The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, is recruiting for a Wildland Fire Pilot in Palmer, Alaska.
What You Will Be Doing:
The Division of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Aviation Section is recruiting for an Aircraft Pilot 1 to provide support during Alaska’s busy fire season. Travel throughout the state to support efforts to suppress Alaska’s wildfires. Qualified candidates will be used primarily on tactical fire missions, which will include low level birddog/lead plane/ASM assignments as well as those requesting logistical support for preparedness and fire activity. Previous fire experience is desired, but we are willing to train the qualified applicant.
Mission and Values/Culture:
The State’s Division of Forestry and Fire Protection provides fire protection services and related fire and aviation management activities on 150 million acres of land throughout Alaska, all while facing the challenges of a continually changing wildfire environment. The goal of the DOFFP Fire and Aviation Program is to provide safe, cost-effective, and efficient fire protection services and related fire and aviation management activities to protect natural resources and human life on State, private, and municipal lands, in a manner commensurate with the values at risk.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
You will be a part of something greater than yourself
You will have a sense of family and civic purpose
You will gain useful knowledge within the fire and aviation industry
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This Position is based in Palmer, AK.
Fire is a very dynamic and fast-paced work environment requiring great attention to detail and safety standards.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.
Stress Tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).
Critical Thinking: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Analytical Thinking/Problem SolvingUses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
Risk Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools used for risk assessment and mitigation, including assessment of failures and their consequences.
Current FAA Licensure and class of Medical Certification as a Commercial Pilot or Airline Transport Pilot with ratings, including operating under instrument flight rules, appropriate to the category, class, and type of aircraft flown for the position;
AND
Applicable hours as PIC of appropriate category and class of aircraft predominantly flown by the position that includes sufficient flying time to safely and effectively operate aircraft in the geography, topography, and weather conditions equivalent to those predominantly encountered in the position’s Alaskan areas of operation.
Special Note:
As part of the examination process, the employing department will require successful completion of a flight check and approval from a certified flight instructor in the make and model of craft to be flown.
Please read the information below carefully.
At the time of application, the applicant must attach as individual documents the following items (If unable to attach documents, please fax or email the contact listed below):
FAA Commercial Pilot's License with Instrument Rating.
Class II Medical.
Resume – please be sure to document prior fire experience.
If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:
Simulator training Certificates for the past 3 years.
3 Professional References.
Logbook.
SPECIAL NOTICES
It is required that pilots hold a Commercial certificate, an instrument rating, a multi-engine rating, and a Class II medical. Division of Forestry and Fire Protection Pilots must have a minimum of 1500 hours with 1200 hours PIC, 75 hours instrument, 100 hours in the last 12 months and 250 hours of Alaskan experience or similar. It is desired to have 200 hours of multi-engine time.
It is the pilot’s responsibility to ensure the aircraft is properly prepared for the intended mission. Ability to consistently operate aircraft in a safe manner in adverse conditions, following all the applicable Federal Aviation Regulations, Federal Interagency Aerial Supervision Guidelines, and Division of Forestry policies and procedures. Must be able to follow Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR’S) and State policies delineated in the Air Operations Section of the Policy and Procedures Manual. Must satisfy Pilot qualifications which meet or exceed current standards established by the interagency agreement with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, including the listed minimums.
This position requires frequent travel within Alaska.
This position requires a commitment to long hours; however, these hours will never exceed 14 hrs. per duty day.
This position requires the ability to work, and at times stay, in remote locations for extended periods.