Preserve Manager – 20052293

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) mission is to ensure a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all.

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Acts as preserve manager throughout assigned Preserve Region & assists District &/or Regional Preserve Manager in daily management activities (e.g., planning & implementing natural area projects, scheduling, conducting, & assisting with interpretive programs & implementing ecological management plans (i.e., cutting, spraying herbicides, removal of non-native species): ensures compliance with site management plan on ecological maintenance, monitors local species & identifies non-native species for removal; maintain interpretive trails & general hiking trail systems; assists in updating plant & animal species data; assists with non-native removal (e.g., construction of fire breaks for sites requiring controlled burns); identifies diseases, weeds & invasive plant species & applies appropriate pesticide controls for these pests; makes entries into pesticide application log; monitors & updates inventory for environmental impact assessment; assist with presenting public programs on native plants, species & animals; work with volunteers for the division; supervises assigned staff (e.g., seasonal employees, volunteers).

Designs & implements overall scheduled maintenance of equipment, buildings & facilities: maintains equipment inventory; performs grounds maintenance (e.g., mows, trims trees, picks-up litter); performs carpentry (e.g., painting, construction of boardwalks & bridges); performs plumbing (e.g., repairing/replacing faucet washers, toilet valves, water filters maintaining water quality system); performs electrical (e.g., replaces: light bulbs, outlets, switches); light mechanical duties (e.g., oil changes, replace air/fuel filters & spark plugs, sharpen mower blades) oversees facilities for code compliance & Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] standards; recommends changes to site management plans; recommends changes to division policies & procedures; operates & trains staff in operation of power tools (e.g., chain saws, mowers, tractors, trimmers, drills).

Completes & maintains records/reports (e.g., purchases, weekly reports, monthly vehicle logs): assists in design of brochures & in writing news releases & articles; provides & conducts training in preserve related areas for staff (e.g., herbicide use, health & safety issues, earth sciences, mandated in-services, proper use of site equipment & in code compliance to include Occupational Safety & Health Administration [OSHA], fire & vehicle codes); monitors habitat management restoration projects; conducts prescribed fire; operates personal computer (e.g., edit, enter & verify data, produce reports, draft correspondence, enter work time); drives state-owned vehicles from area to area of the district & state to perform job duties (e.g., travel to & from work sites, attend training & conferences).

Completion of associate core program in natural resources, botany, zoology, biology, ecology or related field; valid driver’s license.

Knowledge of preserve management*; government rules & regulations pertaining to natural areas & preserves (e.g., Ohio revised code, Chapter 1517; Coastal Zone Management Act, Section 315; Clean Water Act, Section 315; Rivers & Harbors Act, Section 10)*; law enforcement techniques*; supervisory principles/techniques*; budgeting*; inventory control*; public relations; natural sciences (e.g., ecology, biology, zoology).

Skill in operation of motor vehicles (e.g., car, truck, boat); operation of audio-visual equipment; use of computers; use of laboratory instrument & field sampling meters; operation of power tools (e.g., chain saws; mowers; tractors; trimmers; drills)*.

Ability to write & review administrative policies, budgets & periodic reports; read & interpret technical/natural preserve books, journals & manuals; prepare educational & research material & deliver speeches before specialized audiences & general public; answer questions of government officials, media & general public; demonstrate physical fitness.

Lake Katherine State Nature Preserve

1703 Lake Katharine Road

Jackson, OH 45640

Effective July 1, 2015 applicants must apply online for positions at all state agencies except the Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD).