Show Plantation Maintenance and Conservation Field Technician

Pono Pacific provides cost-effective natural resource management services to aid conservation agencies and landowners in their efforts to preserve, protect, and restore Hawai’iʻs precious ecosystems.

Plantation Maintenance and Conservation Field Technician

(Mahipapa Project, Kaua‘i)

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Pono Pacific Land Management, LLC was founded with a vision of helping Hawai‘i’s conservation agencies and

landowners. Since 2000, we have been providing specialized services to a variety of clients including:

• Native habitat restoration and landscape maintenance

• Ungulate-proof/predator-proof fence construction

• Invasive species control

• Trail construction & maintenance

• Renewable energy solutions

Pono Pacific strives to nurture the values that steer our organization: character, humility, ʻohana (family/communitymindedness),

service, excellence, and nobility in our employees through the important work we do for Hawai‘i.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Primarily general eucalyptus plantation maintenance under close supervision by a Field Supervisor and/or

Project Manager, AND assist with other company projects as needed

• Effectively communicate with Field Supervisor, Project Manager, and Field Technicians with information such as

schedules, status of equipment and materials, field observations, potential hazards, and team dynamics

• Training and safe operation of hand equipment such as chainsaws, electric trimmers, loppers, etc.

• Training and safe operation of machinery including track loaders, tractors, utility vehicles, etc.

• Training and safe application of fertilizers and herbicides

• Maintenance, proper storage, and applicable tracking of all hand equipment, machinery, and hazardous

materials

• Executing daily and weekly goals regarding coppicing, cleaning fields, application of fertilizers/herbicides, etc as

directed by the Field Supervisor and Project Managers

• Regularly properly wearing Personal Protective Equipment and maintaining a safe work environment

• Completing requisite data collection, reporting, and HR forms including timesheets in a timely manner

• Becoming proficient in Human Resources platform (complete timesheets, access employee handbook, etc.)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid driver's license (or acquire within 3 months of hiring) and a clean driving record

• Reliable vehicle with understanding that driving within or between projects sites is required

• Follow directions while working in small groups or independently

• Willing and able to perform physically challenging work in potentially extreme outdoor conditions daily

• Ability to lift and carry a minimum of 50 pounds

SCHEDULE

• Normal work weeks are composed of eight (8) hour days, Monday through Friday with a 30-minute lunch break.

• Employees should plan to start work at the project site by 7:00am and expect to end each day at about 3:30pm.

• Due to the nature of field work, inclement weather may cause unsafe or unworkable conditions. In the event the

Field Supervisor calls a Rain Day, the employee will receive two (2) hours of paid compensation for that day.

• Paid federal holidays are observed and detailed in the employee handbook.

COMPENSATION

Dependent on experience/qualifications and project (minimum starting: $18 - $25 per hour)