Production Supervisor (Woods)

THE OPPORTUNITY

La-kwa sa muqw Forestry, a limited partnership between Western Forest Products and member First Nations of the Nanwakolas Council, is currently hiring for a Production Supervisor (Woods) to join our La-kwa sa muqw Forest Operation in Campbell River, BC.

This is a 1-year fixed-term contract position with the potential for extension.

What You’ll Do: The Production Supervisor (Woods) is responsible for delivering overall production targets through the efficient management of the wood flow process. The individual is dedicated to sound business practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, resulting in improved safety and environmental performance, efficiency, quality, and profitability, as measured by Production Phase metrics.

Who You Are: Our ideal candidate comes with over 5 years of experience in coastal logging. You are confident, a natural solution seeker, and can manage both employees and projects in a professional manner. As an integral member of the operation, you find joy and pride in ensuring the full cycle wood flow is run in an efficient, safe, and financially sound manner. Willing to train the right candidate for this position.

What we Offer:

• Salary range of $95,000 to $115,000 based on skill level, qualifications, and experience
• Extended health and dental benefits – La-kwa sa muqw pays for 100% of the employee monthly premiums
• 3 weeks’ vacation to start
• Employee family assistance program
• Financial support for learning and development opportunities

Work Environment: This role is to be performed in person at our Mid-Island Forest Operation in Campbell River, BC. This position is for a 1-year fixed-term contract.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety and Environmental Performance

• Provide leadership in safety and environmental stewardship by demonstrating and ensuring the adherence of Company safety and sustainability processes and procedures.

Financial Performance

• Support the establishment and ongoing improvement of production phase metrics;
• Control inventory, recommend effective strategies for the financial well-being of the Operation.

Leadership

• Provide leadership and direction to improve safety and environmental performance, reduce operational costs, and drive efficiencies with Company hourly employees and contractors;
• Supervision of company USW hourly employees and contractors, ensuring safe work performance and the achievement of production goals while following safety, environmental and operational policies, procedures and regulations;
• Hire, train, coach and manage performance of hourly employees and contractors.

Operations

• Oversight and coordination of end-to-end wood flow process to ensure daily production targets are met. This includes:
• Safe and efficient yarding plans;
• Coordination and optimization of loading of fibre;
• Coordination and optimization of hauling activities;
• Ensuring Company processing specifications and sorting plans are adhered to and value is maximized;
• Responsible for ensuring that operations are conducted within the standards of the Environmental Management System;
• Work in partnership with the General Foreman and other Production Supervisors to ensure efficient fibre flow.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• 5 - 7 years of experience in forestry operations in increasingly responsible roles;
• High School diploma or higher;
• Familiar with USW Collective Agreement;
• Working knowledge of high lead and ground base yarding systems.

Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies

• Commitment to Western’s core values of personal safety, sustainable management, and environmental stewardship;
• High level of integrity and professionalism;
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to motivate and engage hourly employees to perform at a higher standard;
• Knowledge of logging processes;
• Demonstrated strong analytical, problem solving, and logical thinking skills;
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset.

YOUR CAREER

La-kwa sa muqw Forestry is jointly owned and managed by Western Forest Products and member First Nations of Nanwakolas Council. At Western Forest Products and La-kwa sa muqw, we believe our most significant asset is our people. Investing in our people brings value and success to our business, ensuring a safe, engaged, productive and continuously improving workplace. We offer challenging opportunities working alongside the best in the industry to meet your career and professional development goals while providing competitive total rewards and recognition.

We provide a variety of on-the-job training and continuing education in many areas at Western to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed. Our promote-from-within culture recognizes high performance, and we offer diverse career paths across the organization for those with the talent and will to advance.

WESTERN OVERVIEW

Western Forest Products is a leading forest products company that sustainably manages forests and manufactures high-quality wood products. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with operations in the coastal region of BC and Washington State, Western meets the needs of customers worldwide with a specialty wood products focus and diverse product offering.

Our commitment to health and safety, environmental stewardship and community engagement is core to how we do business at Western Forest Products.

Our approach to responsible business practices in all aspects of our business is multi-faceted. We adhere to and employ the most stringent environmental practices in the world. The steps we take to ensure the forests in which we operate are renewed and remain healthy and viable for future generations are mirrored in the care we take to make certain our communities continue to grow and prosper. This includes investing in communities where we operate and continuing to forge mutually beneficial relationships with First Nations in respect of their local and cultural interests.