Forest Manager - Gisborne
PF Olsen, New Zealand
Job Description
PF Olsen Ltd has 50 years’ forestry services experience with offices throughout New Zealand and Australia. With our vision to be ‘The professional forest management company of choice,’ we strive to be industry leaders in value maximization and risk reduction for forest owners through all aspects of forest management.
PF Olsen wants you to help us in shaping the future of the forestry industry by joining a company that values and grows its employees while putting health and safety at the forefront of every activity. Our company endorses and promotes sustainable forestry practices, and in Gisborne, we are leading the way in land-capacity-based afforestation solutions.
Gisborne is a city on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. It’s known for wineries and surf beaches such as Makorori. The Tairawhiti Museum has exhibits on indigenous and colonial history, with Wyllie Cottage, an early European house, and Maori artifacts. Titirangi Reserve has lookouts and a monument to explorer James Cook. Nearby, Te Poho-o-Rawiri is a Maori meeting house with carvings of ancestral figures. Also Mahia beach not far away!
We have a vacancy available in the Forest Management team at PF Olsen in Gisborne. If you are an experienced and motivated Forest Manager who is looking for variety and is a team player with a can-do attitude, then you are who we are looking for!
To be successful you will:
- Have experience in managing all aspects of forest management from establishment until harvest age.
- Have excellent communication/interpersonal skills and be able to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Have knowledge of forest establishment and harvesting systems and processes.
- Very good computer skills.
Your duties will include:
- Management and supervision of forest establishment and harvesting operations to a high level of performance in Hamp;S and Environmental compliance.
- Contractor management including monitoring of operational performance
- Client liaison and written reporting
Benefits
Please apply for this position online with your CV and cover letter and we will come back to you asap.
Applicants must already be eligible to work in New Zealand