Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)
About The Position
The Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) is an administrative position in an organization with a firefighting mission. The role serves as a service-wide expert in developing and implementing hazardous fuels and community assistance programs, and provides technical advice to unit, tribal, state, and regional managers and key staff. It partners with interagency and intra-agency cooperators to develop proposed wildland fire and fuels management standards and policies, leads interagency teams addressing fuel appraisal, planning, accomplishment tracking, and reporting, and supports fuels-management budgets and funding allocations. The position is based at one of the listed locations: Bar Harbor, Maine; Bushkill, Pennsylvania; Cambridge, Maryland; Detroit Lakes, Minnesota; Glen Jean, West Virginia; Porter, Indiana; or Wapello, Iowa. Work is normally performed in an office, with field work during wildland fire season. The position may involve site visits and fire-line assignments, exposure to fire-season hazards, and occasional travel by small fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft. Telework is suitable only during an emergency or natural disaster. The position requires a valid driver's license and operation of a government or private motor vehicle for official duties. On-call work, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shift work may be required.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship or national status.
- Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
- Submit to and receive a negative pre-employment drug test; the position is also subject to random drug testing.
- Pass a pre-employment medical examination and potentially post-employment medical examinations to maintain fitness standards.
- Hold and maintain a valid state driver's license and operate a government or private motor vehicle as part of official duties.
- May be required to serve a one-year probationary period; selectees without a previously completed supervisory probationary period must serve a one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period.
- Individuals assigned male at birth after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
- Be at least 18 years old to be assigned to a hazardous position.
- May be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shift work.
- May be required to complete training and obtain or maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- Have documented primary/rigorous wildland firefighting experience gained through fire-line work in containment, control, suppression, or use of wildland fire. Qualifying experience must include at least one full fire season in a primary wildland firefighting role, or at least 14 days of on-the-ground fire-line experience, cumulative or consecutive.
- Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GW-12 level or higher in Federal service or equivalent. This includes experience in most of the listed areas, such as developing and implementing wildland fire and fuels policies, serving as a hazardous-fuels technical authority, leading program reviews and corrective actions, coordinating fire-management plans and fuels strategies, representing an organization on interagency teams, and analyzing program performance, budgets, and resource needs.
- Provide a written description of direct wildland firefighting experience for consideration under secondary firefighter retirement coverage. Education without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement.
- For crediting experience, the resume must state full-time (or 40 hours per week) or part-time hours per week and clearly document the work dates and hours. Experience and education obtained after November 4, 2026, will not be considered.
- Meet all minimum qualification requirements by the announcement closing date. There is no qualifying education for the 0456 series at this grade level.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement hazardous fuels and community assistance programs as a service-wide expert.
- Provide technical advice on wildland fuels management to unit, tribal, state, and regional office managers and key staff.
- Partner with interagency and intra-agency cooperators to develop proposed wildland fire and fuels management standards and policies.
- Lead and serve as an expert member of interagency teams addressing fuel appraisal, interagency planning, accomplishment tracking, and reporting.
- Assist in developing and tracking Service fuels-management budgets.
- Recommend allocation of available funds for fuels-management programs.
Benefits
- Federal employee benefits package for employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
- A recruitment or relocation incentive may be offered on a case-by-case basis; it is not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
