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Principal Program Lead

About BurnBot
BurnBot provides systematic fuels treatment services to prevent destructive wildfires. We're firefighters, scientists, engineers, prescribed fire practitioners, ecologists, and community members who are answering the call to scale fuel treatment capacity. Our modern fuel treatment system recognizes and supports conservation efforts with a clean, smoke-free process. We need technology to amplify our workforces with targeted use of synthetic fire to treat fuel loads 10x faster than previously possible.

The Role
BurnBot is seeking a Program Lead to join our rapidly growing Programs team. This role will be responsible for managing, planning, and coordinating activities of projects to ensure that goals and objectives of projects are accomplished on time and on budget. The ideal Principal Program Lead will successfully lead multiple projects, have strong cross-functional collaboration skills and a proven ability to communicate effectively with internal and external clients or business partners. This role is both a field and hub (workshop) based.

This position is an exempt role with an annual salary range of $90,000-$115,000. However, we do consider many factors when creating job offers, including (but not limited to), the role, location, responsibilities, experience, training, education, and skillset.

Required Skills
  • Oversee and supervise various field projects and support programs functions
  • Support job walks and field verification for proposal building
  • Track Quality Control and Contract Compliance for internal BurnBot Operations and all Subcontractor operations on relevant enterprise and programs contracts
  • Provide clerical support for Programs and assigned enterprise contracts
  • Maintain day-to-day relationship touchpoints at the site/project level
  • Capture issues early; escalate effectively through Central Ops / Regions / subs
  • Maintain project artifacts: scope clarity, maps/GIS inputs, schedule, acceptance checklist
  • May assist with duties associated with regional build-out such as demos and operations on small strategic projects that are within the scope of programs
  • Ensure project status is current, auditable, and communicated in the standard cadence
  • Provide enterprise surge support as an out-of-region assistant (as needed)
  • Other duties as assigned
  • Comply with all state and federal regulations, safety or otherwise

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in experience
  • Minimum 5 years experience in project or field management in Forestry, wildland firefighting and/or prescribed fire fields
  • Valid driver's license
  • Utilize personal knowledge to resolve issues and ability to discern when to seek assistance for efficient, effective resolutions
  • Excellent customer service skills. Including listening, responding and assisting with a positive, of service mindset
  • Ability to travel up to 60% of the time
  • Physical ability to lift/push/pull weights of up to 100 lbs with regularity
  • Ability to bend, twist, lift, reach, grasp and climb various surfaces and heights for 8+ hours per day
  • Passion for Burnbot’s mission

It would be cool if…
  • You had experience with wildland firefighting, prescribed fire, forestry or construction

Still interested? Please apply by sending your resume to careers@burnbot.com or visiting our job postings on Indeed.

Burnbot is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including but not limited to, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with one or more disabilities, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at 650-342-0646 or matt.brett@burnbot.com.

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