Management Forester (Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)

General Technical Forester 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.
• 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 as well aerial imagery when available.

• Preparation of larger more complex documents & reports such as: Management Plans, Appraisals, Timber Conveyance Contracts, Tree Planting Contracts, Site Preparation Contracts, & General Service Agreements.
• Preparation and execution of client communications such as: proposals to new and existing customers, following up with meetings and tours with the customers when appropriate.
• 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.

1. B.S. degree in forestry required.

2. Two year’s experience preferred, but not required.

3. Must be a registered forester in the State of Alabama or upon having satisfied the State’s two year experience requirement, then pass the State test within the following six month period.

4. 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.

5. Must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.

6. Must be physically capable of working in difficult outdoor environments such as: extreme heat and cold, steep mountainous terrain, wet bottomlands and thick vegetation.

7. 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 be able to work long hours when necessary and travel/stay overnight for distant work projects on occasion.