Employer Rayonier Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills Company Overview:Come grow with us! We are One Rayonier, a team that works together to create value by prioritizing safety, challenging the status quo, giving back to our communities, and driving innovation through continuous learning. With nearly 100 years of experience, we’re still discovering new ways to make lives better with our trees, our land, and — our most important resource — our people. At Rayonier, we strive to create an employee experience where you feel valued and proud to be part of our team. We foster a respectful, inclusive and collaborative environment that celebrates your unique talents and perspectives. Experience the Rayonier difference: We’re big enough to offer exciting career paths, but small enough for you to know your colleagues by name. Come join a team that empowers you to make a difference! The Technical Forester requires a passion for working in the woods and contributing to our mission of growing sustainable forests to support consumer needs while caring for the environment and protecting endangered species. In our forests, you will make decisions not just for today, but decisions that have an impact on future generations. You will be responsible for harvest block preparation activities including sale area design, inventory reports and GIS mapping. The work you perform is foundational to our business and has a significant impact on key decisions we make including sustainable yields, harvesting scheduling, timber marketing, silviculture treatments, long-range planning, land sales and acquisitions. Through this experience you will gain exposure to many different aspects of forestry and have access to the tools, support and development you desire to continue to build upon your knowledge and expertise and advance your career, including mentoring, rotational roles, training opportunities, development exposures and more. How will you contribute:Embrace Collaboration: Build meaningful relationships and partnerships with contractors, neighboring landowners, our communities and land users.Act Like an Owner: Take ownership of the land you manage and the information you gather with a focus on quality and identifying opportunities for improvements and design harvest units and roads, prioritizing cost-effectiveness, safety, efficiency and environmental standards.Contribute to Team Success: Collaborate with others and share your viewpoints, ideas and findings to create better outcomes for Rayonier, our customers and communities.Ensure SFI Compliance: Understand your responsibility for environmental stewardship and take careful measures to ensure the long-term sustainability of our forest ecosystems, as well as the wildlife, soils, and water within them.Continuous Learning: finding new and more innovative ways of doing things and staying current on state BMPs, forest practices (securing permits for units & roads), SFI principles and technology. Learning of road construction and logging while applying it to the design of harvest units and roads.Prioritize Safety: Maintain a safe work environment for company personnel, contractors, and other stakeholders by adhering to safety protocols, conducting regular safety assessments, and promoting a culture of safety awareness. Required Qualifications:BS degree in Forestry or Forest Engineering with equivalent forestry exposure to harvest block layout or timber cruisingUnderstanding of state BMP’s and SFI principles, GIS and forest inventory measurement methods Physical Requirements:This position requires extensive outdoor work in varied terrain and weather conditions. Candidates must be able to walk long distances, carry equipment, perform sustained physical exertion, including measurements, tree planting, brush clearing, or fire suppression, maintain stability on uneven surfaces, and operate machinery, power tools, and motor vehicles. This position is designated as safety-sensitive under Washington law. Applicants for this position will be subject to pre-employment drug testing which includes testing for non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites. Employees in this position may also be subject to random drug testing, drug testing after a workplace accident or injury, and drug testing upon reasonable suspicion of impairment while at work. Job Field: Forestry Job Type: Full Time Location Detail: Hoquiam, WA Salary: Our pay range for this position is $52,000 to $75,000 based on knowledge and experience. This position is eligible to participate in our annual bonus plan. Job Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, accident, disability, identity theft protection, and paid parental and caregiver leave. We also offer a health savings account, a dependent care spending account, and an employee assistance plan. We provide wellness reimbursements, home office reimbursements, employee discount programs, monthly vehicle allowance (for certain positions), annual health screenings, wellness incentives, wellness seminars, and financial counseling and planning tools. Our 401(k) retirement savings plan includes up to 3.6% in company matching contributions (60% match on the first 6% of base and bonus deferrals) as well as a 3% enhanced retirement contribution that does not require an employee contribution. We recognize the importance of work-life integration and offer flexible work schedules and hybrid work from home options (for most positions), along with a minimum of three weeks paid vacation, five paid personal days, 11 paid holidays and paid sick leave each year. We provide a comprehensive employee development program which provides career planning tools and resources, job rotation and enrichment programs, mentoring programs, leadership development, training programs and an 80% tuition reimbursement. Application Deadline: Wed, 04/23/2025 - 12:00pm Link to Full Job Posting: https://rayonier.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Rayonier_Careers/job/Hoquiam-WA/…
