Steve Phillips Email & Phone Number

Anacortes, Washington

Our small team takes care of all things related to parks, from facilities to vegetation, ball fields to trash cans, skate parks to forest lands. Each day is unique: our work flows with seasons, fluctuating public demand, and diverse locations on fascinating Fidalgo Island.

• Perform habitat restoration activities on multiple sites, including: adaptive management of invasive species; assessing needs for, requesting, and outplanting native plants; seed collection; conducting vegetative.
• Lead and co-lead volunteer work days: Sunday Presidio Park Stewards (PPS); and other school, community, and corporate groups, in weeding and planting programs; entails instructing new volunteers and students on the.
• Assist in hiring, and directly supervise, a four- to five-person crew of Seasonal Biological Science Technicians in site work (planting, weeding, monitoring, seed collection).
• Act as direct manager and mentor for one habitat restoration intern; and in a general supervisory and mentor role for other interns associated with PPS program; supervise, train, create work plans, and track hours of.
• As avian lead for Presidio Natural Resources, meet the following needs: perform bird nesting surveys for colleagues; lead monthly bird walks for the public; train other bird surveyors.
• Assist NPS staff with annual monitoring program for endangered and rare plant species on restoration sites.

Berkeley, CA

Served as field worker and assistant crew leader for ecological restoration projects (streambank stabilization, invasive species control, native plant outplanting, brush clearing, etc.).

• Ensured that ecological restoration crews were trained and equipped to safely and efficiently perform fieldwork.
• As safety manager, conducted weekly safety meetings and chaired monthly Safety Committee meetings. Researched industry safety trends and generated educational materials.
• Ensured that company facility and job sites attained and maintained OSHA compliance.
• Managed company's fall and spring prescribed burn programs.
• Served as ecological restoration field worker, assisting crews with regular tasks.
• Undertook field projects involving specialized equipment such as Track Loader (Bobcat), Tractor, large mowers, etc.

• Served as field crew leader/foreman for prairie, savanna, and wetland restoration projects (herbicide application, mowing, seeding, erosion control, prescribed burning, etc.)
• Acted in general management role: researched and documented herbicide rates; recommended management needs at project sites, meeting directly with client to discuss such needs; ensured that projects remained on-time and.
• Served as liaison to Chicago Wilderness Corporate Council.
• Conducted bilingual (English/Spanish) safety meetings.

· Wrote company Procedures Manual from scratch through interviews and hands-on trials.· Created boilerplate written material for repeatable use to grow company’s sales in government sector. · Liaised with existing clients to ensure needs were met.· Traveled with president to potential clients as sales assistant.

• Coordinated with team members to complete deadline-driven RFP responses from start to finish in support of global sales staff.
• Built entire proposal documents, compiling and inserting content from diverse corporate staff and corporate boilerplate, and managing proposal contributors to ensure timely and complete proposals.