Forester

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

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