Senior Forester

Manulife • Grants Pass, OR

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

Manulife Forest Management is seeking a Forester or Senior Forester (depending on experience and qualifications) to join the team in Oregon, based out of our Coos Bay, OR office. This position supports forest management operations on approximately 293,000 acres in the “Western Oregon Region”. Daily assignments are performed in a friendly team environment alongside a diverse group of foresters, managers, and administrative personnel.
Primary responsibilities for this position will be harvest unit design and layout, logging contract administration, planning, budgeting, and permitting, along with other duties as needed or assigned.

Requirements

• Good teammate, able to understand and work with others’ needs and with different personalities
• Able to work independently with frequent field work and navigate to locations in the woods
• 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 travel to other locations in western Oregon
• Completion of drug testing requirement prior to joining and complying to the company's drug and alcohol policy
• Valid driver’s license and be insurable with company’s commercial carrier

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain relationships with MFM staff, regulatory agencies, and other partners
• Participate with area and region staff in harvest operations, silviculture, transportations systems, and land records management
• Harvest unit design and layout, boundary delineation, harvest system selection
• 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, fertilization, 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

Benefits

• 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.
• Manulife/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including 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.
• We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

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