Trail Crew Lead (Fixed-Term)

Coordinate teamwork among trail crews to maintain and enhance public and protected recreational spaces, ensuring compliance with ADA and Civil Rights guidelines.

Facilitate and direct routine and technical maintenance tasks, focusing on LWCF-enhanced trails.

Maintain frequent dialogue with project managers, ensuring all grant requirements are meticulously met.

Develop and lead sessions in specialized skills, including rigging and stone construction, fostering personal development within the framework of grant objectives.

Provide guidance on compliance with federal standards and integration of environmentally sustainable practices.

Ensure comprehensive records of daily progress via asset management systems, adhering to grant-specific requirements.

Capture and report the scope of work through detailed photo documentation and completion of OSMP progress reports, contributing to overall grant reporting.

Promote and enforce safety protocols to uphold a secure working environment in challenging conditions.

Support and motivate crews in demanding environments, stressing public interaction in line with compliance and accessibility standards.

Ability to assist in facilitating the accomplishment of work plans by motivating team members,. Ability to notice, interpret, and anticipate others’ concerns and feelings, and to communicate this awareness empathetically to others relying on emotional intelligence. Ability to maintains a positive team environment and refer issues appropriately to their immediate supervisor.

Ability to works effectively as a member within a team. Understands the interests and concerns of others and able and willing to share and receive feedback.

Ability to instruct or mentor. Creates a safe learning environment; willing and able to work in a collaborative manner to help execute trail program objectives. Demonstrates commitment to mentoring others, answering questions, and providing a safe space to learn. Assists to ensures crews conduct work efficiently, effectively, and in a safe manner. Anticipates unsafe circumstances and takes precautions to prevent accidents. Uses training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new concepts.

Ability to take initiative: Identifies what needs to be done and does it before being asked or before the situation requires it. Completes work in a timely and consistent manner.

Ability to represent the City of Boulder and Open Space and Mountain Parks with integrity when interacting with the public and project partners.

Ability to perform risk and hazard analysis and implement proper safety controls; ability to judge weather conditions. Adheres to department and program policies in regards to safety.

Knowledge and familiarity with project management and variables involved including time, resources, standards, and responding to unexpected events. Ability to recognize needs, assess possible methods to meet needs, and act on solutions.

Skills in written and oral communication: Develop and relay daily work plans to crews and partners to ensure that directions and expectations of quality are being met. Listens to concerns and is open to the ideas of colleagues. Ability to communicate tactfully and effectively with the public and coworkers, with excellent customer service skills.

Valid driver’s license and ability to maintain an acceptable motor vehicle record.

Have and maintain an acceptable background information including criminal history is required.

Ability to operate and use specialized equipment including trail dozers, excavators, power carriers, gas powered rock drills/breakers, winch and rigging equipment, chainsaws, grinders and sharpening tools, etc.

Two (2) years of experience in natural resources management to include one (1) season of experience facilitating work crews completing natural resource management or land management field tasks.

Physical and Mental Effort: This position requires hiking up to 10 hours per day, carrying a backpack and hand tools, and working outside in inclement weather and in mountainous terrain. Ability to perform a wide range of physical and manual tasks in an outdoor environment. Physical ability to stand, bend, walk, and kneel. Ability to carry up to 40 pounds while hiking on rough terrain. Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities that permits the employee to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person. Sufficient vision or other powers of observation that permits the employee to review, evaluate and prepare a variety of written documents and materials. Sufficient manual dexterity that permits the employee to operate computer equipment and other office equipment. Work may include extended periods of time viewing a computer video monitor and/ or operating a keyboard. Ability to work under stress from demanding deadlines, public contact, and changing priorities and conditions.

Work Environment: Works primarily in an outdoor environment year- round. Potential exposure to dangerous wildlife (e.g., rattlesnakes, mountain lions, stinging insects), toxic chemicals (e.g., pesticides), and dangerous weather conditions (e.g., heat, cold, lightning).

Machines and equipment used: Frequently uses standard office equipment including personal computers, calculators, cell phones, and copy machines; vehicles including four-wheel drive vehicles; a range of relevant and appropriate tools and equipment.