Colorado Seasonal Full-time Reforestation Crew Lead

Coclimatetech; Colorado; On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company focused on ecological restoration is seeking a passionate Reforestation Crew Lead for a seasonal role in Colorado. This exciting opportunity involves leading a dedicated team in executing critical fieldwork, including monitoring and planting activities across various sites. You'll be at the forefront of restoring fire-affected lands, contributing to significant ecological impacts while gaining hands-on experience in reforestation. If you love working outdoors, enjoy teamwork, and are eager to make a difference in environmental restoration, this role is perfect for you! Join a mission-driven organization and help restore the planet, one tree at a time.

Qualifications

• Experience in ecological restoration and reforestation projects.
• Ability to lead and train a team in field conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead reforestation crew in field-based tasks and data collection.
• Train interns and seasonal staff on safety and monitoring protocols.

Skills

Team Leadership

Data Collection

Species Identification

Field Safety Compliance

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Environmental Science or related field

Tools

Monitoring App

Field Equipment

Job description

Do you have an interest in trees and ecological restoration? Are you interested in working with an international company doing large-scale, community-based, technology-driven restoration? Do you enjoy working outside? Interested in gaining reforestation fieldwork experience? Do you thrive leading and working in a team? Land Life Company is looking for you!

Who We Are

Land Life is a technology-driven reforestation company with the mission to help restore the world’s 2 billion hectares of degraded land. We plant trees at scale across the globe to kickstart ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. We are an international scale-up based in the Netherlands with projects in the US, Canada, Spain, Australia, and other places. In the 2024 planting season, we have restored over 21,000 acres (over 8,500 hectares) of land globally, planting over 13 million trees.

Land Life’s fifth season of implementation in Colorado will be conducted from mid-April to mid-November. Over 550 hectares of fire affected lands are being restored this season.

Responsibilities

Land Life is looking for full-time seasonal reforestation crew lead who will be in charge of executing scouting, flagging, Seedling Survival Monitoring (SSM) and Planting Quality Monitoring (PQM) with multiple crew members and undergraduate interns for our 2025 Colorado reforestation projects. This is primarily a field-based position with travel to different sites in Colorado and potential to travel to other states. Protocol training will be provided by the Head of Operations - North America and Rocky Mountain Operations Manager. This position will report to the Head of Operations - North America.

Reforestation Crew lead will:

1. Work with Head of Operations - North America and Rocky Mountain Operations Manager to schedule and arrange the day-to-day execution of monitoring and travels between field sites by coordinating with work schedule of interns and reforestation operations to develop weekly monitoring plans.
2. Help train and lead the team of other seasonal staff and undergraduate interns by providing day-to-day instructions, support, safety briefings, and guidance on how to collect accurate data, species identification, use of the monitoring app, and ensure the compliance of field health and safety.
3. Regularly inspect the collected data to ensure that the quality control and assurance standards have been met.
4. Regularly maintain good condition of monitoring equipment.
5. Regularly communicate the progress and promptly communicate any necessary resources or issues with the Land Life staff and work with partnering agencies.
6. Be a major contributor to the final monitoring reports by the end of the project duration.
7. Perform any other relevant field tasks.

Location

Colorado Based with expected travel.

Work schedule

1. The anticipated duration is 21 April until 14 November, 2025.
2. This is a full-time position (40 hr/wk) with possibility to work on weekends/holidays and potential for overtime pay. Scheduling will be varied but predominantly 4 days 10 hours with 3 days off or 8 days 10 hours with 6 days off.