State Lands Forester, Commercial Thinning Lead

State Lands Forester, Commercial Thinning Lead (NRS3)
Recruitment #2023-12-8549
Full-time, Non-permanent, Represented position
Anticipated Non-permanent employment is January 2024-June 2025
Location: South Puget Sound Region- Enumclaw, WA
Location flexibility may be available and considered
Flexible Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered
Salary: $4,968.00 – $6,676.00 Monthly 

Positions with permanent duty stations in King County receive an additional 5% added to their monthly base salary. The salary listed in this announcement reflects the additional 5%.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our South Puget Sound Region. Are you someone who loves the outdoors, and is passionate about becoming a Forester working for Washington State? The DNR’s, South Puget Sound Region is looking for a Commercial Thinning Lead Forester to join our team. If you love working in the outdoors, appreciate a remote natural environment, have good forest management skills, have a working knowledge of timber harvesting methods, and enjoy being a part of a high-functioning team, then this job might be for you.

As part of the state lands timber sales program, this position contributes towards the critical role of sustainable management of Trust Forestland.

Responsibilities:

(See listing for full details.)

• Lead the South Puget Sound Region Commercial Thinning Project under the Northern Spotted Owl (NSO) and Riparian Thinning Proviso (PI 754).
• Act as the project manager for the development and maintenance of the NSO habitat thinning forest management plan for timber harvest and silviculture activities in the South Puget Sound Region.
• Lead Variable Density Thinning (VDT) timber sale design, layout, and compliance to meet Riparian Forest Desired Future Conditions and NSO habitat enhancement objectives.
• Supervise one permanent NRS2 and one to two NRS1 non-permanent positions when funding is secured. 

Required Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in forestry or related field; and one year of professional forestry experience.
  OR A combination of equivalent education and/or experience.
• Experience in applying theory, policy, principles, and practices of the forestry profession as applied to the Northwestern States (i.e. fundamentals of silviculture of Northwest species, markets and economics, cruising methods, sales layout, logging methods, engineering, plant nutrition, propagation and weed control, reforestation and intensive forest practices, recreation, multiple use, inventory, water quality, watershed management and basic principles of fisheries management).
• Professional experience in the application of forest management objectives and timber management planning.
• Experience preparing and/or managing timber sales contracts.
• Experience with ground and cable logging systems, and forest road construction.
• Experience with, and understanding of Forest Practice rules, natural resource law, and practices.
• Experience with computer applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.