Project-Research Manager

Job Description

The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech is hiring a Project-Research Manager. This position will be funded by a newly acquired Department of War project entitled, Evaluation and validation of vegetation, fuel, and fire behavior tools and technology in hardwood-dominated forest ecosystems of Virginia and the eastern United States. The project is being led by Dr. Adam Coates and includes Drs.

Carrie Fearer, Verl Emrick, and Mark Ford as Co-PIs.

• Inventory of fuels, using traditional transect methods and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), throughout hardwood-dominated locations in Virginia, including the Department of War installations and bases and the George Washington-Jefferson National Forest
• Investigation of TLS metrics for the calculation and determination of unique wildlife habitat metrics
• Utilization of fuels inputs from this region in fire behavior modeling
• Creation of monitoring protocols that can be implemented to advance fuels monitoring and management across the Commonwealth

• Bachelor's Degree in Forest Resources or a similar discipline
• FFT2 Wildland Firefighter certification
• Experience in field sampling and crew supervision
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, including the use of statistical software (R, JMP, SAS, etc.)

• Master in Forest Resources
• Experience in field sampling and supervision of a team (crew)

4

Non-Exempt:
Eligible for overtime

Restricted

$60,000 - $65,000

40

05/29/26

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

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