Wildland Firefighter (Forest-Fire Operations Risk Management)

Wildland Firefighter (Forest-Fire Operations Risk Management)

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Springerville, Arizona, Cleveland, Tennessee

Salary Range: $83639 - $108738 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in either Region 3: Southwestern Region or Region 8: Southern Region The incumbent is responsible for Forest Program Management, involving the development and implementation of plans and programs in resource operational risk management and occupational health and safety See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Section for location representative details.

Major Duties:

• Serves as the Risk Management Specialist for the Forest and independently provides risk management program leadership and direction in all resource programs.
• Coordinates with the Forest Fire Staff Officer, District Rangers, the Regional Safety and Health Officer, and Forest Leadership Team in the development and implementation of policies, programs, and guidelines for risk management in resource programs.
• Analyzes the program to provide for processes procedures, and equipment consistent with preventing accidents and loss of life in the resource management programs.
• Plans and coordinates risk management studies to determine the degree of hazards and accidents caused by project-related activities to determine basic causes, critical situations, information needs and performance.
• Analyzes and reviews forest and regional accidents/fatality reports, injuries, and illnesses resulting from resource operations.
• May serve as a team member on Accident/Incident, Serious Injury, and Fatality Investigation Teams and as a Board of Review team member when requested.

Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Specialized Experience Requirement: GW-11: Applicants must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GW-09 in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: Managed and/or assisted with a component of a wildland fire and/or wildland fire safety program; Provided technical guidance to implement risk management plans, policies, programs and/or guidelines for wildland fire safety; Assisted in conducting fire safety training for a unit as member of a wildland firefighting team. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Selective Placement Factors FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT COVERAGE: This is a secondary position covered under the special retirement provisions of 5 USC 8336(c) for the Civil Service Retirement System and of 5 USC 8412(d) for the Federal Employees Retirement System. To receive consideration for this position, you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

How to Apply: Please view Tips for Applicants - a guide to the Forest Service application process. Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-22