job title: STREAM RESTORATION CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
JOB ID: 202101
Location: Based in Logan, Utah, Asotin, Washington, and Bend, Oregon, but travel to other locations across western States is required
Start Date: March 22, 2021
Duration: 7 months with possible extension to permanent full time benefitted
Wages: $22-28/hour (full-time equivalent: $3,828-4,872/month) depending on experience
Number of Positions: 1 to 2
Job Description and Responsibilities: Anabranch Solutions, LLC is seeking a self-motivated individual with the skills and experience in managing multiple restoration projects and crews implementing low-tech process-based stream restoration projects or other construction activities that require similar skills. The successful candidate will work with project managers to ensure successful planning, implementation, and maintenance of restoration projects. We hope to hire someone that will eventually be a fulltime coordinator of multiple crews ensuring scheduling, equipment, material, housing and transportation needs are met for all a wide variety of projects, possibly across multiple states. This summer, primary job duties will be to manage and lead one or more crews of 4-6 restoration technicians in the construction of beaver dam analogs (BDAs), post-assisted log structures, and other wood structures for riverscape restoration projects. Helping with, and potentially taking over, the coordination of multiple projects may also be a primary job responsibility. Building low-tech structures will require extensive use of chainsaws, cutting down and/or bucking up trees and shrubs, loading materials in and out of trucks and trailers, and operating hydraulic post-drivers, UTVs, ATVs, and potentially grip-hoists and capstan winches, as well as extensive use and maintenance of hand tools. The position responsibilities include planning project logistics; ensuring all staff follow safety procedures; looking out for the health and welfare of the construction crew, directing construction crew, following and implementing restoration designs, documenting as-built conditions, material and quantity estimation, procuring, staging and maintaining equipment, procuring, sourcing and staging building materials, ensuring permit compliance, site cleanup, and other tasks as required. Successful candidates will be based in either Logan, Utah or Asotin, Washington but may be required to work on projects in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and other states.
Minimum qualifications:
Work schedule will likely be either four 10 hour days, Monday-Thursday with three days off, or eight 10 hours days Wednesday to Wednesday with six days off, but the schedule may be adjusted depending on project requirements. Accommodation will be provided at bunkhouses, air b&b/hotels, and in some cases remote camping. All employees will be required to attend a company training session and orientation in Logan, Utah in the last week of March 2021. Anabranch Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
The application is open until the position is filled.
JOB ID: 202101
To Apply: Interested parties are encouraged to apply below with a cover letter, resume, and contacts for three references (or copy and paste https://forms.gle/KtB2xJhC9k1C3JeR6)
Start Date: March 22, 2021
Duration: 7 months with possible extension to permanent full time benefitted
Wages: $22-28/hour (full-time equivalent: $3,828-4,872/month) depending on experience
Number of Positions: 1 to 2
Job Description and Responsibilities: Anabranch Solutions, LLC is seeking a self-motivated individual with the skills and experience in managing multiple restoration projects and crews implementing low-tech process-based stream restoration projects or other construction activities that require similar skills. The successful candidate will work with project managers to ensure successful planning, implementation, and maintenance of restoration projects. We hope to hire someone that will eventually be a fulltime coordinator of multiple crews ensuring scheduling, equipment, material, housing and transportation needs are met for all a wide variety of projects, possibly across multiple states. This summer, primary job duties will be to manage and lead one or more crews of 4-6 restoration technicians in the construction of beaver dam analogs (BDAs), post-assisted log structures, and other wood structures for riverscape restoration projects. Helping with, and potentially taking over, the coordination of multiple projects may also be a primary job responsibility. Building low-tech structures will require extensive use of chainsaws, cutting down and/or bucking up trees and shrubs, loading materials in and out of trucks and trailers, and operating hydraulic post-drivers, UTVs, ATVs, and potentially grip-hoists and capstan winches, as well as extensive use and maintenance of hand tools. The position responsibilities include planning project logistics; ensuring all staff follow safety procedures; looking out for the health and welfare of the construction crew, directing construction crew, following and implementing restoration designs, documenting as-built conditions, material and quantity estimation, procuring, staging and maintaining equipment, procuring, sourcing and staging building materials, ensuring permit compliance, site cleanup, and other tasks as required. Successful candidates will be based in either Logan, Utah or Asotin, Washington but may be required to work on projects in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and other states.
Minimum qualifications:
- Experience as supervisor and manager of construction, landscaping, farming/ranching, forestry, stream restoration, trail maintenance/construction, or other field based activities
- Strong leadership skills, ability to work in a team environment and communicate clearly and regularly with all crew members
- Ability to set a good example, with a positive attitude, and ability to empathize with all crew members
- Self-motivation and situational awareness to take care of anything that needs doing
- A valid drivers license
- Track record of manual labor and physical fitness, ability to work in harsh conditions, and sometimes remote areas
- Ability to work safely with a wide variety of hand and power tools and a commitment to safety of one's self and all other crew members through observance of strict safety protocols (including COVID guidelines).
- Must be able to safely lift and carry 55 pounds; packing heavy loads of equipment in and out of sites is often required.
- Chainsaw certification (or ability to acquire or renew)
- First Aid Certification (or ability to acquire or renew)
- Excellent troubleshooting and mechanical skills
- Experience driving with trailers and heavy loads
- Experience with operating ATVs
- A minimum of 2-3 years experience in hiring and leading a crew implementing low-tech process-based stream restoration or other natural resource restoration.
- Experience in related maintenance, construction or management activities such as riparian planting, landscaping, trail maintenance or construction, fire-fighting, forest thinning, construction, arboriculture and/or logging.
- Professional Certifications such as:
- ATV Safety Training
- Chainsaw certification (or ability to acquire or renew)
- Swift Water Rescue
- Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid
- FAA-certified Remote Pilot (UAVs)
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (ser.org)
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner - In Training (ser.org)
- Graduate Certificate in Restoration (from University)
- University Degree in Ecological Restoration or related field
Work schedule will likely be either four 10 hour days, Monday-Thursday with three days off, or eight 10 hours days Wednesday to Wednesday with six days off, but the schedule may be adjusted depending on project requirements. Accommodation will be provided at bunkhouses, air b&b/hotels, and in some cases remote camping. All employees will be required to attend a company training session and orientation in Logan, Utah in the last week of March 2021. Anabranch Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
The application is open until the position is filled.
JOB ID: 202101
To Apply: Interested parties are encouraged to apply below with a cover letter, resume, and contacts for three references (or copy and paste https://forms.gle/KtB2xJhC9k1C3JeR6)
