Duties:

• Oversees a unit fuels management program with responsibility and provides professional advice and assistance to meet resource management objectives for prescribed fire, fuels management, smoke management, and wildfire response.
• Develops mid and long-term programs of work which support the units land and resource management plan alternatives.
• Coordinates multi-disciplinary and interagency field studies related to fuels management program issues to determine effectiveness of treatments.
• Responsible for the smoke management program to ensure compliance with state air quality standards.
• Performs fiscal analysis, formulates the annual fuels management budget, and maintains a system of accounts to track program expenditures, which includes managing the budget from out-year planning to year-end closure.
• Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team planning, developing, and implementing land management plans, compliance documents and agreements.
• Implements and administers wildland fire incidents, and other fuels management activities to ensure targets are achieved, management objectives are met and mitigation measures are adequate.
• Plan, assign and evaluate work to be accomplished by subordinates; approves leave; and is responsible for the on-the-job safety and health of all employees.