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Chief Forester
Bonneville Power Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in the Vegetation Management & Forestry (TFBV), Internal Operations (TFB), Transmission Field Services (TF), Transmission Services (T). A successful candidate in the Chief Forester position will be responsible for planning, leading, and managing the Forestry program. The incumbent is delegated valuation authority and the authority to dispose of BPA timber property.
What You'll Do
- →As a Chief Forester, you will: Be responsible for appraising rural and urban forest related timber.
- →Exercise unlimited review authority for timber cruise/valuations prepared by government staff or outside private sector Professional Foresters.
- →Establish BPA wide forestry policy and procedural activity.
- →Develop training material on the greater knowledge of timber and utilizes this material as the BPA's principle trainer of Foresters, Appraisers, Realty Specialists, and others regarding the cruising and valuation of timber to the public, peers, management, and other groups associated with timber issues.
- →Provide expert technical assistance to the Chief Appraiser in the valuation and evaluation of forest properties and technical oversight and review of timber cruising and clearing specifications for new or rebuild line construction.
- →Serve as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for timber related services undertaken by the BPA and TFBV's vegetation patrol and inspection services contract.
- →Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust priorities, prepare schedules for completion of work and present completed work to their superiors.
Requirements
- ✓In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire.
- ✓Answer to these questions is not scored or rated.
- ✓Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
- ✓When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically.
- ✓You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.
- ✓Key Requirements: You must be a United States Citizen.
- ✓This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- ✓Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- ✓You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.
- ✓Conditions of Employment: Selectee will be required to complete the Office of Government Ethics Standard of Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OFGE450e) within 30 days of employment and annually.
- ✓This position requires a valid driver's license as a condition of employment.
- ✓Work is performed in the office and field.
- ✓Fieldwork requires moderate physical exertion including hiking through BPA rights-of-way, which includes very steep and uneven terrain.
- ✓The work is performed in a variety of weather conditions.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 261ddc06-c258-4b82-8a43-db6770f3d605
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