Specialist Forest Products – Hardwoods & Cedar Salvage, NRS3
Recruitment #2024-4-P404
Full-time, Project, Represented position
Anticipated Project Employment is:  May 2024-June 2025
Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA
Location and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered
Salary:  $4,723.00 - $6,349.00 Monthly
 
Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 5/8/24.  It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible. 

Responsibilities:

• Identify currently planned (Fiscal Year 2024-2025) cedar-salvage and hardwood-dominated sales in the Pacific Cascade and Olympic Regions.  Identify and design potential additional sales in these categories that can be offered for sale.
• Create and maintain a tracking system for costs and revenues associated with the hardwoods-dominated and cedar-salvage sales associated with this project.
• Identify key stakeholders and establish regular communications on project progress.
• Contract Administration: Ensure contracts offered under this project are completed in accordance with contract terms.
• Design reports to communicate key metrics and summarized findings for state uplands managers, and the Washington State Legislature.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry or a related field;
  OR 4 years of professional-level forest management experience;
  OR equivalent combination of experience and/or education.
• Demonstrated regard for safety in all aspects of the working environment.
• Experience in applying theory, policy, principles, and practices of the forestry profession as applied to the Northwestern United States (i.e. fundamentals of silviculture of northwest species, markets and economics, cruising methods, sales layout, logging methods, forest road engineering, intensive forest management practices, recreation, multiple uses, inventory, and water quality considerations.
• Demonstrated familiarity with current forest practices regulations, State Uplands Habitat Conservation Plan, and associated agency policies and procedures.
• 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 Practices rules, natural resources law, and practices.
• Demonstrated proficient experience with computer applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience with GPS technology and GIS mapping products.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Pacific Northwest hardwoods and cedar salvage wood products.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Effective customer service skills to build and maintain internal and external customer satisfaction.