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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Molpus Timberlands Management

Location:Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Job Description:

Molpus Timberlands Management, LLC, a timber investment management organization based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is seeking to hire an Inventory Manager for its Hattiesburg office. This position will be responsible for maintaining a state-of-the-art inventory program and ensuring the quality of all inventory projects on all lands managed and acquired by the company. Responsibilities include inventory design, contracting, data management, project supervision, and field auditing. Job related travel will be necessary as required by project.

Required Education:

Qualified candidates should have a Bachelors Degree in Forestry.

Required Experience:

Qualified candidates should be experienced in operational forest inventory, and possess basic computer skills. Experience with database utilization and tree volume and weight prediction is a plus.

Salary:

Salary commensurate with experience and education.

Apply By:9/1/2008

Contact:Keith Hilpp

Email:khilpp@molpus.com

Mailing:

Interested candidates should submit a resume to the following:
Molpus Timberlands Management, LLC
ATTN: Keith Hilpp
178 Bonhomie Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Posted By: KBrasher

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Molpus Timberlands Management

Location:Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Job Description:

Molpus Timberlands Management, LLC, a timber investment management organization based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is seeking to hire a Forest Biometrician for its Hattiesburg office.

Required Education:

Qualified candidates are required to have a Bachelors Degree in Forestry and Masters Degree in Biometrics, Statistics, or other quantitative discipline related to forestry.

Required Experience:

Candidates should be experienced with one or more programming language, statistical modeling and associated software, and basic database utilization. Experience with eastern hardwoods and harvest scheduling is a plus.

Skills:

Candidates should possess strong understanding of biometric components: forest inventory, tree volume and weight prediction, growth and yield models, silvicultural response modeling, inventory updating, experimental design, and statistics.

Salary:

Salary commensurate with experience and education.

Apply By:9/1/2008

Contact:Keith Hilpp

Email:khilpp@molpus.com

Mailing:

Interested candidates should submit a resume to the following:
Molpus Timberlands Management, LLC
ATTN: Keith Hilpp
178 Bonhomie Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Posted By: KBrasher

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry
• Forest Products

Organization:Smurfit-Stone Enterprises

Location:Fernandina Beach, FL, Florida

Job Description:

Job Summary
Conduct forestry procurement analyses projects that involve data acquisition and manipulation and report generation. Work with other Technical Team members designing, developing and maintaing databases, and computer applications that facilitate various Forest Resources activities and decision making. They will confer with Forest Resources personnel to analyze current operational procedures and financials, identify problems, and provide solutions that improve processes.

Responsibility
*Conduct and document operational and financial analyses of business problems and opportunities.
* Address forestry procurement issues by acquiring, manipulating, and interpreting data and published research.
* Confer with Forest Resources personnel to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and provide solutions that improve processes.
* Design, develop, maintain, and document databases and computer applications that facilitate various Forest Resources activities and decision making.
* Encourage and promote team environment.

Education & Work Experience
Master''s degree in forest economics, forest business, or related field, OR a Bachelor's degree and four or more years of forestry data analysis experience. Working knowledge of SAS, SQL, ASP, MS Access, or VB.

Vision
Smurfit-Stone will be recognized as North America's premier packaging company working as ONE team to deliver exceptional value to our customers, employees, shareholders, and the communities in which we do business.

Values
We will achieve our vision by creating and living a culture that embraces our core values: Quality, Safety, Customer Satisfaction, Value Creation, Ethical Behavior, Productivity, Environmental Responsibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Smurfit-Stone to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, handicap, disability, or because he or she is a disabled veteran or a Vietnam Era Veteran.

Interested job seekers must apply via www.smurfit.com. Click Career Zone>US>and search for Job ID 106000

 

Apply By:9/28/2008

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:F & W Forestry Services

Location:Montevideo, Uruguay, Multiple States

Job Description:

Primary responsibilities will focus on cash flow analysis in support of acquisition and modeling forest operations for existing land base regional fiber supply and mill feasibility analysis, and harvest scheduling.

Required Education:

Prefer a bachelor's or graduate degree in forestry or finance with a minimum of 3 years work experience in a related position. Fluency in a second language is a plus (i.e. Spanish, Portuguese, German).

Required Experience:

Experience with existing harvest scheduling sorftware systems is a plus. Familiarity with GIS software is a plus.

Skills:

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with the ability to work well in a team environment. Applicants should have experience with cash flow analysis harvest scheduling systems, and growth and yield software.

Salary:

Salary is commensurate with expericence and education.

Apply By:9/23/2008

Contact:Jeff Jordan

Phone:(229)883-0505 ext. 136

Email:jjordan@fwforestry.com

JobDetails

Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Crest Natural Resources

Location:Pineville, Louisiana

Job Description:

Position involves all aspects of forest management. Additionally, candidate will run growth and yield models and will work with a variety of computer software capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of information.

Required Education:

Degree in Forestry and 3+ years of related experience

Required Experience:

Experience ArcGIS technology a plus

Skills:

Must have communication skills and ability to interact with all levels management. Must have knowledge of MS Access, Excel and Word, ability to learn GIS/GPS. Strong Organizational capabilities.

Salary:

N/A

Apply By:9/16/2008

Contact:Kris Hickman

Phone:N/A

Email:kris.hickman@crestoperations.com

Mailing:

CNR
Attn: Kris Hickman
4725 Hwy 28 E
Pineville, LA 71360

Posted By: Tedrick Ratcliff

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Virginia Tech

Location:Blacksburg, Virginia

Job Description:

Research in forest biometrics, growth and yield modeling of intensively-managed pine plantations to develop improved versions of growth and yield models. The incumbent will incorporate the impacts of intensive plantation silviculture by using contemporary statistical approaches for modeling growth, yield, and stand dynamics. The person appointed will work closely with university faculty associated with the industrial cooperatives and the NSF/Industry Center for Advanced Forestry Systems in the Department of Forestry at Virginia Tech. Collaboration with scientists at other institutions and model users from forest industry in the southern United States will be required. The incumbent will actively participate in production of publications and technology transfer activities.

Required Education:

Ph.D. in forest biometrics with a strong statistical emphasis.

Required Experience:

Experience with growth and yield modeling of forest plantations. Proficiency in programming languages. Strong background in forestry and the ability to work with interdisciplinary teams consisting of silviculturists, biometricians, geneticists, and others involved in research on intensively-managed pine plantations. Excellent communication skills.

Apply By:8/1/2008

Mailing:

For additional information and to submit an application for this position, access our website at www.jobs.vt.edu. Search on Posting Number 080587.

Posted By: KBrasher

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Virginia Tech

Location:Blacksburg, Virginia

Job Description:

Research in forest biometrics, growth and yield modeling of intensively-managed pine plantations to develop versions of growth and yield models that incorporate inputs of climatic, soil, and leaf area index data as measures of resource availability. The person appointed will work closely with university faculty associated with the industrial cooperatives and the NSF/Industry Center for Advanced Forestry Systems in the Department of Forestry at Virginia Tech. Collaboration with scientists at other institutions and model users from forest industry in the southern United States will be required. The incumbent will actively participate in technology transfer activities to train users on revised and updated models and prepare updated user manuals.

Required Education:

Ph.D. with emphasis in forest biometrics or quantitative silviculture.

Required Experience:

Experience with growth and yield modeling of forest plantations. Proficiency in programming languages. Strong background in forestry and the ability to work with interdisciplinary teams consisting of silviculturists, biometricians, geneticists, and others involved in research on intensively-managed pine plantations. Excellent communication skills.

Apply By:8/1/2008

Mailing:

For additional information and to submit an application for this position, access our website at www.jobs.vt.edu. Search on Posting Number 080586.

Posted By: KBrasher

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Virginia Tech

Location:Blacksburg, Virginia

Job Description:

Research in forest biometrics to incorporate tree and wood quality into existing growth and yield models for intensively-managed pine plantations. The person appointed will work closely with university faculty associated with the Sustainable Engineered Materials Institute (SEMI) in the Departments of Forestry and Wood Science & Forest Products at Virginia Tech. Collaboration with scientists at other institutions and model users from forest industry in the southern United States will be required. The incumbent will actively participate in technology transfer activities to train users on revised and updated models and prepare updated user manuals.

Required Education:

Ph.D. with emphasis in forest biometrics or quantitative silviculture.

Required Experience:

Experience with growth and yield modeling of forest plantations. Proficiency in FORTRAN, C++, and Visual Basic programming languages. Strong background in forestry and the ability to work with interdisciplinary teams consisting of silviculturists, wood scientists, biometricians, geneticists, and others involved in research on intensively-managed pine plantations. Excellent communication skills.

Apply By:8/1/2008

Mailing:

For additional information and to submit an application for this position, access our website at www.jobs.vt.edu. Search on Posting Number 080511

Posted By: KBrasher

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Categorized Under:

• Forestry

Organization:Auburn University

Location:Auburn, Georgia

Job Description:

The School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University is soliciting applications for a post doctoral fellow/research fellow to work in multiple interdisciplinary projects on watershed management, outdoor creation, urban forestry, family forestry, renewable energy. **This is a one year limited term appointment. Continuation of employment is contingent upon future availability of funds.**

The individual will primarily participate in interdisciplinary research projects which aim at understanding socio-economic forces driving land use/cover change, and demand and supply of water at watershed level and municipal level. The individual will also participate in other projects related to urban forestry and recreation. In addition to data collection and analysis, the fellow will be expected to participate in manuscript preparation for project reporting and publishing with other project members

Required Education:

Ph.D. required in forestry, economics, sociology, or related field. Skills required relate to conduct survey and use of statistics and econometrics.

Skills:

Other qualifications include strong analytical and writing skills, and ability to function well in a multidisciplinary setting. The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment; excellent communication skills required.

Salary:

Commensurate with experience and records.

Apply By:7/25/2008

Contact:Dr. Yaoqi Zhang

Phone:334-844-1041

Email:zhangy3@auburn.edu

Mailing:

To apply, submit a letter of application, resume, official transcripts and the names and contact information for three references (name, address, phone number and email addresses) to
Mrs. Pam Beasley
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
602 Duncan Drive
Auburn University, AL 36849-5418, USA

Posted By: KBrasher

JobDetails

Categorized Under:

• Forestry
• Forest Products

Organization:Smurfit-Stone Container

Location:Cairo , Georgia

Job Description:

Assist in supplying Smurfit Stone Container Corporation (SSCC) mills with high quality, low cost fiber through open market and Timber Cutting Contract (TCC) purchases. Responsibility

• Complies with established federal, state, local, corporate and division safety rules and procedures.
• Reports and/or corrects hazardous conditions and unsafe working conditions that can cause injury to fellow employees, contractors, the general public.
• Plan, negotiate the purchase, and supply wood fiber and wood fuel in the quantities, at the quality, and with timing as required by the organization, to meet mill consumption and/or internal inventory requirements.
• Negotiate, initiate, and administer contracts and agreements with assigned wood suppliers.
• Negotiate, initiate, and administer contracts and agreements for the sale of stumpage and/or delivered products to trade sale customers.
• Initiate, develop, and maintain business relationships with landowners in assigned geographic areas.
• Perform all work consistent with Forest Resources policies and procedures.
• Ensure the security of company assets.
• Participate in outreach and education efforts of loggers, landowners, and the general public as assigned.
• Estimate volumes and values of tracts of standing timber for potential purchase by SSCC.
• Perform all work consistent with the procedures and documentation requirements of the Forest Resources Environmental Management System (EMS)

Smurfit-Stone will be recognized as North America's premier packaging company working as ONE team to deliver exceptional value to our customers, employees, shareholders, and the communities in which we do business.

We will achieve our vision by creating and living a culture that embraces our core values:  Quality, Safety, Customer Satisfaction, Value Creation, Ethical Behavior, Productivity, Environmental Responsibility.

It is the policy of Smurfit-Stone to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, handicap, disability, or because he or she is a disabled veteran or a Vietnam Era Veteran.

Required Education:

BS Degree in Forestry or Business

Apply By:9/12/2008

Phone:904/277.5822

Email:kmccarthy@smurfit.com

Mailing:

Interested job seekers apply via www.smurfit.com. Click Career Zone> US> and search for Job ID 110261.

1200 Franklin Street

Fernandina Beach, FL  32034

Posted By: kmccarthy