington – Chelan County

STANDBY DUTIES ARE ASSIGNED
HOUSING IS NOT PROVIDED

Join our team at Chiwawa Fish Hatchery and be our lead worker performing scientific, technical, and related maintenance duties at hatchery facilities and trap sites within a complex!

You will assist with rearing anadromous fish for conservation and fishing opportunities.

Serve as the lead worker at Chiwawa Hatchery and the Wenatchee River Adult Traps. 

In this dynamic role, you will keep supervisor and management well-informed on production issues that may lead to fish health concerns or program shortfalls.

With your experience, you will project and monitor fish growth and feed requirements.

You thrive on building collaboration and teamwork, serving as a leader and role model for staff, temporary workers, and volunteers.

We are seeking a candidate to help the Eastbank Complex to meet hatchery, mitigation, PUD contract obligations, and agency goals.

Duties:

Here are some things you will do in this role:

Fish Culture: 

• Carries out sound fish culture practices to meet program goals.
• Identifies and communicates opportunities to improve fish culture practices.
• Performs fish inventories, splits, grading, marking trailer inventories, weight samples and plants.
• Collects adult salmonids by trapping.
• Coordinates on-station and off-site fish planting activities.

Crew Leader: 

• Carries out assignments as a working leader.
• Monitors projects/activities to ensure completion in a timely manner.
• Ensures that the staff is productive and well informed on activities.
• The lead responsible for safety rule compliance, training, documentation and ensures hazards are addressed.
• Demonstrates, instructs, and trains others in methods on how to complete tasks.

Physical Operation and Maintenance of Facility: 

• Ensures that working components of the fish hatchery are kept in good condition (i.e. pumps & motors, vehicles, alarms, generators, flashlights)
• Identifies and communicates ways to improve the physical plant operation.
• Actively identifies safety hazards and takes action or recommends remedies as appropriate.
• Maintains facility bio security measures.
• Monitors water quality, quality rearing environments.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Work Setting, including hazards:
  • Outside in all weather conditions performing strenuous physical activities, often working alone around water, repetitive throwing motions while hand feeding fish, standing for long periods of time.
  • Office work when required.
  • Must be able to lift 50 pounds of equipment and fish.
  • Must be able to negotiate water in emergency situations. 
• Schedule:
  • 40 hours per week. Workload demands may require work outside the assigned work hours and adjustment of work schedules.
  • The work hours can vary greatly for this position at different times of the year depending on the work schedule and weather conditions. 
• Travel Requirements:
  • Travel may be required for short periods of time to accomplish agency goals and required training.
• Tools and Equipment:
  • Hand and power tools, lawn care equipment, chain saws, snow blowers, tractors, forklifts, egg picking machines, water sampling instruments, small and large fish transport trucks, passenger vehicles, fish pumps, fish counters, CWT identification equipment, trash pumps, pressure washers, diesel generators, small gas engine powered equipment, ultrasound equipment, PIT Tag detectors, computers, and computer software.
• Customer Interactions:
  • Communicate effectively with public and volunteers.
  • Interact with small community groups and individual constituents on a regular basis.
• Housing:
  • Housing is not provided for this position.
• Standby:
  • This position requires standby which means the employee is responsible for overseeing the facility for the remaining 16 hours of the day and must be able to respond to facility in 60 minutes or less.
  • When on standby this position will require the employee to work 10 days and be off 4 days.

Qualifications:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• One (1) year of experience as a Fish Hatchery Specialist 2.

Or

• Associate’s degree in fisheries technology, biology, or closely allied field and two (2) years of experience performing fish culture duties in a hatchery.

Or

• Bachelor’s degree in fisheries, biology, or closely allied field and two (2) years of experience performing fish culture duties in a hatchery.

Or

• Successful completion of a fish culture program from a vocational school and two (2) years of experience performing fish culture duties in a hatchery. 

Please note:

• Four (4) years of experience performing a variety of fish culture duties in a hatchery will substitute for the Bachelor’s degree.

License:

• Valid driver’s license.

Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:

• Valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License or ability to obtain one within 6 months.

 
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have the following: 

• Two- or four-year degree in Fisheries or closely associated field.

Supplemental Information:

Please note: Failure to follow the instructions below may lead to disqualification.

Experience and education selected, listed, and detailed in the Supplemental Questions must be verifiable in the application.

In order to successfully apply for this position, you MUST complete your profile at www.careers.wa.gov.

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

All new employees must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9 Form) on their first day of work. If hired for this or any position at WDFW, you will be required to provide documentation proving you are eligible to work in the United States. For a list of acceptable documents, please use the following link:  https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

JOIN THE WDFW TEAM:

Learn about our agency and the perks of working for WDFW!

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has some of the most talented people in the natural resource field.  We celebrate and value diversity, appreciating that a workforce composed of those from different backgrounds and experiences creates an inclusive environment, strengthens positive relationships with the local community, and brings new perspectives and approaches to fulfilling the agency’s mission. We value demonstrated skill in living WDFW values of Accountability, Service, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Empathy (ASPIRE).

WDFW employees may be eligible for the following Benefits:

Medical/Dental/Vision for employee & dependent(s), Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), Vacation, Sick, and other Leave types.

Eleven (11) Paid Holidays per year and one (1) personal holiday if the employee is scheduled to be, or has been, continuously employed by the State of Washington for at least four (4) months.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Tuition Waiver, Long Term Disability & Life Insurance, Deferred Compensation Programs, Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA), and an Employee Assistance Program.

UNION – WAFHP:

These positions are in the bargaining unit represented by the Washington Association of Fish & Wildlife Hatchery Professionals and is subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the State of Washington, Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the Washington Association of Fish Hatchery Professionals (WAFHP).

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VETERAN PREFERENCE NOTICE:

To take advantage of veteran preference, please do the following:

• Email a copy of your DD214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22 or USDVA signed verification of service letter to [email protected].
• Subject line must include recruitment number, position, and Vet (for example: #10155 Biologist 1 – Veteran)
• Include your name as it appears on your application in careers.wa.gov.

MILITARY SPOUSE PREFERENCE NOTICE: 

To take advantage of military spouse preference, please do the following:

• Notify us of your military spouse status by email at [email protected].  
• Subject line must include recruitment number, position, and MS (for example: #10155 Biologist 1 – MS)
• Include your name as it appears on your application in careers.wa.gov.

Note: Please blackout any PII (personally identifiable information) data such as social security numbers. 

As part of WDFW’s efforts to advance respectful and inclusive work environments, the Agency expects inclusivity as part of our professional interactions and communications.  Therefore, we want to ensure that all individuals feel welcome, are treated fairly and respectfully.  All staff are empowered to fully contribute to serving their work unit, Agency, and the citizens of Washington.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife is an equal opportunity employer.  We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity.  Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, disabled, and Vietnam era veterans and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.

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