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Billings, Montana, United States

• Supervise and lead a team of 7 full-time direct employees and oversee an additional 11 program employees, fostering a positive and collaborative working environment to promote employee motivation and professional.
• Review and maintain multiple programmatic budgets to ensure proper utilization of resources and adhere to fiscal responsibility and State policy.
• Oversee 7 bureau programmatic functions, including agriculture and grazing management, real estate management, minerals management, forest management, fire protection management, and forestry assistance programs.
• Collaborate with multiple bureaus and staff to ensure consistent program delivery, policy application, and procedural adherence.
• Hold executive board positions for both the County Assist Team (CAT) fire team and the Billings Dispatch Center (BDC), delegating priorities for large-scale fire management programs.
• Lead land use planning activities and projects as the primary project manager, providing guidance to staff and coordinating interdisciplinary teams.

• Oversee and coordinate land management planning projects as lead project manager, collaborating with multiple departments, agencies, and stakeholders
• Draft and execute land use licenses, easements, and leases, ensuring compliance with administrative rulings and statutes
• Write and publish requests for proposals (RFP) packages and contracts for large land management projects, including appraisal and surveying contracts as well as leasing packages
• Plan and oversee commercial and residential leases, inspections, and renewal projects and properties
• Write, study, and submit Environmental Assessments (EAs) that adhere to the State MEPA standard
• Create and maintain webservers for public access mapping project. Perform data analytics to ensure data quality and accuracy

Billings, Montana, United States

• Provide technical support and administration for our IT and Geospatial systems, including database management, data input and processing, and GIS analysis. Troubleshoot and resolve any issues related to GIS and IT.
• Provide IT support for end-users, including troubleshooting, installing software, and setting up hardware.
• Act as project manager to coordinate with departments and team leads to develop projects, goals, and timelines to ensure projects will succeed and oversee departmental daily workflows
• Create and maintain mobile workflow application for employees to data collection on multiple projects
• Oversee daily workflow on assets and projects through management tools and software, ensuring data quality and accuracy
• Develop risk assessment strategies for city-owned assets, creating standard operating procedures for the design and development of city-owned assets

Billings, Montana, United States

Billings, Montana, United States

Billings, Montana, United States

Bachelor'S, Environmental Science

Bachelor'S, History