Forestry Superintendent, Resolute Northwestern Ontario Woodlands Operations

Forestry Superintendent, Resolute Northwestern Ontario Woodlands Operations

Location: Thunder Bay, ON, CA, P7E 6S3

Department: Forestry (FO00)

Focused on both environmental stewardship and financial success, Resolute Forest Products offers promising and fulfilling job opportunities, where motivated individuals have every chance to accelerate their careers. If you are passionate and ready to make a difference, Resolute is the company that will assure you of success.

Our Thunder Bay location in Ontario, Canada is currently seeking talent to fill the position of Forestry Superintendent, Resolute Northwestern Ontario Woodlands Operations. This job is permanent, full-time.

Your responsibilities:

• Ensure that the highest Safety standards are met or exceeded throughout the operation.
• The Forestry Superintendent leads the teams that develop Forest Management Plans, and prepares the Annual Work Schedules and Annual Reports, that are consistent with forest management planning requirements in Ontario.
• Provide forest renewal and maintenance direction, coordination, and support to ensure effective regeneration.
• Overall responsibility to provide forest management planning support to the Wood Products Ontario organization to ensure a sustainable and economical supply of wood fibre to Resolute production facilities.
• Support the development of Forest Management Plans (FMP), which direct all road construction, harvest, and renewal operations on the SFL area.
• Lead role in indigenous, Public, and Stakeholder consultation associated with each forest management plan, including the dispute resolution process.
• Company liaison with district MNRF staff and MNRF regional planning specialists regarding the development of Forest Management Plans, and associated planning issues.
• Maintain effective working relationships with local citizen committees, tourist outfitters, trappers and other stakeholders to ensure uninterrupted access to fiber supplies.
• Support Resolute forest management certification initiatives.
• Oversee the preparation of Annual Work Schedules (AWS) that guide road construction, harvest and renewal operations on the SFL on an annual basis. Coordinate annual report submissions to the MNR.
• Ensure all necessary work permits, cut approvals, AWS revisions and FMP amendments to carry out operations on an annual basis are obtained. Liaison and negotiate with Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) on permits, approvals, other concerns on a daily basis.
• Responsible for ensuring that planning information and records are maintained in support of MNR reporting requirements and forestry operations. Work in conjunction with Forest Information and Production staff to ensure that information databases, and Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial coverages (including the Forest Resources Inventory) are complete and accurate.
• Lead and support R&D programs, to ensure that they promote sustainable forest management program and continual improvement in the forest operations.
• Ensure application of the highest Safety standards to achieve superior health and safety results.
• Advise operational staff on the application of guidelines and prescriptions included in the forest management plan.
• Responsible for the development and management of renewal budgets for program areas such as stock production, tree planting and seeding, site preparation, herbicide application, stand tending, tree improvement, renewal assessments and other related activities.
• Responsible for determining FRTF contribution levels, in cooperation with the Information System Management Superintendent.
• Responsible for ensuring that renewal prescriptions are developed for harvest areas, and that renewal records are appropriately maintained Liaison with Company production staff to ensure that forest renewal activities are carried out in a cost effective manner.
• Responsible for renewal contracting for the designated Sustainable Forest Licence areas, and the coordination of any regional/provincial renewal contracts, in conjunction with the Manager of Commercial Contracts. Ensures renewal contractor compliance to production, safety, quality, and environmental standards.

Your profile:

• Ideal candidate will have 10 years of proven forest management planning experience.
• A degree in Forestry; the Forestry Superintendent must be a Registered Professional Forester.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team, to communicate with all levels of the organization, see the big picture and to adapt quickly to change.
• Strong attention to details, analytical, organizational and problem solving skills.
• The ideal candidate will possess the drive and passion to continuously improve upon the health and safety, efficiency, production, and planning targets for Ontario Woodlands.
• In-depth knowledge of MS Office and solid computer skills.

To be considered for this position, please apply today! In order to be eligible for this position, you must be legally entitled to work in Canada for our company.

Resolute Forest Products is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please advise the Human Resources Division to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated throughout this process.