Title: Habitat Restoration Specialist 

Status: Nonexempt, Full-time, dependent upon completion of a 90-day probationary 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. 

Summary: Execute habitat restoration treatments while maintaining measurable safety, quality, and output requirements. 

Essential Duties: 

• Control noxious weeds through careful, precise application of herbicides using backpack sprayers 

• Planting 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 

Job Performance Expectations (required): 

Hit Team Membership Requirements: Ash Creek Forest Management is a team environment.  It is the responsibility of each team member to adhere to these requirements. 

• Treat your team members, support staff, clients, and others with respect 

• Role model positive communication and behavior while in the field, meetings, or when dealing with others 

• Take initiative to make things better for your team 

• Maintain the self-confidence and self-esteem of others 

• Focus on the situation, issue, or behavior, not on the person 

• Lead by example 

Safety 

• Adhere to all documented safety policies and protocols 

• Practice safe operation with all equipment and vehicles 

• Inspect and maintain all required equipment and submit documented safety forms on time 

• Always maintain a safety 1st mindset 

Quality 

• Utilize quality control methods for all treatments and document results 

• Communicate quality control methods and results to project managers and field operations manager 

• Maintain a level of quality designated by clients and project managers 

• Fix quality issues immediately upon finding them 

Output 

• Must reach documented output goals that are set on a per project basis 

• Maintain a minimum of 40 billable hours per week 

• Be available for occasional mandatory overtime 

Experience/Qualifications (Required): 

• 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, hoedad, etc.) 

• Ability to safely lift 60 lbs. 

• Valid driver's license