Forestry Superintendent, Resolute Northwestern

Focused on both environmental stewardship and financial success, Resolute Forest Products offers promising and fulfilling job opportunities, where motivated individuals have every chance to accelerate their careers. If you are passionate and ready to make a difference, Resolute is the company that will assure you of success.

Our Thunder Bay location in Ontario, Canada is currently seeking talent to fill the position of Forestry Superintendent, Resolute Northwestern Ontario Woodlands Operations. This job is permanent, full-time.

**Forestry Superintendent, **Resolute Northwestern Ontario Woodlands Operations**

**What you gain by working with us**:

- Competitive salary and annual bonus incentive plan
- At least three weeks of vacation and three floating holidays; depending on your experience
- Full range of group insurance from the first day of work
- Telemedicine services
- Defined-contribution pension plan with generous employer participation from the first day of work
- Employee and family assistance program
- Education assistance program
- Health club reimbursement program
- Work Travel Assistance Program
- Referral bonuses
- Relocation assistance to the community of Thunder Bay.
- A workplace based on respect, diversity, and inclusion

**Your responsibilities**:

- Ensure that the highest Safety standards are met or exceeded throughout the operation.
- The Forestry Superintendent leads the teams that develops Forest Management Plans, and prepares the Annual Work Schedules and Annual Reports, that are consistent with forest management planning requirements in Ontario.
- The Forestry Superintendent provides forest renewal and maintenance direction, coordination, and support to ensure effective regeneration.
- Overall responsibility to provide forest management planning support to the Wood Products Ontario organization to ensure a sustainable and economical supply of wood fibre to Resolute production facilities.
- Supports the development of Forest Management Plans (FMP), which direct all road construction, harvest, and renewal operations on the SFL area.
- Lead role in indigenous, Public, and Stakeholder consultation associated with each forest management plan, including the dispute resolution process.
- Company liaison with district MNRF staff and MNRF regional planning specialists regarding the development of Forest Management Plans, and associated planning issues.
- Maintain effective working relationships with local citizen committees, tourist outfitters, trappers and other stakeholders to ensure uninterrupted access to fiber supplies.
- Supports Resolute forest management certification initiatives.
- Oversees the preparation of Annual Work Schedules (AWS) that guide road construction, harvest and renewal operations on the SFL on an annual basis. Coordinates annual report submissions to the MNR.
- Ensures all necessary work permits, cut approvals, AWS revisions and FMP amendments to carry out operations on an annual basis are obtained. Liaison and negotiate with Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) on permits, approvals, other concerns on a daily basis.
- Responsible for ensuring that planning information and records are maintained in support of MNR reporting requirements and forestry operations. Works in conjunction with Forest Information and Production staff to ensure that information databases, and Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial coverages (including the Forest Resources Inventory) are complete and accurate.
- Lead and support to R&D programs, to ensure that they promote sustainable forest management program and continual improvement in the forest operations.
- Responsible for determining FRTF contribution levels, in cooperation with the Information System Management Superintendent.
- Responsible for ensuring that renewal prescriptions are developed for harvest areas, and that renewal records are appropriately maintained Liaison with Company production staff to ensure that forest renewal activities are carried out in a cost effective manner.
- Responsible for renewal l contracting for the designated Sustainable Forest Licence areas, and the coordination of any regional/provincial renewal contracts, in conjunction with the Manager of Commercial Contracts. Ensures renewal contractor compliance to production, safety, quality, and environmental standards.

**Your team**:

- Reporting to the Forestry Manager, you will be part of a results-oriented team whose members are encouraged to exceed expectations.

**Your profile**:

- A degree in Forestry; the Forestry Superintendent must be a Registered Professional Forester.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a team, to communicate with all levels of the organization, see the big picture and to adapt quickly to change
- Strong attention to details, analytical, organizational and problem solving skills.
- In-depth knowledge of MS Office and solid computer skills

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