Deadline: Thu, 08/31/2023 - 12:00pm Employer: Stella-Jones Job Field: Forestry Job Type: Full Time Location: Texas Location Detail: Jasper Job Description: Note: If you have questions about this Forester opportunity or need assistance in the application process, please contact our recruiting team at 971-413-2808. Company Overview Stella-Jones is North America's leading producer of industrial pressure-treated wood products. Responding to the vital infrastructure needs of our economy, we manufacture and distribute railway ties, utility poles, residential lumber and industrial wood products across the continent. To learn more about the company, visit us at: https://www.stella-jones.com/en/inside-stella-jones Position Details The Stella-Jones Procurement team is seeking an experienced Forester-Buyer (Procurement Forester) for our Jasper, Texas office and the surrounding SE Texas and SW Louisiana wood basket. This is a newly added career opportunity joining our current team which supports our various utility pole manufacturing plants in the region. To learn more about our Utility Pole business (including a 1 minute video), visit: https://www.stella-jones.com/en/products/utility-poles This Forester-Buyer role is responsible for providing raw material to our manufacturing locations to meet production requirements and ensuring a continuous monthly supply of poles to accomplish established annual production requirements. The role involves cruising land to determine volume, size and quality of timber stands, as well as purchasing and balancing raw materials inventory to meet required production levels. Key Responsibilities: - Provides a continuous monthly supply of poles to accomplish established annual production requirements. - Cruises land to determine volume, size and quality of timber stands. - Purchases and balances raw materials inventory to meet required production levels. - Monitors barkie yields to ensure cost efficiency is maintained and budget requirements are met. - Calculates cruises to ensure proper volumes and values are established to purchase tracts at or below market price. - Maintains and develops new relationships with sellers of raw materials. - May contact carriers to arrange transportation of purchases. - Ensures proper quantity and quality of materials received to locations. - Supervises manufacturing of poles to ensure quality control and directs sizes toward company needs. - Oversees logging crews to ensure proper processing of materials. - Contacts and follows up on any open market producers that have material fitting production needs. - Responds to and performs on special market requirements for poles and piling. - Inspects and evaluates potential timber sales and follows up with successful purchasers for possible pole production. - Maintains contacts in the industry and related areas to develop information regarding future pole production potentials and market information on poles, piling, and other products. Reports findings on a regular basis. - Provides a monthly estimate of pole volume to be produced by each individual or job. - Visits competitors and related company facilities to maintain a current knowledge of methods and costs typical of the industry’s best/worst companies. Attends meetings, trade shows, seminars, etc. to maintain current knowledge and best practices. - Participates and contribute to company safety program. - Performs other related duties as assigned. - Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry (or closely related field) required - Forestry work experience required; Five or more years of Forestry experience preferred (but open to more entry-level candidates with internship or other elated experience) - Leadership experience and/or potential preferred - License/Certification: Driver’s License required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills - Solid decision making and strong analytical skills - Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations - Ability to write routine reports and correspondence - Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals - Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs - Detail and results oriented - Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office Salary: Base salary depends on overall Education and Experience (Typically $45k to 75k base for this level of role) Benefits: Compensation and Employee Benefits: As a Stella-Jones team member, you will have access to excellent benefits and incentives including: - Comprehensive total benefits package with 3 medical plans to choose from - Annual bonus program opportunity - 401(k) savings plan with an excellent Company match (150% on the first 4% deferred) - Several company-paid benefits including: Dental and Vision coverage, Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) policies, Long-Term Disability Coverage - Access to a robust employee assistance program - Ability to purchase Company stock - The security of working for a company designated as an essential workplace Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled How to Apply: Visit the "Easy Apply" link on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3664416334 Contact our team with questions at: 971-413-2808
