Co-op Forestry

The Opportunity:
Company, Department: NS Power, Vegetation Management

Location: Halifax, NS

Term: May - August 2025

Closing Date: March 4, 2025

We are currently looking for **two Forestry Co-op Students** to join our **Forestry team for the summer term.**Reporting to the Senior Forester, the Forestry Co-op Student is accountable for monitoring and supporting of the implementation of the Transmission Vegetation Management Program throughout Nova Scotia.

This is a field position requiring a flexible work schedule, travel, and weekend work. The term is expected to start **May 5, 2025**, and continue to early September.

Key elements of this role include:
The responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

- foliar monitoring of contractors.
- herbicide notifications at field sites.
- data collection in remote work sites using GPS.
- quality checks of field sites.

You will be responsible for your personal safety and that of co-workers, by observing and ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations.

These skills will make you successful:
To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

- You are a forestry undergraduate or technical program student who is interested in vegetation management and/ or silviculture.
- You must hold or be able to obtain a valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License with a minimum of 2 years driving experience and provide a driver’s abstract satisfactory to NSPI.
- You will have excellent interpersonal and listening skills and the ability to express yourself clearly and confidently.
- You must be able to work with customers in difficult situations and work under pressure while still maintaining a high standard of customer service.
- You will be able to work with minimum supervision, display excellent knowledge of company rules and regulations, demonstrate excellent customer service skills, and work in a safe and efficient manner.
- You are required to have a good working knowledge of GIS and ESRI mobile products.
- You must present yourself in a professional manner with appropriate attire and be able to meet the physical challenges of the position.

The following skills/ qualifications would be considered an asset:

- NS Herbicide Applicator License.
- Experience using ESRI Field Maps.
- Safety minded.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we’ve listed above, please consider applying.

Learn more about our culture and values:
At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

- **Flexibility**: Hybrid work model with 2 flexible remote workdays.
- ** Health & Wellbeing**: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
- ** Grow Your Career**: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
- ** Community Engagement & Care**: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
- ** Competitive Compensation**: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera:
Recruitment & Promotion Policy:
The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.