Harvest Manager- Vail Tree Farm, Rainier, Washington

Weyerhaeuser • Rainier, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our North Washington Region has an opening for a Harvest Manager on the Vail operations team, located in Rainier, Washington. This is a full-time position, reporting to the Area Manager with additional accountabilities to the Region Harvest Manager for harvesting activities in the area. This is a full-time position, with salary level dependent on skills and experience. We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and innovative individual to join our harvesting team. With the advent of cable assist cutting and logging operations and renewed emphasis in the Pacific Northwest in grapple yarder and drone technology, our logging operations are some of the most advanced in the world and continue to rapidly change with the times.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Forestry or related field, or 10+ years of related work experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in forest operations (e.g., road construction and maintenance, unit layout, timber harvesting, log transportation, and silviculture activities).
• At least two years of experience leading employees and/or contractors of forest operations processes.
• Willing to abide by established safety standards.
• General knowledge of state and federal forest practice rules/statutes.
• Team building, communication, analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in use of personal computers and related software applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Geographical Information Systems.
• Ability to develop, prioritize, plan, implement and manage activities to meet targets and deadlines with occasional extended work periods and weekend work.
• Experience in project management and contract administration.
• Willing to work independently in an office setting and travel to destinations in the woods.
• Willing to spend a minimum of 50% of work time in the field, working on steep or broke ground covered with slash and brush, and in all weather conditions.
• Valid driver’s license, as work involves driving company vehicles on rough roads (25,000 miles per year).

Nice To Haves

• renewed emphasis in the Pacific Northwest in grapple yarder and drone technology

Responsibilities

• Management of safety, environmental stewardship, quality, production, and costs associated with the company and contract harvesting operations.
• Harvest plan execution in compliance with the regional and area harvesting strategy and the annual budget plan.
• Manage hourly IAM employees adhering to labor relations principles and abiding by the guidelines outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.
• Educate and confirm employees are adhering to the SFI standards and safety policies.
• Contract administration; negotiate, prepare, supervise, monitor for compliance, payment management.
• Develop and track budgets and key harvesting metrics.
• Ensure log quality specifications for raw material at all customer markets and how log characteristics affect delivered raw material and standing timber values.
• Assist with forest engineering activities around planning and field implementation of road layout, road construction, road maintenance, cable/ground-logging systems, and harvest unit layout.
• Forecast harvesting projects and expenditures.
• Advocate, model and inspect for safe work practices.
• Act as company representative with landowners, government agencies, and community representatives.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal safety statues, environmental requirements and Weyerhaeuser resource and stewardship goals.
• Collaborate with others on the area and region teams to ensure alignment with goals and objectives.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• short and long-term disability
• life insurance
• pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution
• voluntary Long-Term Care
• Employee Assistance Programs
• training and development opportunities
• annual merit-increase program
• Annual Incentive Program
• 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment
• eleven paid holidays per year
• company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level