Forestry Supervisor - Mackenzie, BC

Job Code: #4859
Job Type: Direct Hire
Location: Mackenzie

Forestry Supervisor

Excel Personnel has been retained by our northern Client to recruit their next Forestry Supervisor in Mackenzie, BC — through astute strategic acquisitions and strong leadership is emerging as a major player in the forestry, sawmilling, and biomass power industry. Our client values their people and takes pride in their successes. Operationally, our client approach is to blend technology with the expertise of committed, creative, excellence-oriented people. CONSIDER THE LIFESTYLE

As the successful candidate you will find Mackenzie British Columbia a warm and welcoming Northern community with outstanding four season outdoor recreational activities, including fishing, hunting, an extensive all season trail systems, nearby ski hill, and recreational centre with pool and arena. A safe and secure family focused community, with excellent home affordability not available in most BC cities at the moment, modern schools, activity centers, and health facilities on your doorstep.

Investing in People  and  Building Their Team – Are you Ready to Join our Amazing Client?

In this role you will be a member of the team responsible for timber development activities, including strategic and operational planning, managing consultants engaged in timber development activities, timber pricing, certifications, and the acquisition of the permits required to support our sawmill and power plant with logs and fibre from our 932,000 m3/year forest license; while providing safety and environmental leadership to our timber development consultants.

Here’s What Our Client Offers:

• Excellent financial compensation and health benefit package, including an annual health spending allowance.
• A wide range of career and professional development and training opportunities.
• Flexible work hours.
• A future which is supported by a robust timber supply.
• The chance to live and work in an active and growing community offering the best aspects of small town life with a wide range of amenities, including superb outdoor recreational opportunities of all types, a recreational center (pool and arena), extensive all season trail systems, golf course, hospital, and nearby ski hill (Powder King); all within a 2 hour drive of the city of Prince George, the University of Northern BC, and an international airport.

Here’s What Our Client is Looking For in their Next Team Player:

• University Degree or Technical Diploma in Forestry or Natural Resource Management from a recognized forestry school, and be an RPF, RFT
• Minimum 5 years’ experience across a spectrum of forestry work including cruising, planning, harvesting and silviculture
• Strong work ethic and love of the outdoors
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, project management skills, and an ability to work within a team environment
• Knowledge of applicable BC legislation and policies.
• Self-motivated team player with ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Strong computer skills and aptitude for forestry-based technologies 
• Our client in Northern British Columbia is constantly building their team and are looking to you to join our client company. You will find that Our Client values honesty, hard work, accountability, respect, trust, and safety. Just as they are investing in their mills they are investing in their people. Our Client offers respectable training as well as development opportunities that will be attractive to the successful candidate in every way.

Applicants will be accepted until the position has been successfully filled.

To APPLY submit your resume in Word Format at www.excel.bc.ca under opportunities and hit the Apply Now Button and upload your resume directly to the job http://excel.bc.ca/opportunities/job/4859 so our recruiters can view your interest. Contact Beverley 250-596-3683 or email: talent@excel.bc.ca

Excel Personnel has been hiring Great People for Exceptional Companies since 1992 in Northern, Central and Southern BC.

Excel Personnel provides Permanent, Temporary, Contract Staffing Solutions, Payrolling Services and Executive Search Services for companies that do not have an HR professional onsite and for those that do, that wish to outsource while they continue with their in house hiring practices.

Positions available throughout BC in Management, Sales & Marketing, Administration & HR, Finance & Accounting, Manufacturing, Operations, Distribution, Engineering, Information Technology & IT Support, Healthcare, Transportation, and Natural Resources, Forestry, Construction, to name a few.

To learn more about Mackenzie, one of BC’s best kept secrets, visit www.district.mackenzie.bc.ca

We thank you for your interest in this position; however, only those selected for an interview and legally permitted to work in Canada will be contacted

 

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