AddressSenior Harvest Forester – Albany WA
ABP is one of the largest, fully integrated plantation managers and plantation woodchip exporters in the world. We are a dedicated team of professionals, partnered with an experienced contractor workforce focused on safely producing and supplying a premium woodchip to our valued customers in Asia.
ABP’s plantation estate is located within the Green Triangle region in Southwest Victoria / Southeast SA and Southwest of WA.
At ABP we are committed to creating a diverse environment and are focused on empowering our people to use their creativity, experience, and diverse thinking to overcome challenges and deliver achievements that are celebrated.
We are seeking an experienced and driven Senior Forester with the ambition and potential to advance into management roles. You'll be instrumental in roading and harvest planning, overseeing contractors to meet our objectives while ensuring compliance with ABP standards, as well as regulatory and FSC requirements. Your passion for integrating technology into forestry is as strong as your proficiency.
Responsibilities include:
- Actively promoting safe behaviours and attitudes among staff, contractors, and visitors.
- Managing harvest roading contractors on a daily basis to ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and legislative requirements.
- Conducting harvest planning and ensuring adherence to the planned schedule developed in collaboration with the Harvesting Manager.
- Providing coverage for the Harvest Manager during their absence.
- Supervising harvest operations to meet production targets while maintaining quality.
- Developing Timber Harvest Plans.
- Conducting and overseeing plantation inductions and record-keeping.
- Collaborating with contractors to solve challenges and ensure sufficient resources are available to meet daily volume targets.
- Managing processes and procedures to ensure quality service provision.
- Contributing to personal and team professional performance and development.
- Adopting a holistic approach to operations to maximise results for ABP.
Qualifications and experience
- Formal qualifications in forestry, agriculture, or a related discipline preferred.
- Forestry experience, harvesting preferred. Roading, agriculture experience will be considered.
- Previous experience supervising contractors.
- Ability to work effectively in a team and ability to motivate others.
- Results-oriented mindset to meet deadlines.
- Strong people and communication skills to confidently interact with contractors stakeholders, local government, and staff, effectively conveying ideas.
- Proficiency in Microsoft software packages, especially Excel.
- Open minded, with willingness to embrace new technology.
- A manual car driver’s license.
Preferred, but not essential:
- Previous experience supervising direct reports.
- Experience in firefighting and fire truck drivers’ licence.
- Experience working to strict certification standards.
To submit your application please email **********@austgum.com.au
Applications Close: 17 May 2024
