March 12, 2013

Survey Technician

GS-0817-04

Temporary Position

The Umatilla National Forest, Supervisor’s Office will soon be advertising to fill up to 5 Survey Technician, GS-0817-04, positions with a duty location in Pendleton, OR.

THE POSITION

This position works directly for the Lead Land Surveyor for the Northeast Oregon Lands Zone. The incumbent carries out a variety of survey assignments associated with cadastral surveying work. Travel will be part of the position requirement.

THE ZONE

The Zone encompasses all of the Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman, and Malheur National Forests.

ABOUT PENDLETON, OR

Pendleton was incorporated in 1880 and currently has a population of approximately 15,000.  The city is located on I-84 and is a 4 hour drive from Portland and 3 1/2 hours from Boise. Located in Umatilla County, Pendleton is home to Blue Mountain community college, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pendleton Woolen Mills, and the largest rodeo in the world; the famous Pendleton Round-up, held in September.  The Umatilla River runs through the middle of town as does the Union Pacific Railroad.  The town is divided into 4 quadrants: north and south based on the river, and east and west based on Main Street, so it is easily navigable. SeaPort Airlines offers commuter service to Portland several times a day.   Public transportation has a limited number of routes from town to the office.

City of Pendleton

Pendleton Oregon.com

Chamber of Commerce

East Oregonian Newspaper

HOUSING

There is no Government housing available in Pendleton.  Availability of nice quality rental apartments and houses are limited in the area.  There are many 2-bed, 1-bath houses, apartments, and duplexes available as well as manufactured homes.  Currently Forest Service employees who work at the Supervisor’s Office live in a variety of outlying rural areas and communities including Hermiston, Adams, Athena, Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla, Pilot Rock, and La Grande.

CLIMATE

Winters are short and summers hot. Pendleton is considered semi-arid and can get 115° in the summer, but the summer months are generally variable.  Some days may reach 90-100°, but other days remain in the 80’s and cool off at night.  Air conditioners are required, but only for 3-5 weeks or so during the hottest months.  Roads may be icy during winter months and chains or traction tires are recommended, especially if hill driving is required.  Rainy months are November through May.

MEDICAL FACILITIES

St. Anthony’s Hospital, originally built in 1901, is a 25-bed critical access hospital.  The hospital is breaking ground for a new facility to open in January 2014.  There are specialty physicians, dentists, health clinics, chiropractors, and massage therapists in the area.

CHURCHES

There are a large number of churches in Pendleton; every major denomination is represented.

SHOPPING

Pendleton has three large grocery stores as well as a Walmart and clothing stores downtown.  A farmer’s market offers fresh produce during the summer and fall on Fridays.  A wider range of shopping can be found in Tri-cities (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland), Washington (1hour 15 minute drive or 66 miles) and Walla Walla, WA (45 minutes or 39 miles).

RECREATION

There are several city parks, public tennis courts, fields for baseball, softball, soccer, etc. in Pendleton.  A municipal “water park” with Olympic-size swimming pool, diving pool, wading pools, and water slides can be found at the high school while the Blue Mountain Community College offers an indoor pool  available to the public, as well as racquetball courts, exercise equipment, etc.  Two athletic clubs exist (with discounted membership fees to Forest employees).  Roundup Athletic Club has exercise equipment, swimming, and racquetball with restricted hours, while 24-hour Fitness is open all the time and offers a variety of exercise and stretching equipment. The area is known for outdoors opportunities such as wildlife viewing, camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, boating/water skiing, hiking, snow skiing, and other forest-related activities.  Each September, Pendleton plays host to the world famous Pendleton Round-up, Rodeo and Happy Canyon Pageant.

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Most civic organizations and clubs are represented.

THE VACANCY

The vacancy announcement for this position will be posted on the U.S. Government’s official website for employment opportunities,   https://www.usajobs.gov/    

Vacancy announcement no. TEMPOCR-0817-4-SURV TECH-DT

The referral list will be pulled on March 29, 2013

You must select Pendleton, Oregon as your location.

OUTREACH RESPONSE

Interested applicants should complete and submit the attached Outreach Notice Form to Mark Lichtenthaler PLS, mlichtenthaler@fs.fed.us no later than March 27, 2013.

OUTREACH NOTICE FORM

USDA FOREST SERVICE

UMATILLA NATIONAL FOREST

SUPERVISOR’S OFFICE

PENDLETON, OREGON

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Survey Technician- GS-0817-04

NAME:______________________________________________________________________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________________________

MAILING ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER: WORK_________________________________ HOME___________________________

AGENCY EMPLOYED WITH: USFS_____________ BLM_________ OTHER______________________________

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:  PERMANENT________ TEMPORARY________ TERM________________________

VRA________   OTHER_________________________________________________

CURRENT REGION/FOREST/DISTRICT:__________________________________________________________

CURRENT SERIES AND GRADE:________________________________________________________________

CURRENT POSITION/TITLE:____________________________________________________________________

If not a current permanent (career or career conditional) employee, are you eligible to be hired under any of the following special authorities:

____ Persons with Disabilities

____ Veteran Readjustments (VRA)

____ Disabled Veteran w/ 30% Compensable Disability

____ Veteran Employment Opportunities Act of 1998

____ Former Peace Corp Volunteer

____ Pathways Intern

____ Other please explain:______________________________________________________________________

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR VACANCY

“The USDA Forest Service is an equal opportunity provider and employer”

Alaska Region

Tongass National Forest

Cartographer, GS-1370-09

Tour of Duty:  Permanent Full Time

Permanent Full Time

The Tongass National Forest is outreaching a temporary detail opportunity for a Cartographer,GS-1370-07/09 position. The duty location for this position is Ketchikan. If you are interested in being considered, please complete the attached outreach form and return to Rick Abt at rabt@fs.fed.us by close of business April 5, 2013. For additional information on this position, please contact Rick Abt, Operations Staff Officer, at rabt@fs.fed.us  or (907) 228-6289 or Velia Diemert, GIS Program Leader at vdiemert@fs.fed.us or at (406) 791-7752.

Position Title:  Remote Sensing Specialist

Tour of Duty:  NTE 120 Day Detail

Duty Station:  Ketchikan, AK

Description of Duties:

This position serves as a specialist within a Centralized GIS Program for the Tongass National Forest. The incumbent works under the direction of the GIS Program Leader.

Due to changing organizational and technological demands, the Tongass NF has undertaken a re-organization of GIS Program to provide a consistent standardized service across the Forest, as well as the WO, RO and our partners.  These changes include a new centralized organization.  Key factors in successfully implementing the centralized GIS Program include having the right people in the appropriate positions.

The Remote Sensing Specialist participates on Centralized GIS Program team to accomplish the goals and mission of the Tongass National Forest.  Primary roles and responsibilities include:

• Project Analysis
• Produces Maps
• Promotes Data

• Taking and processing Aerial Image Flights with Digital Camera from aircraft.
• Processing, geo-referencing, ortho-rectifying and mosaicking images using a suite of ERDAS Imagine software and ESRI’s ArcGIS.
• Analyze geospatial information and create maps with ESRI’s ArcGIS.

Qualification Requirements:

Those who are interested must meet the qualification requirements for the GS-1370.  The OPM Qualification Standards Handbook is available for review at any federal personnel office OR on the Internet at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/index.htm.

Specialized experience is experience which is in or related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the specific knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the GIS position.  Refer to the duties statement above for examples of specialized experience.

Duty Location:

Living in Southeast Alaska is a unique, exceptional and never-to-be-forgotten adventure.  You may see deer, eagles, or maybe even a bear from your office and learn from Alaska Native elders, in addition to enjoying and participating in cultural activities and other typical American activities.  Travel between communities and to the Outside (lower 48 states) means getting on an airplane or on a ferry.  Between one’s sense of humor about the rain and the diverse array of activities offered in Ketchikan or Wrangell and the nearby communities, most people who move here love it.

The community of Ketchikan is situated along the shores of Alaska’s Inside Passage within the heart of the nearly seventeen million acre Tongass National Forest.  Mountains rise from the sea, and the lush forested landscape thrives due to abundant rainfall in this temperate rainforest environment.  The community is comprised of three islands, Revillagigedo, Gravina and Pennock and transportation between them requires a boat or plane ride across the Tongass Narrows.

Ketchikan is 90 minutes by air from Seattle and 36 hours by sea.  The second largest cruise port in the state, Ketchikan is a popular destination for independent minded travelers too, due to superb fishing, outdoor recreation, thriving Native culture and amazing scenery.

The town of Ketchikan itself is home to about 8,000 year around residents, and is a vibrant, hard working community.  One of “America’s Top 100 small arts communities” Ketchikan’s impressive variety of shops and galleries feature work by many of the island’s resident artists and an assortment of souvenir items and unique gifts.

For additional information about the Forest:

Tongass National Forest website:  http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/

For information on the position:

Contact Person:  Rick Abt, Operations Staff Officer

Phone Number:  907-228-6289

Email address:  rabt@fs.fed.us

If you are interested in the position, please fill out the attached form and send it to Rick Abt by close of business April 5, 2013.

OUTREACH NOTICE FORM

Tongass National Forest

Cartographer, GS-1370-09, NTE 120 Day

If you are interested in this position please complete this form send to Rick Abt at rabt@fs.fed.us.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

 (e.g., Career, Career-Conditional, Excepted-ANILCA, Excepted VRA, etc)

Briefly describe why you will be a quality candidate for this position: 

On Tuesday the 26th, Adam will present a poster entitled “An Analysis of the Effects of Land Ownership Change on Forest Land Cover Dynamics: An Alachua County Case Study.”

As the Chair of the ASPRS Student Advisory Council, he helps coordinate the ASPRS student activities for the year. To read more on ASPRS SAC activities, click here.

To APPLY and ensure immediate consideration, PLEASE go to www.kbhome.com/careers and search by “Location” under FL – Tampa for requisition number is FL-TMP-06886.
OR go directly to the job page by visiting the following link: http://careers2.peoplecapital.com/kbhomecareers/details.asp?jid=30692&p=1

KB Home, a Fortune 500 NYSE company and one of America’s premier homebuilders, has an immediate employment opportunity available. The Company operates in numerous states across the nation from California to Florida.

KB Home has been building homes for a half a century, and was recently named to Fortune magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies for the sixth consecutive year. KB Home ranked #1 for ‘Innovation’ among homebuilders. Also, KB Home was given an Award for Excellence for the Energy Star Efficiency program by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2008, KB Home became the first builder to earn the prestigious National Housing Quality (NHQ) Certified Builder Program for all of its operations nationwide.

The Land Analyst position will have the unique opportunity to help define KB Home land needs by conducting research, providing thorough analysis, and managing land data for the purposes of maximizing the profit of existing and proposed land assets and identifying new land acquisition opportunities that align with market strategy and business plan goals.

Additionally this position will search, identify and qualify suitable vacant parcels of land based on defined land needs, determine the property owners/brokers, contact the owners to determine if parcels are available for sale and maintain a database of property identified. Will create and maintain a land search and mapping database and interact with appropriate internal managers, corporate advisors, and external personnel to manage successful land searches. Position requires independent evaluation of priorities, schedules and follow-up of assigned tasks.

Some of the most essential aspects of this position include:
1. Locate, identify and document available land using LandVision, county websites, internet searches, and property databases. Rank and catalog land according to use and zoning while confirming the lands physical status with site visits.
2. Assist the Land Acquisition team in the preparation of financial proformas to determine the viability of proposed land acquisitions.
3. With the guidance of Land Acquisition leadership, prepare detailed Land Packages with relevant support data for submittal to Corporate Land Committee seeking approval of real estate transactions. Land Packages will contain a thorough financial and comparative market analysis (CMA) of the project to ensure acquisitions align with Market Strategy and Business Plan goals.
4. Prepare forms necessary to transact wires for said acquisitions.
5. Determine property ownership and zoning to determine the assessor Parcel number. Obtain all information related to the land including, the physical characteristics of the property, zoning, current entitlements if any, availability, whether owners are currently interested in selling, and the asking price.
6. Must have some knowledge of the local urban planning process, the local housing market, basic planning and real estate concepts.
7. Must have a high comfort level with technical environments and learning new applications and software. Strong computer skills and adept with the following applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access.
8. GIS experience is a plus including a working knowledge of LandVision, MetroStudy, ArcView (ESRI), Map Point, Autodesk, Adobe Illustrator and other sources to research and identify potential land acquisition opportunities that align with Market Strategy and Business Plan goals.
9. Post acquisition – maintain financial proformas to assess ways to enhance performance of existing communities and to report actual performance.
10. Maintain a tracking log and land search map of viable tracts as well as a log of comparable transactions in surrounding areas.
11. Assist the Land Acquisition team in preparing the Market Strategy report annually.
12. Create and maintain the Divisions Submarket maps.

Candidate requirements:
1. Passion for Real Estate, Land Acquisition and Development
2. Self-motivated behavior and ability to manage priorities in an efficient and accurate manner are essential.
3. Capable of compiling detailed financial models via Excel to determine the feasibility of Land Purchases.
4. Attention to detail mandatory.
5. Ability to work effectively and professionally with diverse range of both internal and external contacts.
6. Computer literate: Microsoft Office mandatory with experience in LandVision, ArcView, Map Point, Adobe, Metro Study a plus.
7. Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
8. College Degree Required
Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or higher (Business and/or Finance preferred)
Experience: 1-3 years of land acquisition transactional experience in residential or commercial real estate. Homebuilding experience preferred.

Find out why KB Home is attracting and retaining the best employees! If you are interested and qualified, please apply now. KB Home provides above average compensation packages and earnings potential, full benefits, an outstanding 401K matching program, bonus plans and amazing promotional opportunities. KB Home is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse work team. Diversity is important to KB Home!

http://www.kbhome.com/careers

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Title: GIS Analyst
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Application Deadline:
Posted: 2013-03-15

Position Description:

Position Description: The Florida Forest Service is a Division which manages over a million acres of state forest, handles rural private forest land programs, coordinates a statewide prescribe burning program, and has wildfire suppression responsibilities. We are looking for a fulltime GIS analyst (contract) with the Bureau of Forest Logistics and Support to assist the forest rural stewardship program with their GIS needs.
Duties: Under the direct supervision of the Forestry Stewardship manager and in cooperation with the program GIS Manager candidate will assist with and provide technical support and training to FFS field staff on GIS and GPS. Candidate will be required to conduct QA/QC of GIS geodatabases related to a private land management and longleaf pine forest tracking. Candidate will be required to conduct other related GIS functions.

Qualifications:
BA/BS degree in Forestry, Ecology, Geography, Geology, Hydrology, Environmental Studies or related field.
3-5 years of professional GIS experience.
Proficiency with ArcGIS software suite: both 9x and 10x versions.
Knowledgeable of the ArcMap ArcCatalog, and ArcPad environments, including tool options, settings, customization, editing processes, and working with different file formats (vector/raster).
Understands the geodatabase environment and working with coordinate systems and projections.
Good sense of cartographic design and understanding of layouts, map elements, and publishing.
Experience providing technical assistance; works well with end users of widely varying skill level.
Comfortable providing assistance by phone and using remote desktop.
Basic understanding of GPS technical requirements and environmental settings.
Familiarity with various GPS technologies and software, and ability to trouble-shoot field problems.
Experience developing, coordinating and conducting technical training to individuals as well as large classrooms.
Comfortable working with raster imagery and knowledge of remote sensing.
Ability to compose documentation containing both summary and detailed components.

Salary: 15-22$ an hour commensurate with experience

Employment Status: This is a fulltime contract position.

Submit your resume and cover letter via email to susan.leverette@freshfromflorida.com or call 850-414-8554. www.floridaforestservice.com

http://www.gjc.org/gjc-cgi/showjob.pl?id=1363371792

The always popular GPS Day was held in conjunction with National Surveyors Week on March 16 as a lead-in to the week.

For the full press release from Professional Surveyor, click here.

The UF Fort Lauderdale REC observed GPS Day on campus on Saturday March 16th.

• Pre-field research and calculations.
• Scheduling.
• Field surveys.
• Setting control points.
• Stationing and staking.
• Traffic control.
• Field and office QA of surveys and topo maps.
• Customer relations.
• Travel to job sites.
• Assist engineers with projects using survey data.
• Teaching fellow employees about surveying and research techniques.

• At least 0-3 years of surveying experience required.
• Technical knowledge of Mapping and Field Surveying required.
• Staking calculations such as Boundary and Site control for utilities, commercial and residential projects required.
• Experience recording Survey, Corner Records, Legal Description and Plats required.
• Experience with Autocad 2000-Autocad 2007 Land Development Desktop, Civil3D 2009, AutoDesk Map, Microstation J, V8 a required.
• Proficient with survey equipment and software, TGO (Trimble Geomatic Office) Trimble S6 Robotic Total Station, R8 GPS Systems and hand held data collectors required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel required.
• Proficiency in technical math, which includes Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Applied Physics required.
• Ability to read Utility maps preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel in multi-state region, including overnight trips, required.
• Project management skills preferred.

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