Forester

Description

Manulife Forest Management is seeking a Forester to join the team in Oregon, based out of our Corvallis, OR office. This position supports forest management operations on approximately 354,000 acres in the “Western Oregon Region”.

Primary responsibilities for this position will be harvest unit design and layout, Forest Road Inventory Assessment GIS support, logging contract administration, planning, budgeting, and permitting, along with other duties as needed or assigned.  

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and sustain relationships with MFM staff, regulatory agencies, and other partners
• Participate with area and region staff in harvest operations, silviculture, transportation systems, and land records management
• Harvest unit design and layout, boundary delineation, harvest system selection
• Forest Road Inventory Assessment support including data collection, GIS analysis, and reporting
• Perennial stream surveys and reporting
• Logging contract administration, including bidding or negotiating onboard truck pricing
• Development of harvesting budgets and forecasts
• Assist with silviculture activities including planting, precommercial thinning, competing vegetation control, insect, animal and disease damage control, etc.
• Environmental stewardship including Oregon Forest Practices Act and SFI compliance
• Stewardship of people, including development, implementation, and leadership in support of the MFM safety principles
• Support acquisitions, client relations, Accounting, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Forest Management or Forest Engineering preferred, other related fields will be considered
• Strong organizational skills 
• Knowledge of Microsoft computer software, with emphasis in Excel and Word along with Outlook or similar e-mail program
• Knowledgeable in GIS, primarily ArcGIS
• Highly motivated and entrepreneurial
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• In depth working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
• Occasional overnight travel to other locations in western Oregon or outside the region

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.