Forester I (Forester)

Full Time

  Roseburg Forest Products

  Vaughn, Oregon, United States

Founded in 1936, Roseburg Forest Products is a privately owned company and one of North America's leading producers of particleboard, medium density fiberboard and thermally fused laminates. Roseburg also manufactures softwood and hardwood plywood, lumber, LVL and I-joists. The company owns and sustainably manages more than 600,000 acres of timberland in Oregon, North Carolina and Virginia, as well as an export wood chip terminal facility in Coos Bay, Ore. Roseburg products are shipped throughout North America and the Pacific Rim. To learn more about the company please visit   www.Roseburg.com.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Plan, implement and administer assigned silvicultural activities to meet or exceed standards set by Roseburg and state regulations
  • Perform the following activities:
    • Plantation establishment
    • Vegetation control
    • Density management
    • Forest inventory
    • Fire suppression
    • Slash disposal and other duties as may be assigned
  • Management of assigned projects within budget objectives
  • Ensuring that contract work is done in full compliance with specifications and supporting staff as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Forest Management or a related resource field and at least two (2) years of related field experience
  • Must have good communication skills
  • Proficient in use of current word processing and spreadsheet computer programs
  • Working at various times on steep slopes in a wide range of adverse weather and field conditions
  • Most importantly....you must be excited about growing trees!

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INCLUDING DISABILITY AND VETERANS