Director of Geomatics
True Environmental
CloudRemote Sensing
Silviculture Analyst
Manulife
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Louisiana, North Carolina
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💰 $68,175 - $113,625 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Remote Sensing
About the role
- Supports the silviculture program for Manulife Investment Management Forest Management’s (MFM) Southern Division and Lake States.
- Decision support for client properties in the Southern Division and Lake States across ~2.2 million acres in multiple regions of eastern United States.
- Provide expertise and guidance to MFM Operations on current silviculture practice, treatment efficacy, and root-cause problem analysis.
- Actively participates in research cooperative program meetings, obligations, and work plans.
- Utilizes GIS and internal forest management systems to analyze forest information data to improve silvicultural systems and performance.
- Develop strategies to transfer, deploy, and monitor value-adding silviculture technology with MFM Operations.
- Manage divisional fertilizer, pesticide, seedling procurement programs in collaboration with MFM Operations.
- Provide financial analysis and G&Y support and participate in forest resource planning and business development objectives.
- Support MFM’s conformance with certification requirements and continuously improve business procedures and provide training.
Requirements
- A Master of Science degree in forestry or related discipline and a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in forest management.
- A Bachelor of Science with extensive experience will be considered.
- Strong computer and analytical skills are required.
- Knowledge of Growth & Yield model systems such as SiMS or other related systems is desired.
- Demonstrated proficiency in discounted cashflow analysis and other analytic skills to support optimal business decisions.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Geographic Information Systems with skills to master internal forest information systems.
- Remote sensing skills using satellite imagery is a plus.
- Demonstrated proficiency with one or more regional silviculture systems including regeneration, management best practices, management cost and return expectations, discounted cash flow analysis.
- Knowledgeable of forest certification (SFI), harvesting systems, contracting process, and timber marketing.
- Must be team player and self-motivated
- Must have excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills
- Must be service oriented.
- Must be willing to travel 20 percent of time
