Job Description

Description

Our Lower Columbia Region has an opening for a Forest Engineer on the Cathlamet operations team, located in Longview, Washington. This is a full-time, exempt position, reporting to the Area Manager with salary level dependent on skills and experience. The role is responsible for the planning and management of field engineering activities and requires active involvement in harvest unit and road layout, road construction and road maintenance activities and harvest unit scheduling/planning.

Key Functions

* Employ professional engineering skills in the planning and field implementation of road layout, road construction, road maintenance, cable/ground-logging systems, and harvest unit layout.
* Ensure compliance with state and federal wildlife, water and forest practice rules/statutes.
* Full participation in the management of expense and capital budgets.
* Negotiating, preparing, and administering contracts.
* Act as company representative with landowners, government agencies, and community representatives.
* Strong advocate for safety within the team and throughout the operation.
* Team participant that may require cross-functional support in harvesting and forestry.
* Collaborate with Region Engineer and the other engineers in the region to ensure alignment with goals and objectives.
* Ensure compliance with state and federal safety statutes, environmental requirements and Weyerhaeuser resource and stewardship goals.



Qualifications

* BS Forest Engineering or Forest Operations. (Individuals who possess a comparable degree, e.g. Civil Engineering, along with forest operations experience will also be considered).
* Five years of forest engineering experience is desired. (ideally with field experience in the Northwest)
* Must be highly motivated, a self-directed team player.
* Familiarity of northwest forest practices rules and permitting processes.
* Ability to interact with state and federal forest practice regulators.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
* Strong analytical skills w/ proficiency in use of personal computers and related software applications such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Geographical Information Systems are highly desirable with desire to learn.
* Willing to help the team with harvesting and forestry activities when needed.
* Valid driver's license is required, as work involves driving company vehicles on rough roads (25,000 miles per year).
* Ability to spend most of the time in the field, on steep or broken ground covered with slash and brush in a variety of weather conditions.
* Operational timing or weather constraints may require occasional weekend work.