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Description
~ The Oregon Department of Forestry serves the people of Oregon by protecting, managing, and promoting stewardship of Oregon's forests to enhance environmental, economic, and community sustainability. ~
The Oregon Department of Forestry's (ODF) Mission is – To serve the people of Oregon through the protection, management, and promotion of a healthy forest environment, which will enhance Oregon's livability and economy for today and tomorrow. ODF is a multi-programmed, multi-funded public agency chartered and structured to administer the forest laws and policies of the State of Oregon, within the framework of sustainable forests, for the benefit of all Oregonians.
The State Forest Division includes management of State Forest Lands for production of forest products, jobs, income to State, County, and local taxing districts, while protecting other forest resources, such as watersheds, soils, fisheries, wildlife and recreation. On the Astoria District, this division involves two management units totaling approximately 136,000 acres of State Forest Land and two support units with a total of 33 permanent employees. State Forests in the Astoria District amount to 17% of the total acreage involved in the statewide program and currently accounts for approximately 25% of the annual timber harvest. The current fiscal budget for the District amounts to $4.2 million.
Position Overview
There is one permanent, full-time position available in the State Forests division of the Oregon Department of Forestry located in Astoria. This announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates for this position and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur. For specific questions regarding this position, please contact John Tillotson, Sunset Unit Forest Manager, or Derek Bangs, Jewell Unit Forest Manager, at (503) 325-5451.
The purpose of this position is to carry out tasks associated with unit goals which contribute to the mission of the Oregon Department of Forestry, as assigned by the Sunset Unit Forester. The vital few actions carried out by this position are to develop and implement annual operations plans to achieve the goals and objectives of FMPs, and IPs. Tasks done to accomplish this include field and office preparation and administration of timber sale contracts, road construction contracts, road construction projects, directing and/or assisting with road maintenance, T & E species surveys, site preparation, and reforestation operations.
Responsibilities
Major duties include but are not limited to:
Contract Administration:
- Administer contracts to ensure that agency standards and guidelines are met.
- Completes and coordinates field inspections of timber sales to check compliance of the contract.
- Monitors sale status and resolves Timber Sale Contract and Forest Practices Act issues or violations, and assures compliance with FMP, IP and FPA.
- Takes independent enforcement action to gain compliance with the contract.
- Prepares inspection reports, scaling instructions, notification of operation, and operations plans.
- Conduct pre-operation meetings with contractors to review contract requirements and ensure all sale documents are completed.
- Reviews contract progress and reports to supervisor, including recommendations for contract modifications and adjustments.
- Prepares contract modification or adjustment documents for supervisory approval.
- Reviews timber sale contract administration concerns of NRS1's as requested by Unit Managers.
Leadership and Coordination of Timber Sale and Project Preparation:
- Assists Jewell and Sunset Unit Managers with training and development of unit staff.
- Provides guidance on an ongoing basis for the NRS1s performing timber sale and project preparation duties including reviewing and critiquing field preparation and reviewing reports.
- Ensures that standards and procedures are properly applied and followed during field preparation and contract writing of timber sales.
- Makes decisions on logging methods, road locations, stream buffers, partial cut prescriptions, and sale boundaries consistent with the NW Forest Management Plan, Implementation Plan, Annual Operation Plan, and Forest Practices Act.
- Reviews timber cruise plans. Performs timber cruises, creates cruise reports, and analyzes outputs.
- Reviews draft timber sale documents and recommends approval to the unit supervisor.
- Monitors the preparation of special sales as related to access permits and for the purpose of timber salvage.
- Provides input and review of sale plans and ensures timber sale documents are consistent with sale plan objectives and basin plans.
Additional Information
Because the Department's highest priority work is a forest fire emergency, this position may be utilized during those emergencies to provide assistance in a variety of ways. That assistance may be directly aiding the emergency effort in the field or at the Salem headquarters. It also may be in providing backup to filling for another position that is being used in direct aid to the emergency, or it may be in performing an essential function in some capacity either within this Program or elsewhere in Salem or in the field.
Compensation: $3,597.00 - $5,242.00 Monthly
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Closing 12/1/2017 11:59 PM Pacific.
~ The Oregon Department of Forestry: Serving Oregonians by protecting Oregon's forests ~