Forester (Forester)

  McKinley & Lanier Forest Resources

  Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Job Description:

General Technical Duties

• Perform all types of timber inventories for timber sales, appraisals, management plans, & contract services.
• Mark timber for selective harvests for various silvicultural objectives.
• Mark timber sale boundaries and streamside management zones.
• Collect GPS data for timber sale preparation, reforestation purposes, and contract services.
• Perform tree planting audits as part of supervisory process of planting operations.
• Perform seedling survival audits/li>
• Collection of other various field data related to preparation of timber sales, management plans, appraisals and general management contract services.
• Preparation of completed maps using ArcGis which may include import of GPS data files.
• Conduct prescribed burns for site preparation and understory control purposes.
• Navigate new and unexplored terrain, locals, etc. using basic county and topographic maps.

Other Duties

• Soliciting bids for services from silvicultural vendors for activities such as: tree planting, herbicide applications and mechanical site preparation.
• Management and supervision of the various silvicultural operations including: timber harvesting, tree planting, site preparation, etc.

Required Education:

B.S. degree in forestry required.

Required Experience:

Preferred but not required.

Skills:

• Must demonstrate the ability to quickly become proficient at performing the general field work responsibilities such as cruising, timber sale preparations, and GPS work. 
• Proficiency will be measured in production terms (plots/day, miles marked/GPS per day, etc.)
• Required production goals will be established and monitored.
• Must demonstrate ability to use personal computers/laptop to manage data, work up inventories, prepare written documents of all types.
• Specific software and operating systems will include:
• Windows 7 operating system, all Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook & Power Point), Solo Field, ArcGis and TwoDog.
• Additionally, will use electronic data recording devices in the field such as: Recon & Nomad.
• Must be physically capable of working in difficult outdoor environments such as: extreme heat and cold, steep mountainous terrain, wet bottomlands and thick vegetation.
• Must be able to work long hours when necessary and travel/stay overnight for distant work projects on occasion.

Compensation

Commensurate with experience.

Full benefits.

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