Forester jobs in South Portland, ME

Maine Custom Woodlands, a Southern Maine timber harvesting company, is looking for a Procurement and Field Forester to join our team. Established in 1993, we work with Maine private landowners within 60 miles of Durham, Maine. We are a mid-size forest management and logging company operating two mechanical crews and a trucking fleet. Our clients’ interests in their woodlots vary from creating a return on their investment to aesthetics and wildlife management. We pride ourselves in helping our clients meet their objectives. This is an immediate position for full-time, year round employment.

Required Skills and Qualifications:
-Standing timber procurement and woodlot management
-Proficient in verbal and written communication
-Word processing and data base management
-GPS and computer-based mapping
-Boundary line and wetland delineation
-Harvest planning, management, monitoring and documentation
-AS/BS in Forestry
-Preferred: familiar with harvesting equipment and deed research

Needs to be:
-Outgoing, friendly, sociable
-Punctual and an early riser
-Likes to be on the road and in the woods, not behind a computer
-Strong organizational skills and detailed-oriented
-Team player and an independent self-starter
-Trainable and wants to learn on the job

Benefits:
-Work under licensed forester to accrue time towards successful candidate’s forester license
-Company truck
-Company cellphone
-Health insurance
-Vacation time
-Paid holidays
-Quarterly bonus program

If interested in the above position, please submit a cover letter and resume on indeed, or email to sblatchford@mainecustomwoodlands.com. In your cover letter include your available start date and your relocation plan if not currently local. We encourage undergraduate or graduate students graduating with a Forestry degree to apply. Position requires full-time commitment upon date of hire.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person