What are the responsibilities and job description for the ENGINE BOSS position at Spokane Tribe?
VACANCY ANN#: STOI- 25-006
TITLE: ENGINE BOSS
DEPARTMENT: FUELS
SUPERVISOR: FUELS MANAGER
LOCATION: WELLPINIT, WA
STATUS: FULL-TIME
RATE OF PAY: $21.50- $22.04 PER HOUR
OPENING DATE: FEBRUARY 46, 2025
CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 20, 2025
INTRODUCTION:
This position is located on the Spokane Indian Reservation within the Fire and Fuels Management organizations. This position is an advanced level wildland firefighter functioning as an experienced, supervisory leader of hand crews, engine crews, or fuels crews performing wildland fire preparedness, suppression, and fuels management duties in adverse climate, fuels, and terrain conditions. This is an arduous position and subject to medical screening and physical fitness testing.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
- Major duties will be serving as an experienced and seasoned leader over assigned subordinate staff.
- Performs individually or leads crew(s) in wildland fire suppression, fire prevention, preparedness, detection, resource rehabilitation, mobilization, hazardous fuels management, and training programs.
- Serves as a supervisory leader of an engine crew, hand crew or fuels crew of two or more firefighters during wildland or fuels management operations.
- Exercises abilities to apply independent judgement in performing more difficult and complex work across the wildland fire and fuels management spectrum.
- Operates a wildland fire engine, positioning the engine for proper use of hose-lays during
- Or before suppression effort are needed.
- Directs others in operation and use of engine equipment and provides on-the-job instruction to other technicians.
- Inspects, services and adjusts fire engines including the pump, water lines, tank and reel.
- Keeps the engine in full state of readiness for emergency fire dispatch.
- Provides assistance to the Fuels Management program with the planning, implementation, and monitoring of hazardous fuels reduction projects such as pre-commercial thinning, chipping, forest mowing and masticating, and prescribed burning.
- Assist Fuels Management staff with administration of Forest Work Contracts such as locating and marking fuels treatment unit boundary lines, posting bid advertisements, preparing bid packets, tagging treatment units, performing quality control inspections, and gathering treatment effectiveness data.
- Participates in fire and safety training techniques through classroom and on the job experience with crew proficiency checks and drills using safety sessions and fire critiques. In addition, practices methods of fire suppression in a safe efficient operation with the use of hand tools, equipment and vehicles used in fire line activities.
- Ensures own and others welfare and safety in all aspects of assignments.
- May assist training other personnel in more specialized assignments such as backfire and burnout, mobile and stationary engine attack, construction of helistops, Helitack operations and performing hover hookups.
- Participates in and provides assistance in the delivery of field and classroom training.
- May be assigned to a fire lookout to provide detection and reporting of wildfires.
- Reports smoke and fire to a dispatcher giving location, estimated size and other pertinent information.
- Reports weather and fire behavior information keeping the dispatcher and/or fire officials informed of current conditions.
- May be assigned to support other all-hazard situations, which may include but are not limited to, search and rescue, medical response, weather events or other natural or human disasters.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of advanced fire program requirements, strategies, tactics, and suppression methods used in containment and control of wildland fires in order to relay assignments to subordinate staff, accurately evaluate rapidly changing fire circumstances, determine when/if additional resources may be needed, or determine when circumstances warrant withdrawal of crew to safe location.
- Ability to perform duties under stressful and adverse operating conditions, such as long work hours, heavy workloads, emergency situations, adverse working and environmental conditions.
- Working knowledge of advanced fire behavior including causes of fire, influence of temperature, humidity, wind, topography, slope and fuel moisture conditions, and fuels in order to know where to attack the fire, build fire line, where to be positioned to manage a wildland fire, and where to locate fuels treatments to reduce wildland fire risk.
- Advanced knowledge of agency and interagency qualification, position task book requirements, and certification standard and procedures adopted by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
- Advanced computer skills and familiarity with various computer applications and software programs such as Microsoft Office, Tribal Email, and Tribal Fire Timesheets, and Arc GIS
- Working knowledge of basic fire behavior, hazards and accepted fire safety practices and procedures to prevent injury and loss of life.
- Ability to perform duties under stressful and adverse operating conditions, such as long work hours, heavy workloads, emergency situations, adverse working and environmental conditions.
- Basic knowledge of agency and interagency qualification, position task book requirements and certification standards and procedures adopted by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG).
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Must have a valid Washington state driver’s license and be Tribally insurable.
• Must maintain Red Card at a minimum ENGB.
• Must be annually certified for arduous duty through the NWCG Medical Standards Program and Work Capacity test.
• Work requires prolonged standing, walking over uneven ground and recurring bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying items weighing over 50 pounds and shared lifting and carrying of heavier items and similar strenuous activities requiring at least average ability and dexterity.
• Must have all training and classroom certification for Engine Boss.
• Must have ability to effectively communicate through both verbal and non-verbal means.
• Able to follow protocol for communicating over a radio dispatch system.
• Keeps supervisor and assigned personnel informed on progress of work, problems encountered, and recommendations to improve the programs.
• Able to receive and provide direction for accomplishing program goals and tasks.
• Must meet the physical fitness test for Arduous positions.
• In addition to all required training for FFTI and FFT2, the following NWCG courses will serve as guidance for meeting full certification of ENGB:
Required:
S-200 S-231 ICS-200
S-230 S-290 IS-800
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- In addition to being annually certified for arduous duty through the DOI Medical Standards Program and Work Capacity test, the following NWCG courses will guide a basic training plan for meeting full certification of FFT2:
Recommended:
S-236 L-381 RX-410 RX-301
S-300 M-410 RX-341 ICS- 300
*Indian Preference Applies – Indian Preference grants preference to any enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe.
APPLY ONLINE: https://spokanetribe.bamboohr.com/careers/398?source=aWQ9MjE=
Confirmation receipt of on-line application submission and interview status will be sent to all applicants e-mail address used when applying. Applicants are responsible to regularly monitor their e-mail for interview notifications.
Contact: Empero Corral or Kammi Rosenbaum
(509) 458-6576 or (509) 458-6527
E-mail: hrfrontdesk@spokanetribe.com
Applications Must Be Received In The Human Resources Department No
Later Than 4:30 p.m. on the Closing Date
The Spokane Tribe Reserves The Right To Hire According To Its Indian Preference Policy
Applicants May be Subject To A Pre-Employment Drug Test
Positions With The Spokane Tribe Are Subject To A 90 Day Probationary Period
Salary : $22 - $22
