Crew Lead - Riverscape Restoration

We are currently seeking traveling restoration leads for our crews of stream restoration technicians! Restoration crews will be traveling in teams of 5-10 people building, and potentially monitoring, low-tech, process-based restoration (LTPBR) structures. These structures will include Beaver Dam Analogs and Post-Assisted Log Structures. Restoration crews will spend their season outdoors; living and working in remote locations throughout the west.

Restoration lead daily responsibilities will include supervising 5-10 restoration technicians and planning of implementation including safety, training, accommodations, food, and travel. They will also be responsible for equipment upkeep, maintenance, and repairs, and implementing equipment and safety protocols for their crew of technicians. Leads work with each other, our project managers, and restoration planners to plan and coordinate logistics of each hitch and project as a whole. Applicants can anticipate a breakdown of job duties in terms of time commitment similar to the following:

● 5-10% Training & continuing education

● 10-15% Equipment repair, maintenance, and management

● 60-70% Crew management & restoration construction

● 10-15% Miscellaneous tasks

• Strong leadership skills
• Positive attitude
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to communicate clearly and regularly
• Ability and willingness to learn in the field, in trainings, and from supervisors
• Ability to work safely in remote and adverse conditions
• Conflict-resolution and problem solving skills
• Flexibility with ever-changing schedules
• Self-motivated with situational awareness to complete various tasks
• Comfort with manual labor and/or physical fitness
• Must be able to safely lift and carry 55 pounds; packing heavy loads of equipment in to and out of sites is often required
• A valid driver’s license
• Eligibility to work in the United States

• Experience with LTPBR
• Experience in related maintenance, construction, monitoring or management activities such as conservation corps, fire-fighting, riparian planting, landscaping, trail maintenance or construction, forest thinning, arboriculture and/or logging

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications and positions are open until filled.