Procurement and Field Forester

Maine Custom Woodlands, a Southern Maine timber harvesting company, is looking for a Procurement and Field Forester to join our team. Established in 1993, we work with Maine private landowners within 60 miles of Durham, Maine. We are a mid-size forest management and logging company operating two mechanical crews and a trucking fleet. Our clients’ interests in their woodlots vary from creating a return on their investment to aesthetics and wildlife management. We pride ourselves in helping our clients meet their objectives. This is an immediate position for full-time, year-round employment.

Required skills:

• Standing timber procurement and woodlot management
• Proficient in verbal and written communication
• Word processing and database management
• GPS and computer-based mapping
• Boundary line and wetland delineation
• Harvest planning, management, monitoring and documentation
• Required: 2 or 4 year degree from an SAF accredited program
• Preferred: familiar with harvesting equipment and deed research

Needs to be:

• Outgoing, friendly, sociable
• Punctual and an early riser
• Likes to be on the road and in the woods, not behind a computer
• Strong organizational skills and detailed-oriented
• Team player and an independent self-starter
• Trainable and wants to learn on the job
• Physically able to navigate rough wooded terrain on foot and in all weather conditions

Benefits:

• Work under licensed forester to accrue time towards successful candidate’s Maine forester license
• Company truck
• Company cellphone
• Health insurance
• Vacation time
• Paid holidays
• Quarterly bonus program

If interested in the above position, please submit a cover letter and resume on indeed, or email to sblatchford@mainecustomwoodlands.com. In your cover letter include your available start date and your relocation plan if not currently local to southern/central/midcoast Maine. Position requires full-time commitment upon date of hire.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Work Location: In person