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Procurement and Field Forester

Employer
Maine Custom Woodlands
Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills

Maine Custom Woodlands, a Southern Maine timber harvesting company, is looking for a Procurement and Field Forester to join our team. Established in 1993, we work with Maine private landowners within 60 miles of Durham, Maine. We are a mid-size forest management and logging company operating two mechanical crews and a trucking fleet. Our clients’ interests in their woodlots vary from creating a return on their investment to aesthetics and wildlife management. We pride ourselves in helping our clients meet their objectives. This is an immediate position for full-time, year-round employment.

Required skills:

  • Standing timber procurement and woodlot management
  • Proficient in verbal and written communication
  • Word processing and database management
  • GPS and computer-based mapping
  • Boundary line and wetland delineation
  • Harvest planning, management, monitoring and documentation
  • Preferred: familiar with harvesting equipment and deed research

Needs to be:

  • Outgoing, friendly, sociable
  • Punctual and an early riser
  • Likes to be on the road and in the woods, not behind a computer
  • Strong organizational skills and detailed-oriented
  • Team player and an independent self-starter
  • Trainable and wants to learn on the job
  • Physically able to navigate rough wooded terrain on foot and in all weather conditions
Job Field:
Forestry
Job Type:
Full Time
Location Detail:
Durham, ME
Application Deadline:

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