This position is part of WAPA's Rocky Mountain Region. As a Vegetation Program Specialist, you will coordinate highly visible projects between other Federal & State agencies, other utilities, customers, and private interest groups to ensure that WAPA's technical and contractual objectives are met. Principal duties include planning and executing current and multi-year vegetation management projects, budget input, monitoring general rights of way (ROW) field conditions from personal observation.
Responsibilities
- As a Vegetation Program Specialist, you will: Responsible for initiating and facilitating a regional Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) program and associated project management functions for vegetation in their respective maintenance areas of operation. Responsible for assisting in defining, developing, establishing, supporting, and monitoring an IVM program for vegetation in, on, or around transmission power system facilities within a large, complex and varied geographic region. Prepare site specific vegetation management, ecological assessment, and herbicidal treatment statements of work and related ROW management plans consistent with maintenance, environmental, and lands programs' guidance directives, policies, and regulations. Coordinate and work closely with other support functions such as Power Operations, Safety and Security, Lands, Environment, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and Compliance. Serve as a technical expert in vegetation and ROW management and herbicidal use to various internal groups, outside agencies, and the public as issues arise within the region including negotiation, coordination with county-agricultural departments and other entities (e.g., Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, State Parks, etc.). Provides input used in the development and implementation of the annual and long-term project plan and recommends associated project definitions, schedules and budget costs.
Education
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
