Job Type: Permanent
Salary Details: $16.50 – $17.50
Status: (Full Time – Permanent) dependent upon completion of a 90-day probationary period. Mandatory seasonal overtime
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

Experience/Qualifications (Required):

  • Ability to learn new tasks, skills and systems
  • Ability to work and communicate professionally with teammates, clients and the public
  • Ability to work outdoors across uneven terrain during inclement weather for eight to ten hours of productive manual labor
  • Ability to safely lift 60 lbs.
  • Valid driver’s license

Primary Duties:

  • Perform site preparation tasks using a variety of power equipment, hand tools and herbicide application techniques.
  • Install trees and shrubs as bare-roots, cuttings, poles, containers, plugs, and bulbs.
  • Controlling noxious weeds through careful, precise application of herbicides using backpack sprayers
  • Assisting healthy growth of native tree and shrub plants by restoration techniques using hand-tools, power tools, and other equipment.
  • Operate and maintain company vehicles, trailers, power equipment and all other tools.
  • Other duties as requested by manager and coaches

Job Expectations (Required)
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 member’s, field 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 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 mandatory overtime

Salary: $16.50 – $17.50 per hour

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Referral program
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Application Question(s):

  • Please submit 3 professional references with your application

Experience:

  • Landscape maintenance: 1 year (Preferred)

HOW TO APPLY
Apply through Indeed or submit a resume and 3 professional references to ap@ashcreekforestry.com