Deadline: Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:00pm Employer: Stella-Jones Job Field: Forestry Job Type: Full Time Location: Mississippi Location Detail: Wiggins, Mississippi Job Description: 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 40+ manufacturing sites in the United States and Canada. To learn more about the company, visit us at: https://www.stella-jones.com/en/inside-stella-jones Position Details The Stella-Jones team is seeking a Forester - Buyer (Procurement Forester) for the Wiggins, Mississippi area and the surrounding southeastern Mississippi wood basket. This Forester 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 primarily 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. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Forestry required - Two (2) or more years of Forestry work experience preferred - Forestry experience in the Southern Mississippi area preferred - Driver’s License required - Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite Miscellaneous: Note: All candidates must have legal ability to work in the United States as we can not sponsor visa of any kind (H1b, OPT, etc) for this specific role. Salary: $55k to $70k base salary, depending on experience 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 - 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 - Competitive compensation - Annual profit sharing bonus program opportunity - 401(k) savings plan with generous Company match (150% on the first 4% deferred) - Career advancement opportunities - Ability to purchase Company stock Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled How to Apply: Please apply online at: https://can232.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/stellajones/SITE/US/Posting/View/9537 Contact our recruiting team at 971-413-2808 if any questions or if you need application assistance.
