Harvest Manager- Vail Tree Farm, Rainier, Washington
Weyerhauser
Rainier, WA 98576, USA
Published today
Farm, Ranch, and Greenhouse Operations
Full time
Our North Washington Region has an opening for a Harvest Manager on the Vail operations team, located in Rainier, Washington. This is a full-time position, reporting to the Area Manager with additional accountabilities to the Region Harvest Manager for harvesting activities in the area.
This is a full-time position, with salary level dependent on skills and experience.
We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and innovative individual to join our harvesting team. With the advent of cable assist cutting and logging operations and renewed emphasis in the Pacific Northwest in grapple yarder and drone technology, our logging operations are some of the most advanced in the world and continue to rapidly change with the times.
Key Functions
The role is responsible for management of safety, environmental stewardship, quality, production, and costs associated with the company and contract harvesting operations. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
For more than a century, we've been taking care of forests to make life better.
Find out more about Weyerhaeuser at www.weyerhaeuser.com and learn our Story here: https://youtu.be/c2R_lQ7wo0A
Qualifications
We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We're serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.
What We Offer...
Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $90,000 - $135,000 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.
Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.
Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.
Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours
We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.
Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values, and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.
This is a full-time position, with salary level dependent on skills and experience.
We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and innovative individual to join our harvesting team. With the advent of cable assist cutting and logging operations and renewed emphasis in the Pacific Northwest in grapple yarder and drone technology, our logging operations are some of the most advanced in the world and continue to rapidly change with the times.
Key Functions
The role is responsible for management of safety, environmental stewardship, quality, production, and costs associated with the company and contract harvesting operations. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Harvest plan execution in compliance with the regional and area harvesting strategy and the annual budget plan
- Manage hourly IAM employees adhering to labor relations principles and abiding by the guidelines outlined in the collective bargaining agreement
- Educate and confirm employees are adhering to the SFI standards and safety policies.
- Contract administration; negotiate, prepare, supervise, monitor for compliance, payment management
- Develop and track budgets and key harvesting metrics
- Ensure log quality specifications for raw material at all customer markets and how log characteristics affect delivered raw material and standing timber values
- Assist with forest engineering activities around planning and field implementation of road layout, road construction, road maintenance, cable/ground-logging systems, and harvest unit layout
- Forecast harvesting projects and expenditures
- Advocate, model and inspect for safe work practices
- Act as company representative with landowners, government agencies, and community representatives
- Ensure compliance with state and federal safety statues, environmental requirements and Weyerhaeuser resource and stewardship goals
- Collaborate with others on the area and region teams to ensure alignment with goals and objectives
For more than a century, we've been taking care of forests to make life better.
Find out more about Weyerhaeuser at www.weyerhaeuser.com and learn our Story here: https://youtu.be/c2R_lQ7wo0A
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Forestry or related field, or 10+ years of related work experience
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in forest operations (e.g., road construction and maintenance, unit layout, timber harvesting, log transportation, and silviculture activities).
- At least two years of experience leading employees and/or contractors of forest operations processes
- Willing to abide by established safety standards
- General knowledge of state and federal forest practice rules/statutes
- Team building, communication, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Proficiency in use of personal computers and related software applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Geographical Information Systems
- Ability to develop, prioritize, plan, implement and manage activities to meet targets and deadlines with occasional extended work periods and weekend work
- Experience in project management and contract administration
- Willing to work independently in an office setting and travel to destinations in the woods
- Willing to spend a minimum of 50% of work time in the field, working on steep or broke ground covered with slash and brush, and in all weather conditions
- Valid driver's license, as work involves driving company vehicles on rough roads (25,000 miles per year)
We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We're serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.
What We Offer...
Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $90,000 - $135,000 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.
Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.
Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.
Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours
We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.
Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values, and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.