Field Technician - Riverscape Restoration

Anabranch Solutions, LLC•Helena, MT

108d•Onsite

About The Position

We are currently seeking traveling team members for our stream restoration and monitoring crew! The restoration crews travel in teams of 5-10 people building and monitoring low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) structures. These structures will include Beaver Dam Analogs and Post-Assisted Log Structures. Restoration crews will spend their season outdoors; living and working in remote locations throughout the west. Field life is rugged and rewarding. Crew members will be living in remote locations - often with limited amenities. Crews will meet at job sites or other pre-determined locations before each hitch, and should primarily expect to camp at each worksite. However, Anabranch will provide travel trailers, short-term rental housing, or hotel stays when possible, location dependent. Accommodations are typically dorm-style living with communal meal prep, shared kitchens, and shared sleeping quarters. Teams will travel often - generally moving to a new project site for each hitch. Work schedules are typically eight 10-hour shifts followed by six days off. Sometimes hitch schedules may be adjusted to four 10-hour shifts followed by three days off, or five 8-hour shifts followed by two days off when necessary. All necessary camping gear (other than sleeping bags) as well as all necessary safety gear, waders, and wading boots will be provided. Additionally, per diem is afforded to the group for family-style grocery shopping and meal preparation.

Requirements

Ability and willingness to learn in the field and in trainings
Ability to work safely in remote and adverse conditions
Flexibility with ever-changing schedules
Willingness to travel
Ability to work in a team environment
Ability to communicate clearly and regularly
Positive attitude
Willingness to follow instructions
Self-motivated with situational awareness
Comfort with manual labor and/or physical exertion
Must be able to safely lift and carry 55 pounds; packing heavy loads of equipment in and out of sites is often required
A valid driver’s license
Eligibility to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Experience with LTPBR
Experience in related maintenance, construction, monitoring or management activities such as conservation corps, fire-fighting, riparian planting, landscaping, trail maintenance or construction, forest thinning, arboriculture and/or logging

Responsibilities

Locally acquire natural building materials (e.g., brush, woody debris, & rock)
Stage said materials
Construct beaver dam analogs (BDAs), post-assisted log structures (PALS), and other low-tech structures for riverscape restoration projects
Constructing BDAs and PALS entails cutting and hauling slash to degraded streams, constructing in stream structures, and pounding posts via hydraulic post pounder to lock everything in place
Construction utilizes a variety of tools, including but not limited to: hand tools, chainsaws, grip hoists, hydraulic post pounders, ATV/UTVs, trailers, and more.