Forest Planning and Silviculture
(4 or 8 month term)
Who We Are
Interfor is a growth-oriented lumber company with operations in Canada and the United States. We have an annual production capacity of 3 billion board feet and offer one of the most diverse lines of lumber products to customers around the world.
What We Offer
Interfor is where excellence meets opportunity. We invest in your success by positioning you alongside the best people with top quartile mill facilities located in great communities across North America. In the past decade, we’ve infused close to $1 billion into modern facilities and systems that employ the latest technologies.
Interfor is one of the largest lumber companies in the world and we’re growing in exciting directions. Come be a part of our success.
We are recruiting for Forestry Planning and Forestry Silviculture students for our woodlands operations. Our goal is to develop Interfor’s future leaders. We are seeking energetic and career minded individuals for our 2018 field season. Opportunities are available in both forest operations and silviculture, based in the interior and the coast of beautiful British Columbia. We provide unparalleled experience and training for those pursuing a career in the forest industry, which leads to long term stable employment in the natural resource sector.
What You’ll Do
- Forestry Planning students assist senior professional foresters with timber evaluations, road location, road design and cut block layout for ground based, cable and helicopter harvesting systems. The position includes other duties such as assisting with resource assessments, operational mapping and preparation of road construction and harvesting packages.
- Forestry Silviculture students assist senior professional foresters with tree planting supervision, post-harvest prescriptions, silviculture surveys, geospatial database updates and other silviculture activities.
What You Offer
- Enrolled in a Forestry related post-secondary degree or diploma program such as Forestry, Natural Resources, Environmental Sciences and/or Conservation
- Must have a basic understanding of safety rules and regulations.
- Naturally inquisitive with strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Physically fit and have the ability to work in challenging weather and terrain conditions.
- Possess excellent multitasking, planning, and organizational skills.
- Business process-oriented with the ability work with and manipulate data
- Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Self-motivated team player with strong work ethic
- Willing to travel to remote camps and operations along the BC Coast and Interior for 10-day field shifts.
- Computer skills and aptitude
- Working conditions in a coastal planning, harvesting and silviculture environment including travel to remote camps or operations by float plane, boat or helicopter and time spent out in the woods with established safety regulations and requirements.
- Valid driver’s license required.
Interested in being a part of our team? We will be hosting an Interfor info session on September 26, 2017 from 1:00 PM-2:00 PM in FSC 1005 where you will be able to learn more about our company and the opportunities that we offer. This will be followed by in-person interviews on September 27, 2017 where we can learn more about you!
Apply online at www.interfor.com/careers. We look forward to meeting you!
We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All applicants offered a position must successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and background check. Interfor is an Equal Opportunity Employer building a capable, committed, diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.