Environmental Lands Management Specialist; Tier 1

Job Overview

Performs professional and technical duties to implement restoration projects on ELAPP and County lands.

Minimum: $48,131.20- $62,570.56

• Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Performs professional and technical duties to implement projects on ELAPP and County lands. Assists project managers with restoration projects and leads prescribed burn activities. May provide supervision and guidance to staff and volunteers, ensure safety and compliance, and supports public outreach.

Note:

The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Plans, coordinates, and implements site management plans, including trail development, monitoring, restoration projects, invasive plant and prescribed burning activities.
• Schedules maintenance of access points, parking areas, kiosks, recreational trails, fire lanes, and park sites and assist as necessary.
• Assists Project Managers with projects on preserved lands.
• Conducts pre‑ and post‑treatment inspections for type and amount of invasive plants and effectiveness of control activities along with planning and scheduling of future control activities.
• Monitors natural communities for management needs and effects of management activities.
• Prepares prescribed burn units and participate on or lead prescribed burns, as directed.
• Operates tractors, backhoes and other heavy machinery.
• Fastens and transport loads such as heavy equipment, UTV’s, mowers, etc. using trucks and trailers.
• Conducts mitigation monitoring including writing reports to government agencies to ensure compliance.
• Leads prescribed burns and herbicide applications.
• Maintains inventory and orders supplies.
• Conducts preventative maintenance on tractors, UTV’s, mowers, power tools, and other equipment.
• Maintains grounds, trails and fire lanes through mowing, disking, trimming, etc.
• Trims limbs and brush using hand tools and power saws.
• Opens and closes gates, as needed, for public access.
• Conducts regular site security inspections.
• Posts property boundaries and entrances with appropriate signage.
• Performs guided field trips and volunteer events.
• Assists with exotic/ invasive/ nuisance animal removal.
• Assists with water quality monitoring.
• Attends job skill training and applies new skills, as needed.
• Documents daily activities in preserves, including plant & animal sightings.
• May provide guidance and training, and review the work of others to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timeliness; may supervise lower‑level staff.
• Performs other duties as related to land management.

• Knowledge of preserve locations, trails, and access points.
• Knowledge of safe and proficient operation of tractors and similar heavy equipment.
• Ability to plan, organize, and supervise the work of others.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to follow safety procedures and technical directions.
• High degree of adaptability and problem‑solving ability.
• Ability to safely operate power tools such as power saws, trimmers, mowers, etc.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Restricted Use Pesticide License/Natural Areas category.
• Ability to attend prescribed fire training, become a Florida Certified Prescribed Burner, lead burns, and maintain certification.
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