Forest Improvement Analyst

About us:

Westervelt Forest Resources is committed to providing the highest quality products and services to our customers. Everything we do is based on the forest, and we have an unwavering commitment to protect and conserve our natural resources.

Each of the businesses in our Forest Resources division is guided by the principles of stewardship, sustainability and safety, and every decision we make is driven by those values.

Whether it is timber management, wildlife services or real estate, each department operates by maintaining focus on protecting and managing forests and their environments. We manage more than half a million acres across the southeastern United States, and we continue to build on our legacy of stewardship.

When you join our team, you join a company that cares about its employees. We offer excellent wages and an exceptional benefits package including Blue Cross Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance, Long Term and Short-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, 401k, Paid Vacation, and a Flexible Spending Account.

If you are an experienced Forest Improvement Analyst-Forester, we would love to talk to you about joining our Tuscaloosa, Alabama team.

Position Description:

The Forest Improvement Analyst will provide forest genetics and silviculture analysis and support to Westervelt Woodlands focused on leveraging value and quality throughout an integrated forest management system. Lead tree improvement breeding and testing activities, forest management cooperative trials, and internal silviculture testing and performance analysis. Provide soils, remote sensing, prescription, and other technical support to forest management plans across four Woodlands Regions encompassing over 500,000 acres of company-owned timberland in the Southeast.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead genetic breeding and testing through the Tree Improvement Program to include coordination, communication, test planning, establishment, maintenance, and measurement.

• Support cooperative and internal silviculture testing and operational trials, wood quality testing, genetic breeding, and Woodland Forest management performance evaluation and analysis.

• Produce silviculture, soils, and financial analysis products to support Region Foresters timely, accurate, and effective planning and execution of annual forest management processes such as reforestation, nutrient management, and competition control.

• Woodlands resource for forest health, integrated pest management, soils, nutrient management, and other key inputs encompassed in silviculture guidance documents.

• Provide expertise regarding data collection, management and analysis including testing and trials, forest management metrics, remote sensing, and GIS data in cooperation with Forest Resources enabling groups and other staff.

• Assist Forest Improvement Manager and Region Foresters in efforts toward applied research solutions including trial/test design and measurement, data collection, analysis, and dissemination.

• Serve as a Westervelt representative to forest genetics, silviculture, and other cooperatives including Tree Improvement Program, Forest Health Cooperative, Plantation Management Research Cooperative, and others.

• Provide technical support to Forest Improvement Manager for seed and seedling sales as needed.

• Continuous improvement resource for GrowEx or other projects and initiatives regarding silviculture, nursery, and orchard operations.

• Provide direction and supervision to the Orchard Coordinator and/or Forest Regeneration Coordinator as required.