Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, and they are seeking a Forester to join their team in Oregon. The role involves supporting forest management operations, including harvest unit design, logging contract administration, and environmental stewardship.
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
Skills
- 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
- A bachelor's degree in Forest Management or Forest Engineering preferred, other related fields will be considered
Benefits
- Health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans
- Various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- Financial education and counseling resources
- Up to 11 paid holidays
- 3 personal days
- 150 hours of vacation
- 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law)
- The full range of statutory leaves of absence
Company Overview
Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. It was founded in 1887, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.manulife.com/.
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