Resource Planning Analyst (Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)

Hancock Forest Management, Inc. (HFM), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG). Hancock Natural Resource Group is a Manulife Asset Management Company.

Hancock Timber Resource Group was founded in 1985 by foresters and investment professionals who believed that timberland provided investors with an attractive asset class to further diversify their portfolios. Our clients have assets located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, New Zealand and the United States. As of June 30, 2016, assets under management totaled approximately $11.6 billion.

General Directive: supports tactical forest planning for Hancock Forest Management.

Scope:

• HFM-managed properties totaling ~4.5 million acres in the Pacific Northwest, Inland-Northwest, Western Gulf, Mid-Atlantic, Lake States, and Allegheny regions of North America.
• Resource management planning for approximately 100+ client properties and four HFM Operating divisions.

Job Dimensions:

• Services the information needs of teams in multiple locations.
• Reports to Tactical Planning Team Manager

Specific Duties:

• Provides direct support for tactical planning in collaboration with HFM Operations to ensure harvest scheduling, budgeting, and harvest plan execution decision support is timely and accurate.
• Provide and maintain timely, accurate, value-added information in the realms of harvest scheduling, tactical and long term planning, and timber investment analysis for various HFM-SD and Hancock Timber Resource Group (HTRG) business sectors.
• Advance HTRG business development objectives including property acquisitions, property disposition strategy, timberland investment analysis and decision support tools, and other strategic business objectives.
• Support HTRG’s conformance with certification requirements and support management systems that enable the advancement of HTRG’s forest stewardship commitment.
• Continuously improve business procedures and provide training and support to ensure the effective deployment and use of property data and business systems by HFM personnel.
• Special projects as requested or needed.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor of Science degree in forestry or a related discipline.
• A graduate degree in a forestry discipline or business is highly desirable.
• A knowledge of silviculture, forest mensuration, timberland appraisal, growth and yield models, timber supply and demand modeling, forestry operations, and southern forest regulatory matters
• Must have strong organizational and analytical skills
• Must have proficient writing skill to prepare professional reports and management plans
• Must be team player
• Must be highly motivated and entrepreneurial
• Must have strong verbal communication skills