Habitat Restoration Specialist
Ash Creek Forest Management
Hillsboro, Oregon
Job Type | Permanent |
Salary | $18 - $24 per hour |
Benefits | Medical, Dental, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Life Insurance, Retirement |
Experience | 0 - 1 years |
- Explore the outdoors and help the environment for work!
- Experience ecosystems across the Pacific Northwest!
- In-field training and long-term career advancement opportunities!
- Be a part of a self-directed team! No traditional forestry hierarchy!
- Special internal programs dedicated towards individuals’ personal professional development within the Environmental Industry!
- BE A PART OF THE CLIMATE SOLUTION!
Status: Nonexempt, full-time, permanent-dependent upon completion of a 90-day introductory period. Mandatory seasonal overtime.
Location: Hillsboro main office, restoration sites throughout the Pacific Northwest
Transportation: Provide own transportation to work sites, Hillsboro facility, or other planned locations. Company carpool available between Hillsboro facility and work sites.
Summary: Execute habitat restoration treatments while maintaining measurable safety, quality, and output requirements.
Compensation and Benefits: $18.50 upon hire, subject to increase to $20 per hour after 90 days. Further raises available upon completion of in-house certifications, performance, and length of service, up to $24.50 per hour. Medical, dental, and life insurance. Sick time, paid time off, and paid Holidays. Employer matching 401k.
Essential Duties:
- Control noxious weeds through careful, precise application of herbicides using backpack sprayers
- Plant bare-root trees and shrubs
- Install container plants, plugs, and bulbs
- Prepare and install native plant pole cuttings
- Maintain native tree and shrub plantings using hand-tools and power tools
- Perform site preparation using a variety of power equipment
- Repair, clean, and maintain all hand and power tools in operating condition
- Operate and maintain company tractors, ATVs, and trucks
- Load and unload vehicles and trailers with all required equipment
- Collect native plant seed
- Other duties as requested
Experience/Qualifications (Required):
- Must possess or obtain Oregon Certified Pesticide Applicators License within 90 days of employment
- Ability, motivation, and endurance for 8 to 10 hours of productive manual labor
- Ability to work outdoors across uneven terrain during inclement weather
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team
- Experience using hand and power tools (chainsaw, shovel, etc.)
- Ability to safely lift 60 lbs.
- Valid driver's license & ability to safely operate motor vehicles
Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 8+ hours per day
40+ hours per week
When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.
Category | Botany, Restoration |
Tags | Environmental Consulting |