OPPORTUNITIES
Procurement Forester
Full Time Position
Rutland Lumber Company is an independent sawmill, located, in Collins, MS. This is a growing company with a loyal customer base and well-earned reputation for high quality and superior service.
Currently we have an opening for an experienced Procurement Forester. Applicants should have verifiable experience as a Procurement Forester, with a strong work ethic, and superior workmanship. Our company provides excellent wages and benefits.
Qualifications
- BS in Forestry – Registered Forester
- Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in timber procurement and logging operations
- Proficiency with computers, Microsoft Office, Internet, and Email
- Strong negotiating, analytical, and communication skills
- Valid driver’s license with a safe driving record
Responsibilities
- Timber Procurement – Identify, cruise, appraise, and purchase standing timber (stumpage) and negotiate delivered wood
- Relationship Management – Build and maintain long-term relationships with landowners, timber dealers, contractors, and loggers.
- Contract Administration – Develop, negotiate, and execute timber contracts, draw up timber deeds and record at courthouse, ensuring compliance with sustainability and understand and provide certification standards (SFI/FSC)
- Harvest Oversight – Supervise logging operations, ensuring safety, environmental compliance (Best management Practices), and proper log utilization.
- Logistics & Inventory – manage wood flow to the mill, manage inventories, provide monthly inventory, adapt and adjust strategies based on market conditions.
- Communication – provide daily and weekly reports of travel, job bids, market conditions, and contract completion dates.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and commission-based structure
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Profiting Sharing Plan
- Paid Holidays
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Requirements
- Ability to determine and execute the optimum cutting pattern for breaking down logs
- To perform minor maintenance (change saw blades, lubricate equipment, broken chain, broken hoses, crossed up lumber or jam ups)
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment
- Ability to quickly adapt
- Good communication skills
- Other duties as assigned
Education and Experience
- Working knowledge of NHLA lumber grades
- Two years of hardwood grade sawing experience preferred
- List all experience in Harwood Lumber Industry
Pay and Benefits
- Full time 1st shift
- Overtime hours and pay
- Health insurance
Applicants should have a valid driver’s license or photo id and at least two contactable references. Rutland Lumber Company strives for a drug-free environment. A pre-employment drug test will be required.
Job Type: Full-time – Day Shift – Position!
Work Location:
- Collins Ms.
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan