Forest Crew Supervisor, Correctional Facility
Recruitment #2024-4-5217
Full-time, Non-Permanent, Represented position
Anticipated Non-Permanent employment is 6 months
Location: Northeast Region – Airway Heights, WA
Salary: $3,974.00 – $5,341.00 Monthly
Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 4/23/24. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.
Want to join something GREAT and make a difference?
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our Northeast Region. We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual to temporarily fill a 6-month vacancy as a Forest Crew Supervisor-Corrections Facility position at Heights Camp located at the Department of Corrections facility in Airway Heights, WA. While being highly demanding, this position is also highly rewarding to those who want to truly make a difference within a diverse and unique work group. The tangible rewards of this job come from helping DNR meet its strategic obligations to the community and from working with incarcerated individuals.
Developing incarcerated individuals is a critical function of this position. The successful applicant will need to develop incarcerated individuals with limited skills into a highly functional 10-person team. Heights crews have a commitment to hard work in arduous conditions on wildland fires and in various forest health operations. The primary responsibilities of the position are in the training, productivity, and safety of the Heights crews who engage in wildland firefighting and forest crafts operations. During fire season, the position may require assignments to remote fire camps for extended periods and can be expected to have workdays that routinely exceed the normally scheduled 10 hours and will require working weekends and holidays as needed for assignments.
The successful applicant will be trusted to primarily recruit, mentor, and train incarcerated individuals in forest craft skills while supervising a 10-person crew comprised of incarcerated adult males. These skills will be used to help protect communities, manage DNR State Lands assets, and help incarcerated individuals develop job skills that can be used when they are released from incarceration. The successful applicant will be trusted to foster and maintain an interactive relationship with DOC so that incarcerated individuals are effectively managed across both state agencies according to WACs, RCWs, and Interagency Agreements. Additionally, the successful applicant will be trusted to have a productive professional relationship with the Assistant Camp Supervisor. The key to this relationship will be the applicant’s ability to communicate, problem-solve, manage, and lead cooperatively with peers and supervisors.
Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Experience in some or all of the following forest crafts which includes: Forest seedling planting, forest plantation, vegetation management, pre-commercial thinning, recreation trail and facilities construction and maintenance, chainsaw use and maintenance, hand tool use and maintenance and wildland fire suppression,
OR an Associate’s Degree in forest management or a closely related field of study,
OR a combination of education and relevant experience in Silviculture, Correctional Facility, or wildfire equivalent. - Six months supervisory experience in a diverse work setting that is centered on safety and security, either in an adult/juvenile correctional environment or a professional production-based business.
- Possess the ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing using common technology.