Wildfire Management Specialist

4 months ago

Kamloops, Canada Forsite Consultants Ltd Full time

**WHO WE ARE**

With 11 locations throughout Canada, Forsite Consultants Ltd. is a leading provider of integrated forest land development and management services. Our staff are industry leaders in forestry technology, strategic planning, resource and land management and professional forestry. Forsite has been SAFE certified since 2007 and is committed to growth, innovation and maintaining a safe and respectful working environment.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**

Operating within Forsite’s Resource Management and Technology business area, the Wildfire Management Specialist will work within a team of fire science, wildfire management and risk management specialists to deliver wildfire risk decision support tools and information in response to a range of wildfire risk and forest management management challenges.

Projects the Wildfire Management Specialist may be involved in include fire behaviour modeling, strategic risk assessment, landscape ecology, landscape and resilience planning and innovative data solutions to support wildfire decisions.

**WHAT YOU’LL NEED**
- A safety conscious attitude;
- Post-secondary education with a natural resource management focus;
- Registered Professional Forester with the FPBC or AAFMP (or eligible);
- Minimum 5 years of related experience in wildfire and fuels management;
- Formal training and/or experience in wildfire behaviour analysis/modeling and wildfire operations;
- Proficient in ESRI ArcGIS and Microsoft Office tools;
- Basic understanding of legislation and policy impacting land management in Western Canada.

**WHO YOU ARE**
- Enthusiastic with a passion for forestry;
- Professional with a friendly and courteous manner, being service and team oriented;
- A strong communicator with the ability to build positive relationships across all levels of the business;
- Able to work both independently under limited direct supervision as well as in a project team environment;
- Flexible with strong organizational and time management skills to with ability to work under pressure to meet targets; and
- Able to work with excellent attention to detail with work accuracy and quality.

**WHAT WE PROVIDE**

In addition to a challenging and rewarding work environment, Forsite provides work/life flexibility, competitive wages a solid benefits package, supported professional development and a company matched pension program.

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