Hybrid Senior Forester / Forester (Skowhegan, United States) bei Sappi

This position offers the opportunity to work and grow in a vibrant, forward-thinking environment with a team of highly skilled, dedicated employees.

Successful candidate will be responsible for purchasing and harvesting standing timber stumpage with the goal to supply high quality fiber and fuel to the Somerset mill. Candidate will manage and maintain a logging force to harvest and deliver the wood, promote and practice land stewardship ethics to ensure SFI certification, maintain record-keeping to track stumpage and support logger/landowner relation.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Forestry
• Must be able to attain or hold a Maine Forester's License
• Must have valid State Driver’s license
• Skills must include: Working knowledge of GIS mapping, timber inventory and analysis, understanding of forestry regulations and compliance, building of forest roads.
• Solid understanding of forest markets within the Northeast
• Solid understanding of forest certification as it relates to both the management of forest land and the marketing of forest products.
• Strong communication skills
• Computer literacy in spreadsheets, word processing, network systems
• Strong value for safety
• Willingness to travel throughout Maine and New Hampshire

PREFERRED/DESIRED SKILLS

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the Forestry field
• Minimum of 2 years of experience procuring timber
• Worked on both small private and large industrial forest land
• Experience negotiating contracts with both landowners and contractors

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Aggressive negotiating skills, computer literacy in spreadsheets, word processing, network systems access skills and knowledge of wood procurement information systems, excellent interpersonal skills, general knowledge of the forest products industry.