7 Forestry jobs in Canada

Job Description

Salary: $75K-$0K Annually

Job Opportunity: Forestry Supervisor

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

Location: Prince George, BC

Compensation: 75,000 - 90,000 / Annually

Come Grow with Us! Forsite is actively looking for a Forestry Supervisorbased out of our Prince George, BC office.

WHO WE ARE

Incorporated in 1987, and as part of the Barr GeoSpatial group of companies, Forsite is a leading provider of integrated forest land development and management services. Our staff are industry leaders in forestry technology, strategic planning, resource and land management and professional forestry. Forsite has been SAFE certified since 2007 and is committed to growth, innovation and maintaining a safe and respectful working environment.

At Forsite we will excel by being a flexible, adaptable, people-oriented business that grows and profits by creating value for our customers and opportunities for our employees. We will apply our skills, knowledge and technologies to be the best forest management company. We value fostering and sustaining an environment of diversity and inclusion where everyone can reach their full potential.

WHAT WILL YOU DO

This is a field focused position with an office component. Reporting to the Production Manager, the Forestry Supervisor will be responsible for implementing the Forsite Health and Safety Program as well as assisting with scheduling, supervision, training, quality control, and leading a production field crew through various projects. Additionally, the Forestry Supervisor will support management in the preparation of project level budgets and plans and will work closely with other Forsite staff to effectively deliver projects.

• Lead by example in safety, quality, and production
• Assist in planning, overseeing, and contributing to all aspects of multi and full-phase timber development on conventional, winch-assist, and cable settings
• Ensure compliance with forestry regulations, environmental standards, and company policies
• Ensure that all operations comply with Forsites Health and Safety Program
• Train, mentor, and coach staff on safe work practices and all aspects of timber development in British Columbia
• Assist management in the inventory and maintenance of forestry equipment, and supplies
• Provide daily updates to management on safety, quality, and production
• Supervise development crews, assign tasks, set performance goals, and provide guidance
• Foster an engaging, productive, and collaborative work environment

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• A safety conscious attitude, experience supporting safety programs, and developing a team safety culture
• Post-secondary education with a diploma or degree in forestry
• Registered or eligible to registered with the FPBC as an RPF or RFT
• A minimum of 3-5 years of multiphase timber development project management in British Columbia
• Solid understanding of, and experience in operational planning (cut block/road development processes) - Experience using LiDAR for forest development planning would be an asset Along with all relevant resource assessments for cutting permit and timber sale approval
• A strong understanding of the forest legislation, regulation and policy impacting forest planning and management in British Columbia
• Experience with helicopter access will be considered an asset
• Valid driver's license with a clean abstract is a must

WHO YOU ARE:

• An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset
  
• Team oriented professional with a friendly and courteous manner
  
• A strong verbal and written communicator
  
• A problem solver with excellent analytical and critical-thinking skills
  
• An independent person able to work under limited direct supervision as well as in a dynamic team environment
  
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions and seasons
  

LOCATION: Prince George - located in central British Columbia, is the largest city in the provinces north and known as its "Northern Capital." Situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, it's surrounded by forests, rivers, lakes, and mountains offering ample outdoor recreation. The city's diverse economy includes forestry, energy, manufacturing, education, and healthcare, with the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and College of New Caledonia (CNC) as key institutions. With affordable housing and land prices Prince George has one of the lowest costs of living for a city its size in the province. Its warm and welcoming community makes it an attractive place to live and visit. Check out Prince Georgefor more information on what this community has to offer.

WHAT WE PROVIDE

In addition to a challenging and rewarding work environment, Forsite provides competitive wages, a solid benefits package, supported professional development and a company matched pension program.

Forsite welcomes applications from everyone and is looking for the most suitable individual with the skills and knowledge to effectively complete the duties required of the position.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position, please go to Forsite career page: -postings/

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Job Description

Description

• Supervise harvesting, road construction, hauling and related operations.

• Ensure that production, quality, environmental and legal requirements are met safely and cost-effectively.

• Contract management, contractor supervision, liaison with government officials and coordination with planning and silviculture.

• Operational Planning

• Silviculture Projects

You have:

• Possess a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) or Registered Professional Forester Tech (RPFT) designation for Alberta (or be eligible and willing to earn this designation).

• 2-4 years of relevant forest operations experience.

• Be a dynamic, career-minded individual.

• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Be highly motivated with proven organizational skills.

Your Workplace Location:
Positioned in Slave Lake, Alberta , our team enjoys a prime location amidst the region's tranquillity, just minutes away from the serene shores of Slave Lake itself. Situated in northern Alberta, Slave Lake offers a peaceful retreat surrounded by stunning natural landscapes. Slave Lake is not just a location; it's a welcoming community with a population of residents who enjoy a high quality of life. Whether you're an individual seeking adventure or a family looking for a serene setting, Slave Lake offers the perfect blend of opportunity and lifestyle. To discover more about Slave Lake and its offerings, visit the official Slave Lake website at  .

Job Description

The operations supervisor will report to the Operations Superintendent and be part of a team responsible for all aspects of forest operations.

Description

• Supervise harvesting, road construction, hauling and related operations.

• Ensure that production, quality, environmental and legal requirements are met safely and cost-effectively.

• Contract management, contractor supervision, liaison with government officials and coordination with planning and silviculture.

• Operational Planning

• Silviculture Projects

Requirements

• Possess a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) or Registered Professional Forester Tech (RPFT) designation for Alberta (or be eligible and willing to earn this designation).

• 2-4 years of relevant forest operations experience.

• Be a dynamic, career-minded individual.

• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Be highly motivated with proven organizational skills.

Compensation Package:

• The salary range for this position may vary depending on experience, education, and location.

• Annual bonus opportunity 

• Outstanding benefits package including medical, dental, pension, life insurance, disability, accident insurance, vacation, and holidays

Your Workplace Location:
Positioned in Slave Lake, Alberta , our team enjoys a prime location amidst the region's tranquillity, just minutes away from the serene shores of Slave Lake itself. Situated in northern Alberta, Slave Lake offers a peaceful retreat surrounded by stunning natural landscapes. Slave Lake is not just a location; it's a welcoming community with a population of residents who enjoy a high quality of life. Whether you're an individual seeking adventure or a family looking for a serene setting, Slave Lake offers the perfect blend of opportunity and lifestyle. To discover more about Slave Lake and its offerings, visit the official Slave Lake website at />

Job Description

About veritree:

veritree is an award-winning climate tech start-up based in Vancouver. Launched in 2021, our technology measures and verifies the impact of global restoration efforts from the ground up. We are a small team on a big mission to plant 1 billion verified trees by 2030 with our community of businesses, planting organizations, and consumers who believe in the transformative power of verified restoration projects to create real and meaningful impact for the planet, nature and people.

About the role:

veritree is seeking a skilled technician to join its Innovation and Field Operations team. This role will support quality checking, processing and managing data from terrestrial planting locations around the world. This includes field evidence, field reports, field surveys and other data streams. This individual will be accountable for setting up automated workflows to ensure data quality and consistency, processing and analyzing varying data outputs from the field, and producing insightful reports and client materials. The successful candidate will report to the Field Operations Manager and work closely with members of the Innovation, Customer Success, and Science Teams. This new role will ensure veritree maintains the highest standards of data and reporting as it scales planting efforts across the globe.

6 Month Key Outcomes:

• Coordinating with terrestrial planting partners to conduct product trainings, troubleshoot data collection issues and ensure planting sessions can be verified
• Develop and document standardized field auditing and reporting procedures to be performed throughout veritree’s various global sites with a focus on terrestrial planting
• Utilize vertiree’s data collection technologies to help streamline and scale field audits, survival and growth progress monitoring, partner trainings and feature improvements
• Work with members of the Field Operations team to systemize solving issues related to data consistency, data upload, data quality and data frequency
  

Key Responsibilities:

1. Build out manual and automated processes for quality checking incoming data within the veritree platform
• Manage incoming evidence uploads (images, videos and forms) from planting partners ensuring metadata consistency
• Create automated flagging systems when there are errors with uploaded or attached evidence or planting sessions
• Liaise with planting partners to streamline evidence upload procedures and remedy flagged errors
2. Perform the verification of planting sessions, tasks and field reports
• Maintain the company tree supply by verifying planting sessions on a consistent basis across all planting organisations
• Ensure the quality of data being received through automated tasks within the veritree system
• Ensure that task evidence is correctly fed to appropriate field reports and that field reports are ready for verification

3. Conduct data collection, training or technology deployment tasks as required

• Assist in the ground-based data collection or verification tasks that go beyond tree planting such as sensor deployment, veritree app testing and field team training.
• Utilize the veritree app and system to collect evidence of planting activities and tree growth/survival where required
• Performing the collection of drone-based imagery and data at all new planting sites and existing planting sites where required

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• 2+ years of relevant professional experience, working in a highly collaborative team environment.
• BSc in Forestry, Forest Science, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Applied Science, Remote Sensing or other related technical fields.
• Knowledge of forest management practices, project design and data quality assurance.
• Proven experience performing field-work, field surveys, forest inventory plots and other silviculture tasks
• Technical experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis to assess, monitor and verify nature-based climate solutions.
• Technical experience creating automated QA processes or flagging systems
• Experience with statistics and an understanding of the potential applications of GIS, data science and machine learning within dMRV.
• Experience manipulating and visualizing raster and LiDAR datasets effectively
• Experience with cloud (AWS, GCP) data storage and processing solutions and tools

Preferred

• Has obtained or in pursuit of a Registered Professional Forester or Forester in Training designation
• Experience working with the Canadian 2 Billion Trees initiative
• Experience working with/for terrestrial tree planting teams in North America
• Experience working on forestry projects with Indigenous stakeholders
• Field-based drone operation experience

Personal

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders/contractors.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Desire to travel to planting sites globally to perform trainings and further refine the verification process
• Resourceful with capital, with strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent attention-to-detail.
• You enjoy working in a fast-paced, agile and lean environment.
• Enthusiasm for the topic of climate action and nature restoration.

Benefits

• Extended healthcare plan
• Generous paid days off
• Ability to work remotely
• Opportunities for training and development
• Employee discounts at tentree

A typical hiring range for this position is $70,000 - $75,000 CAD per year with the final salary offer based on your qualifications, job-related skills, and relevant experience. In addition, veritree's total rewards offering also includes comprehensive benefits, a certified inspiring workplace, and exclusive perks to reward your exceptional performance and contributions.

veritree is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business needs

Job Description

Company:  Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada, Limited  
Locations:  Vancouver, British Columbia  
Additional Locations:  NA 
Work Site:  On Site   
Req ID:  214325 

Position Overview

Davey Resource Group (DRG), the consulting division of the Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada, Limited, provides a comprehensive range of natural resource and utility consulting services to the commercial, residential, municipal, and governmental markets. In Canada, our expertise and services encompass arboriculture and forestry, right-of-way vegetation management, ecology and wildlife, and asset management.

As a Consulting Arborist you will be called upon to provide your knowledge and experience to provide in-depth consulting services across several different client groups from individual homeowners to Architects, Builders/Construction companies, larger utility clients, and municipalities. The ability to communicate clearly through face to face interactions, report writing and, detailed assessments will be vital towards the success of the incumbent and Davey Resource Group.

Job Duties

• Travel to various locations within a specified region providing consulting services.
• Complete Arborist Reports for Development that will meet City requirements.
• Develop detailed Tree Management Plans.
• Create detailed Tree Risk Assessments Reports for clients.
• Conduct or assist with Tree Inventories.
• Supervising construction activities within the root zones of trees.
• Some manual excavation and root pruning related to construction activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years Industry experience.
• Certified Arborist.
• TRAQ Certification.
• Registered Professional Forester.
• Strong Tree Identification skills is essential.
• Qualified Environmental Professional and Register Professional Biologist (R.P.Bio) background in environmental science is considered and asset.
• Knowledge of the construction industry is an asset.
• Valid provincial driver’s license.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and also possess the willingness to learn and progress.
• Experience with MS Office is necessary.  Experience with Bluebeam is an asset.

Additional Information

• Full time. Year-round employment.
• $60 000 to $8000 / annually depending on experience and certifications.
• Occasional overtime required.
• Excellent Benefits package, RRSP/TFSA matching program
• Employee-owned company with stock purchase available after 6 months of service.
• Davey provides ongoing training and careers advancement opportunities.

The Davey Tree Expert Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected class, including race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, marital or familial status, disability, status as a protected veteran, status as an Aboriginal or Indigenous person, or other classification protected by law.

The Davey Tree Expert Company of Canada, Limited, is committed to scientifically based horticultural and environmental services with outstanding client service. The Davey Tree Expert Company provides research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting for residential, utility, commercial and environmental partners in the U.S. and Canada. We care about our clients, each other and the world around us. We offer the resources, size and stability of a big company while maintaining the culture, entrepreneurial spirit and feel of a small one. We invest in our employees by offering industry-leading training, technology and benefits that lead to a rewarding and safe work experience at all levels. Wherever you want to grow your career, there’s a place for you at Davey. To learn more, visit Davey.com.

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