Senior Harvest Manager - Gisborne
PF Olsen, New Zealand
Job Description
PF Olsen Ltd has 50 years’ of 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 harvest 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 is not far away!
We have a vacancy available in the harvest management team at PF Olsen in Gisborne. If you are an experienced and motivated Senior Harvest Manager who is looking to manage a team of 6 and looking for variety and is a team player with a can-do attitude, then you are who we are looking for!
Requirements
- Client Management and Business Development - Clearly communicate the Harvest Management planning for specific forests to clients while ensuring expectations are well managed and achievable
- Harvesting and Operational Management - Co-ordinate, manage and maximise harvest operations and the Log Supply Chain while maximising value to both the clients and the business, in a timely manner
- Contractor Management - Prepare and engage contractors with the required documentation (i.e. contracts, prescriptions). Monitor the operational performance of the contractors and their crew
- Staff Management - Monitor engagement, workloads, and training requirements to ensure the quality of staff outputs is in line with company standards and expectations
- Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality - Ensure all staff and operations are compliant with the health and safety standards set out at a National, Regional and internal staff level.
Benefits
- Attractive remuneration package
- Career progression
- Training and upskilling opportunities
- Attractive employee benefits package, insurances - life, income protection, medical (dental)
- Morning and afternoon teas
- Access to company holiday homes (for those crucial family holidays)
PF Olsen is a drug-free workplace and applicants must agree to pre-employment and random drug testing.
For a job description or to apply for this position, please apply online and we will endeavour to get back to you asap.
Applications outside New Zealand will also be considered.