District Forest Operations Chief & Fire Support Lead

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Washington; On-site; USD 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401k with employer contributions

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Annual leave

Job summary

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is seeking a District Officer to oversee forestry management operations in Omak/Nespelem, WA. The role directs timber sale administration, cruising, and silvicultural development, ensuring sustained yield and trust-resource protection under the IRMP.

The incumbent provides technical leadership to Wildland Fire Management and must hold NWCG Red Card, with strong supervisory and budgeting skills.

Qualifications

• Requires a Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree with extensive forestry experience, or an Associate degree with longer experience.
• Must possess active NWCG certification (Red Card) and Incident Command System knowledge.
• Requires formal supervisory/administrative capability for district-scale operations.
• Extensive knowledge of silvicultural systems, forest ecology, mensuration, biometrics, entomology, pathology, soils/watershed management.

Responsibilities

• Directs daily district operations: timber sale administration, presales layout, cruising, forest engineering, silvicultural development and log scaling.
• Provides leadership support to Wildland Fire Management program (up to ~10% of duties).
• Plan multi-crew workloads and manage district budgets; supervise staff and resolve conflicts.
• Collaborate with tribal programs and outside agencies; enforce commercial timber sale contracts.

Skills

Fire qualifications NWCG

Incident Command System

Supervisory/administrative skills

Silvicultural knowledge

Public relations/diplomatic skills

Leadership/coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Forestry/Forest Management/Natural Resources

Bachelor of Science in Forestry/Forest Management/Natural Resources

Associate degree in Forestry/Natural Resources

12 years progressive forestry experience (substitute for degree)

Job description

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is seeking a District Officer to oversee forestry management operations in Omak/Nespelem, WA. The role directs timber sale administration, cruising, and silvicultural development, ensuring sustained yield and trust-resource protection under the IRMP.

The incumbent provides technical leadership to Wildland Fire Management and must hold NWCG Red Card, with strong supervisory and budgeting skills.