Title:  Resource Management Crew Leader

Summary/Objective

Carry out wildlife management activities on conservation areas to provide managed lands for public use.

Otter Slough CA is an intensively managed wetland primarily managed for waterfowl and wetland species.

Essential Job Duties

• Perform assigned duties associated with habitat and other wildlife management, including prescribed burns, eradication efforts, maintenance and cleaning.
• Oversees and implements the manipulation of cropland, grassland, old field, forest, woodland, glade, savanna, and wetland.
• Participate in invasive plant control, herbicide application, manipulating water levels, and chainsaw work.
• Operate equipment necessary to conduct area management, and maintenance including UTVs, ATVs tractors, skid steers, and farm implements such as, disks, mowers, planters, drills, cultivators, sprayers, and fertilizer spreaders.
• Maintain area public use facilities, trails, field roads, and area and boundary signing.
• Oversee maintenance on assigned work areas, roads, public areas and equipment.
• Monitors public use and wildlife use on the area, and assists the public, especially during the hunting seasons, managed hunts, and special events.
• Supervise employees in the performance of the above activities.

Ancillary Job Duties

• Conducts wildlife surveys, other monitoring and evaluations projects, and documents habitat management acres and accomplishments. 
• Works closely with other district, region, and Division personnel to implement priority conservation work within assigned districts.
• Maintain a daily log of work activities, and prepares monthly narratives, timesheets, expense accounts, purchasing logs.
• Conduct prescribed burns under the supervision of qualified burn boss.
• Conduct wildfire detection, pre-suppression, and suppression duties.
• Monitor general supply, timber and fire suppression inventory, maintenance and administration. 
• Other duties, as assigned.

Education and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Work Environment

Physical Abilities

Disclaimer

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.  The Missouri Department of Conservation reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises.  This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.  Management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, functions, and requirements.