Program Specialist - Air Tactical Group Supervisor

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's mission is to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations.

The DNRC believes employees are their most important asset. The DNRC empowers employees to exercise professional judgment in carrying out their duties. Employees are provided with the training and tools necessary to achieve the mission. Both team effort and individual employee expertise are supported and sustained.

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Forestry and Trust Land Division recognizes that building a collaborative, professional, and inclusive work environment is critical to fulfilling our mission of managing, protecting, and promoting stewardship of Montana’s forests and lands for the benefit of current and future generations and our trust beneficiaries. We hold ourselves to these high standards as we are accountable to the people of Montana.

• We value and respect each other.
• We create collaborative work environments.
• We build and maintain strong relationships.
• We practice accountability.
• We celebrate our successes and take pride in our work

* This position is with the DNRC Fire Protection Bureau which carries out a statewide fire protection mission and as such, the agency may consider alternate work locations within the State that support the operation and needs of the fire program.*

The Air Tactical Group Supervisor (ATGS) works for the Aviation Program Manager and is located within the Forestry Division, Fire Protection Bureau. This position manages and administers ATGS program functions from the Interagency Aerial Supervision Guide (IASG) for the State of Montana. This position performs aerial supervision as a fully qualified NWCG ATGS, providing aerial supervision as well as coordinating ATGS training and program functions within the state.

The incumbent solicits feedback from agency and interagency managers, supervisors, project leaders and their staff, to ensure aerial supervision and subsequent training is performed to program standards. They serve both as an internal resource to DNRC personnel and to key partners in local, state, tribal, and federal government. The ATGS primary function manages incident airspace and controls incident air traffic.

The ATGS is an airborne firefighter who coordinates, assigns, and evaluates the use of aerial resources in support of incident objectives. The ATGS is the link between ground personnel and incident aircraft ensuring safe effective wildfire operations. The ATGS must collaborate with ground personnel to develop and implement tactical and logistical missions on an incident. The ATGS must also work with dispatch staff to coordinate the ordering, assignment, and release of incident aircraft in accordance with the needs of fire management and incident command personnel.

These job functions are the essential duties of the position and are not all-inclusive of all the duties that may be assigned to the incumbent.

As an Aviation Program Specialist, perform and oversee programmatic functions to include administrative, technical, and logistical duties within the DNRC Aviation Program and serves in support of ongoing Department, Division and Bureau objectives.

As an Aviation Program Specialist, perform and oversee ATGS functions to include administrative, technical, operational and logistical duties within the DNRC Aviation Program and serves in support of ongoing Department, Division and Bureau objectives.

Develop training plans, courses, course aids and coordinate a training and currency program for qualified ATGS and trainees on an interagency basis at the geographic area level.

• Online State of Montana application
• Resume
• Cover Letter

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