Forest General Manager (Management & Executives)

  Ginoogam Development Corporation

  Longlac, Ontario, Canada

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Forest Manager will be engaged in a diverse and dynamic role as the Company’s primary manager and as part of the GDC team, focusing on GDC’s commitment to safety, health and the environment.

Key roles of this position include but are not limited to:

• Engagement with the forest license holder to negotiate allocations and stands on an annual basis to meet internal harvesting targets.
• To negotiate sales contracts with receiving mills supporting Ministry of Natural Resources wood directives and maximizing revenue potential.
• Supervising harvest and haul contractors to ensure safety, efficiency and excellent environmental performance.
• Supervising block layouts.
• Supervising the preparation of annual budgets.
• Direct First Nations engagement to support and enhance aboriginal employment, career development and business contracting opportunities.
• Examine other potential revenue activities including roads maintenance, silviculture and other management activities associated forestry operations on field work.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to work in a team environment with people of different backgrounds; strong analytical and organizational skills; and a high energy and commitment level. Preference will be given to individuals who possess at least 2 years of related forestry experience. Candidates with other postsecondary education credentials and employment experience in related fields may be considered. A valid Class G license is a condition of employment. Proficiency with MS Office applications would be considered an asset.

Required education:

• A Bachelor of Forestry degree is preferred, a technician designation with combined field experience will be considered Required experience:
• Professional Forester or Technician, forestry with 2 years of experience

About the Company

The Ginoogam Development Corporation is a not for profit partnership comprised of the Aroland, Long Lake #58, and Ginoogaming First Nations whose purposed is to advance the collective community interest in forest and forestry activities on the Kenogami Forest in North Western Ontario.

As a partnership of local and rights bearing aboriginal communities, GDC seeks to establish social, economic and environmental development benefits through forest management, harvesting, processing and renewal of timber resources from the traditional Kenogami Forest while adhering to the highest standards of social responsibility to its members, commitment to sustainability and the creation of wealth for its member communities.

The GDC is a newly formed corporation, however, the constituent communities have decades of experience participating in the regional forest economy. Many members have expressed interest in owning/operating opportunities, many more members work in local processing mills. More recently, the three communities have taken ownership interests in the NeeDaakiiMeNaan Inc., holders of an enhanced Forest Resource License for the Kenogami Forest. Ontario plans to convert this license to an Enhanced SFL, giving the communities greater control over the management of the Kenogami Forest.

The experience of the communities is well rounded, their interests in current activities robust, with GDC reflecting their collective economic interest in forestry.

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