Forester - Staff Solutions
Stutterheim 17 hours ago Permanent Salary - Market Related
Forester
Staff Solutions
Stutterheim
Date Created : 17 hours ago
Job Type : Permanent
Salary : Market Related
- Work well with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds and in different situations.
- Proactive and strong focus on continuous process of improvement.
- Conduct legal compliance inspections on all operations and activities
- Direct on-site inspections to ensure that staff and contractors follow proper safety procedures – FSC standards.
- Manage the silviculture APO and related costs perimeters.
- Fulfill the duties as contractor manager.
- Assist the roads/transport manager with managing road and transport equipment when they are working on plantation.
- Ensure maximum stocking within Silviculture standards is achieved.
- Inspect operations regularly to identify risks and ensure that timeous action occurs (blanking, pest control management).
- Plan and conduct regular field inspections to ensure that crops, through the timing of operations (weed control, pest & disease management) achieve maximum yields within cost constraints.
- Ensure that the plantation budget is managed effectively by ensuring expenditure target rands/hectare are achieved.
- Adhere to, monitor and report back on compliance aspects such as safety, productivity, quality, environmental aspects and social performance and standards.
- Ensure that company assets such as vehicles, buildings, villages, and company houses are maintained and managed effectively according to set standards (hygiene & legal compliance) and within budget constraints.
- Direct involvement with Fire Management
- Motivate, mentor, and manage own team Supervisor in terms of technical aspects of Silviculture, Estate Management and Fire protection requirements of the job.
- Must be in possession of a Matric Certificate/Grade 12.
- Must be in possession of a Degree or Diploma in Forestry (National Diploma or BSc Degree)
- Must be in possession of a valid driver’s license.
- Minimum of 5 years’ proven operational plantation management experience with exposure to silviculture, conservation, harvesting, fire protection and roads maintenance activities.
- Previous experience as a Forester managing own operations will be an added advantage.
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Geographic Information Systems knowledge will be an advantage.
- Firefighting experience essential – ICS300.
- Willing to work as per operational requirements and perform firefighting standby duties as and when required.
- Knowledge of contractor management an added advantage.
- Must have financial administration knowledge and skills.
- Experience in stakeholder relations.
- Ability to communicate in Xhosa will be an added advantage.
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