Department of Environmental Protection: Vegetation Specialist

Department of Environmental Protection:
Vegetation Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Vegetation Specialist is responsible for providing programmatic, field, technical, and administrative support for the Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection’s Forestry, Camas, and Noxious Weed Control Programs, by supervising vegetation field activities and data collection. The required work includes plant identification, vegetation field crew leadership and participation using a full range of vegetation management techniques, and fieldwork tracking and reporting. The position is supervised by the Forester and provides general oversight to 3-5 technical environmental staff and/or seasonal technicians or interns in vegetation-related activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree with college coursework in environmental, physical, or natural science, or other discipline appropriate to the position, AND
  • 2 years of experience at the Technician 1 level or comparable job experience;
  • Any combination of the above education and professional experience that provides 5 years of comparable responsibility in vegetation management and data collection to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work;
• Demonstrated experience with operation and maintenance of equipment, materials, and procedures used in vegetation management;
• Demonstrated experience in herbicide application;
• Demonstrated experience in tracking and reporting field work;
• The employee must be able to safely operate and maintain a variety of light and heavy equipment (small gas powered tools, pumps, ATVs, powered sprayers, vessels, and tractors);
• Physical ability to work in the field including wading in streams, wetlands, and at beaches; and work from a boat during inclement weather as well as work in an office setting;
• Valid Washington State Driver’s License;
• Within 6 months of hire, the employee must obtain and retain certification as a Washington State pesticide applicator (Public Operator) with the appropriate endorsements required for control of noxious weeds on the Swinomish Reservation. This includes, at a minimum, the aquatic pesticide applicator endorsement;
• Within 1 year of hire, employee must obtain and retain a 40-hour HAZWOPR certificate, renewed on an annual basis.

Priority application review begins 1.26.26, then open until filled

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