Habitat Restoration Specialist – WA

ASH CREEK FOREST MANAGEMENT LLC 

Ash Creek seeks to make the world a better place – for our employees, our community and the ecosystems where we work.   

We invest in our employees with extensive on-the-job training and classes that improve employees’ marketability and potential advancement both within and outside of our business. Our staff receive professional training in plant identification, re-establishment and stewardship; we emphasize and insist upon safety in all of our restoration practices.  

Job description 

Title: Habitat Restoration Specialist  

Status: Nonexempt, full-time, permanent-dependent upon completion of a 90-day introductory period.  Mandatory seasonal overtime.  

Location: Pacific, WA main office, restoration sites throughout the Pacific Northwest  

Transportation: Provide own transportation to work sites, Pacific facility, or other planned locations and/or company carpool available between Pacific facility and work sites.  

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

Compensation and Benefits: $22.50 upon hire, subject to increase to $24 per hour after 90 days.  Further raises available upon completion of in-house certifications, performance, and length of service, up to $28.50 per hour.  Medical, dental, and life insurance.  Sick time, paid time off, and paid Holidays.  Employer matching 401k.  

Essential Duties:  

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

experience/Qualifications (Required):  

• Must possess or obtain Washington Commercial Operator Pesticide Application License within 90 days of employment
• 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, etc.)
• Ability to safely lift 60 lbs.
• Valid driver’s license & ability to safely operate motor vehicles