Forest Inventory Analyst (IT, Computers & GIS)

Full Time

  GreenWood Resources (http://www.greenwoodresources.com)

  Portland, Oregon, United States

Overall Responsibilities:

The Forest Inventory Analyst is responsible for working with the other members of the Resource Planning & Analysis (RP&A) group to provide inventory support to fulfill needs across GreenWood Resources, Inc. (GWR).  Duties include support for both domestic and international properties under management, as well as support for acquisition analyses related to potential new investments.  The successful candidate is expected to apply fundamental principles of forest inventory analysis while maintaining the high degree of accuracy and integrity that GreenWood requires. GreenWood supports a very multi-cultural and diverse staff and environment.

Forest Inventory Responsibilities:

  • Support and become proficient with GWR’s internal Forest Management System (FMS), including loading new data and editing existing data

  • Perform cruise compilation and analysis of inventory cruise data

  • Perform annual updates for growth, depletions, acquisitions, and dispositions

  • Produce statements of stand- and property-level inventory parameters

  • Run inventory change analyses and produce reports

  • Run inventory-to-cutout analyses and produce reports

  • Apply growth and yield models to generate yield tables for forest planning and harvest scheduling analyses

  • Use a full range of tools to perform inventory analysis and reporting tasks, including:

    • SQL Server and Microsoft Access, Excel, Powerpoint, and Word

    • A variety of public and proprietary growth and yield models spanning a range of U.S. and international geographies

    • Programming and scripting tools (VBA, Python, Perl, etc.)

    • Statistical software and modeling tools (R, SAS, Stata, etc.)

    • ESRI software (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, etc.)

    • Trimble Land Resource Management (LRM) software

      Scope:

  • Work within the Resource Planning & Analysis group under the direction of the Forest Inventory Manager in a team environment to provide high quality and timely analyses for both internal and external company and client needs

  • Utilize resourceful thinking, responsible decision making, and problem solving skills

  • Perform multiple concurrent tasks in an environment of changing priorities

  • Utilize an understanding of company strategy and vision to support GWR’s global growth strategy

  • Maintain a customer service mindset for both internal and external customers.

  • Domestic US and international travel may be required as needed to achieve goals

    Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Forestry or closely related field required; graduate degree in Forest Management, Biometrics, Silviculture or closely related field preferred

  • Minimum of 5 years post-academic forest inventory work experience

  • Understanding of the fundamental principles of forest inventory and analysis including, but not limited to, sampling, cruise compilation, merchandising, annual updating, cutout analyses, and growth and yield

  • Strong basis of technical skills with relational databases and forest record systems

  • Familiarity with GIS systems including ESRI/Arc products

  • Ability to efficiently manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects

  • Strong organizational skills

  • Excellent discretionary judgment skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, or Polish a plus

  • Experience with Southeastern U.S. forest inventory and management preferred

  • Willingness to travel up to 20% of time to domestic and international areas as needed

    GWR is a global investment and asset management company focused on the development and operation of high yield short rotation tree farms with operations in North America, South America, and Europe.  GWR's core competencies – capital/ investment management, superior plant material, tree improvement methodologies, tree farm operations, and sales and marketing – uniquely address the broad skills required to produce superior, risk-adjusted returns for investments into intensively managed tree farms.  For more information, please visit www.greenwoodresources.com.                                             

    This position description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with this position. While this description is intended to accurately reflect the position’s activities and requirements, GreenWood Resources, Inc. reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties as necessary.

Compensation

Competitive market rate with full benefits package