Qureos Mentor

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

<div><div><div><b>CLOSING DATE: </b>March 27th, 2026
</div></div><div><div><b>POSITION: </b>Squad Boss - Seasonal *2 positions*</div></div><div><div><b>
SALARY: </b>$21.99-$26.65, per hour</div></div><div><div><b>
REPORTS TO: </b>Crew Boss</div></div><div><div><b>
LOCATION: </b>Mt Tolman, Nespelem, WA
</div></div><div><div><b>Basic Functions: Non-Exempt. </b>Employees at this level manage a small group of 3-7 personnel that are part of a 20-person crew or 10-person Wildland Fire Module. The squad boss is responsible for the direct supervision and safety of these individuals during wildfire or prescribed fire incidents. This position is the equivalent of the advanced firefighter/squad boss (FFT 1) and requires advanced fire knowledge of fire behavior and wildland fire operations. The incumbent performs wildland fire suppression, management, as part of a hand crew, engine, or HECM/HELR. Wildland Fire Modules are 7-10 person, mobile crews that provide technical, ecological-based expertise for both planned and unplanned fire events, focusing on long-term planning, ignitions, holding, suppression and monitoring. They are highly self-sufficient, conducting fuel reduction, hazard tree removal, and fire behavior analysis to manage fire as a natural process. The nature of work is characterized by the varied nature of assignments.</div></div><div><div><b>
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:</b></div></div><div><div><b>
Education and Training:
</b></div></div><ul><li><div>Requires High School Diploma or GED. Must have a minimum of 2 seasons in fire suppression and fire management (each season includes the summer months June, July, August, and September). Prior Wildland fire experience is required for this position, may serve as Incident Commander, firing boss or crew boss, field observer, squad boss, helicopter crewmember, chainsaw operator, UTV operator, or as a holding or ignition crewmember on wildland and prescribed fires, as qualified and assigned. Must possess current fire training certificates for the following courses:ICS-100, IS-700, S-130, RT-130, S-190, L-180, S-131, ICS-200, S-211, S-219, S-212, FFT2, ICT5, and Standards for Survival/LCES.</div></li><li><div>
Possession of, or the ability to obtain prior to hire, a valid Washington State Driver&rsquo;s License, employee must be insurable under the Tribe&rsquo;s Licensing requirements.</div></li><li><div>
Must qualify for a U.S. Government Motor Vehicle Operator&rsquo;s Identification Card. Must pass the arduous firefighter medical examination needed to take the Arduous pack test. Must take a Pack Test, and pass with an Arduous rating. Must be Red Card qualified as a FFT1. Must be Red Card qualified as a ICT5. Must be Red Card qualified as a FEMO/Firing Boss/HECM or be able to obtain qualified status of one or more within 2 years of hire date. Must continuously meet the requirements for a National Interagency Fire Qualifications System (NIFQS) rating of firefighter.</div></li></ul><p>
</p><div><div><b>Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:</b></div></div><ul><li><div>
The position requires basic skills in or knowledge of sampling techniques, plant identification, data management, use of applicable computer software, map reading compass or GPS navigation and fire management methods and techniques.</div></li><li><div>
Requires obtaining, learning, and applying knowledge of all standard fire program requirements, suppression tactics, methods and procedures.</div></li><li><div>
Requires skill in the use of wildland fire firefighting hand tools, pumps, and hoses, and chainsaw sufficient to perform routine assigned fire suppression and prescribed assignment and to maintain firefighter tools and equipment.</div></li><li><div>
Requires basic knowledge of fire behavior, hazards, and accepted fire safety practices and procedures to prevent injury and loss of life.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of agency and interagency qualifications, position task book requirements and certification standards.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of reporting requirements and procedures. Requires knowledge of strategies, tactics, and suppression methods used in containment and control of wildland fires to be able to relay assignments to crewmembers, accurately evaluate rapidly changing fire circumstances, determine when/if additional forces may be needed, or determine when circumstances warrant withdrawal of crew to safe locations.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of equipment maintenance and minor repair in order to maintain equipment in working order and prevent downtime when equipment is critically needed.</div></li><li><div>
This knowledge is used to effectively deal with the wide variety of conditions and situations encountered during wildland and prescribed burning situations.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of leadership principles and concepts as developed and applied in wildland and prescribed fire operations.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of fire behavior prediction systems and National Fire Danger Rating System fuel models, fire weather monitoring procedures and accuracy requirements.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of collection and recording procedures for fire behavior, fire effects, and weather data, and ability to meet requirements as a Fire Effects Monitor.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of local and BIA Fire Management Policies, cultural resource management practices, local and BIA fire management plans, fire monitoring procedures, ignition techniques, components of burn plans for prescribed and wildland fires. Requires skill in oral and written communication to relay instructions and information, and to prepare reports. Requires knowledge of plant/tree classification techniques. Requires knowledge of personnel safety techniques to prevent injury to self and others.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to lead or direct the execution of wildland and prescribed fire burn plans.</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to provide on the job training in proper and safe techniques, applications, methods, procedures and principles.
</div></li><li><div>Requires ability to apply Fire Orders and Watch Out situations to various fire situations.</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to safely use common fire tools and equipment (e.g. Pulaski, shovels, combination tools, chainsaws, etc.) and maintain common firing devices (e.g. drip torches, fuses, vary pistols, etc.), to build fire line and control wildland and prescribed fires.</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to utilize technical equipment in the field (computers, computer programs, GPS/mapping software, weather stations, digital cameras, etc.) to gather, transfer, archive and communicate relevant information, including fire weather conditions, smoke dispersal and concentration, acreage growth, fire behavior, fuel conditions, etc.</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to program, troubleshoot and use mobile and handheld radios to communicate with other crewmembers and adjoining forces.</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to use GPS units and associated software compass topographic maps and aerial photographs to safely and efficiently locate and access fires and monitoring plots.</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to operate four-wheel drive pickup trucks, fire engines, and off highway vehicles (OHVs).</div></li><li><div>
Requires ability to provide basic first aid and use CPR in the field.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to implement standard procedures used in fuel inventories and sampling.</div></li><li><div>
National WFMs travel throughout the nation to implement burn plans in a variety of fuel types, (e.g. grass, brush, timber, slash, et.), and require the ability to adapt to these fuel types. Computer/ smart-device proficiency/skill is preferred.</div></li></ul><p>
</p><p></p><div><div>Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.</div></div><div><div>
</div></div><div><div>TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.</div></div><div><div>
</div></div><div><div>If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver&rsquo;s license and be eligible for the Tribes&rsquo; Vehicle Insurance. In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.</div></div><div><div>
</div></div><div><div><b>INFORMATION</b>: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2296 shayla.schilling.hrs@colvilletribes.com</div></div></div>

Squad Boss (SS-46313)

<div><div><div><b>CLOSING DATE: </b>March 20th, 2026</div></div><div><div><b>
POSITION: </b>Fuels Planner
</div></div><div><div><b>SALARY: </b>$32.96-$41.14, per hour DOE</div></div><div><div><b>
REPORTS TO: </b>Fuels Manager</div></div><div><div><b>
LOCATION: </b>Mt Tolman, Keller, WA
</div></div><div><div><b>Basic Functions: Exempt. </b>The primary purpose of this position is to direct prescribed fire/fuels management program that includes fuels management activities and functions at the district level. These functions include prescribed fire, mechanical and biological fuels treatments. At this grade level, the incumbent analyzes variables such as weather, fuels (type and condition), topography, fire behavior, management objectives and resource protection concerns, strategies and tactics, resource availability and capability, smoke impacts, employee and public safety, etc., and selects the appropriate strategy for implementing fuels management projects.</div></div><div><div>
May be responsible for emergency stabilization and rehabilitation (ESR) or other community assistance programs.</div></div><div><div><b><i>
Please provide all required documents when submitting the application to meet minimum qualifications.
</i></b></div></div><div><div><b>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:</b></div></div><div><div><b>
Education and Training:
</b></div></div><ul><li><div>Typically requires a bachelor's or higher degree that includes a major field of</div></li><li><div>
study or specific course requirements in forestry, natural resource management, or related</div></li><li><div>
disciplines appropriate to the position, and 4 years of progressive experience.</div></li><li><div>
AND</div></li><li><div>
Applicant must have possessed the following qualifications and training requirements to be or have the ability to acquire within 4 years of employment to be considered eligible for this position:</div></li><li><div><b>
Primary Core Qualification</b>: Engine Boss (ENGB) or Crew Boss (CRWB) or Firing Boss (FIRB), or Helicopter Manager (HMGB) or higher and Prescribed Fire Burn Boss(RXB2)</div></li><li><div><b>
Secondary Core Qualification</b>: Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4) or higher.</div></li><li><div>
The employee has a primary core requirement to be qualified as a RXB2, and a secondary core requirement to be qualified as an ICT4 or TFLD or HEBM.
</div></li><li><div>Also requires a valid driver&rsquo;s license and be eligible for the Tribes&rsquo; vehicle insurance and maintain throughout employment.
</div></li><li><div>Requires a U.S. Government Motor Vehicle Operator&rsquo;s Identification Card. May require certification to use/operate specialized fire equipment.</div></li></ul><p>
</p><div><div><b>Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:</b></div></div><ul><li><div>
Requires Requires professional knowledge of natural resources management, fire ecology, fire behavior, and fire management theories, concepts, principles, and standards in a wildland fire environment sufficient to develop and manage a fuels management program in a district.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of the policies, techniques and practices of wildland firefighting obtained through considerable amount of service as a primary firefighter of the Federal government or in a similar firefighting position outside the federal government. This is a mandatory requirement of this position.</div></li><li><div>
Requires fundamental knowledge of related fields of science (e.g., wildlife management, botany, hydrology, geology, archaeology).
</div></li><li><div>Requires knowledge of the effects of fuels management, prescribed fire, and wildfire for resource benefit on natural and cultural resources to prepare complex fuels management plans.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of environmental laws, regulations, and policies including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Air Act, Threatened and Endangered Species Act, and the Wilderness Act sufficient to produce environmentally sound and defensible documents.
</div></li><li><div>Requires knowledge of accepted wildland fire safety practices and procedures.
</div></li><li><div>Requires knowledge of computer applications and software for a variety of fuels management uses.
</div></li><li><div>Requires knowledge of budgeting policy, procedures and techniques sufficient to develop program budgets and annual work plans.
</div></li><li><div>Requires knowledge of contracting procedures and ability to serve as a Contracting Officer&rsquo;s Representative (COR).
</div></li><li><div>Requires skill in oral and written communication sufficient to prepare reports, present training, and coordinate work efforts.</div></li><li><div>
Requires knowledge of supervisory procedures and methods to manage a fuels assistant.
</div></li><li><div>Requires the skill to manage a variety of complex prescribed fire, wildfire response, and fuels management support functions, each involving numerous procedures and operating requirements.</div></li><li><div>
Requires broad latitude for independent action due to the wide range of variables under which the work is accomplished.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to interact with individuals and special interest groups with diverse and potentially conflicting viewpoints regarding natural and cultural resources management priorities.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to implement plans and carry out major tasks in accordance with priorities and deadlines provided.
</div></li><li><div>Requires the ability to perform assignments without specific instructions in accordance with policy and accepted practices.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to work independently, plan and coordinate with others in determining methods of accomplishments.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to interpret and analyze environmental influences and fire behavior, make judgments, and adjust tactics as conditions change.
</div></li><li><div>Requires the ability to make critical decisions under pressure and taking into consideration complex variables such as weather, fuels (type and condition), topography, fire behavior, management objectives and resources protection concerns, strategies and tactics, resource availability and capability, employee and public safety.
</div></li><li><div>Requires the ability to make critical decisions under pressure taking into consideration an additional layer to the complexity are factors such as different types of treatment; social, political, and economic issues; higher complexity fuels treatment projects; resource and property values at risk; smoke management requirements; multiple jurisdictions, frequent use of aviation operations or support; and intra/interagency coordination requirements.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to evaluate a considerable amount of data in formulating the appropriate strategy into an effective prescribed fire/fuels management program.</div></li><li><div>
Requires the ability to react quickly and perform multiple, unrelated simultaneous assignments along with other competing demands in the work environment.
</div></li><li><div>Requires the ability to rely on experience and uses judgement in adapting techniques, methods or established practices to complete assignments and achieve objectives.
</div></li></ul><p></p><div><div>Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.</div></div><div><div>
</div></div><div><div>TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.</div></div><div><div>
</div></div><div><div>If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver&rsquo;s license and be eligible for the Tribes&rsquo; Vehicle Insurance. In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.</div></div><div><div>
</div></div><div><div><b>INFORMATION</b>: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2296 shayla.schilling.hrs@colvilletribes.com</div></div></div>

Fuels Planner (SS-46124)

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