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About the Role

The Baillie Group's Smyrna NY sawmill is hiring for a Procurement Forester. This full-time opportunity involves supplying logs to multiple hardwood sawmills and requires proficiency in all duties of a procurement forester, including locating, assessing, costing, and negotiating timber purchases and harvests.

Responsibilities

• All aspects of purchasing standing timber.
• Locate and mark boundary lines.
• Cruise standing timber for quantity.
• Appraise timber for quality and value.
• Locate skid roads and landing locations.
• Apply costs to all aspects of timber sale preparation and harvesting.
• All aspects of oversight of harvest of standing timber sales.
• Visit harvest sites to determine if BMPs are being used appropriately.
• Assure boundary lines are being observed.
• Determine whether residual damage is acceptable.
• Check to see that the proper trees are being cut.
• Due diligence in purchasing.
• Title research.
• Qualify properties in advance of timber cruising.
• Apply for various types of permits.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a team atmosphere
• Clean driving record required
• Good communication skills
• Proficient mathematic skills
• Northern Hardwood tree ID and map reading skills.

Location

• Smyrna, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Overtime Hours and Pay

Education Level

• A.S. Degree in Forestry or an affiliated discipline
• B.S. in Forestry (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $60,000 - $85,000/year

Benefits

• Full Plan of Benefits

About the Company

• The Baillie Group is a cohesive, unified group of hardwood producers working cooperatively together with each retaining their distinctive and valued cultural identities.