Co-op Student

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Western Forest Products (WFP) has an exciting opportunity for a **Co-op Student (4-8-month term)** focused on Product Analysis.

**What You’ll Do**:Reporting to and assisting the Director, Product Optimization and working closely with mill and sales management, the Co-op Student will perform ongoing analysis to support operational and strategic decision making on key product, program, manufacturing and log decisions. Specifically, this Co-op Student will undertake product studies, developing key inputs and presenting the results clearly to management. Key outputs from this analysis will inform mill program, log sorting and log purchase decisions.

**Work Environment**:This role is to be performed in person at our Vancouver Corporate Office.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Fiber Optimization & Selection**
- Employing an integrated approach that begins in the forest, work with our logging and manufacturing team to identify the raw materials that will yield the engineering properties of Mass Timber products that customers require.
- Work with mill Quality Control and Management to develop the requirements and controls to reliably produce the products that meet specifications in the most cost effective manner.

**Analytics**
- Work with Finance, Manufacturing and Sales to ensure up to date cost and revenue data for simulations
- Provide timely key inputs from simulations to generate guidance on log purchase and sorting decisions
- Work developing market size analysis related to new products in conjunction with Director of Marketing & Product Management

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education and Experience**
- 3rd or 4th year Co-op student working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Wood Sciences, Forestry or Engineering
- Experience working in quality control, coordination, sales, forestry or production supervision in lumber manufacturing, preferably at a primary sawmill or engineered wood products plant

**Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies**
- Good analytical skills
- Good organizational and time-management skills
- Good interpersonal and oral/written communication skills
- Ability to excel in a highly interactive team environment
- Excellent computer skills (particularly with Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic, Solver, Pivot Tables, etc.)
- Experience with relational databases (MS Access, SQL, etc.) considered an asset
- Ability to understand and use statistical analysis processes

**YOUR CAREER**

At Western Forest Products, we believe our most significant asset is our people. Investing in our people brings value and success to our business, ensuring a safe, engaged, productive and continuously improving workplace. We offer challenging opportunities working alongside the best in the industry to meet your career and professional development goals while providing competitive total rewards and recognition.

We provide a variety of **on-the-job training** and **continuing education** in many areas at Western to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed. Our** promote-from-within culture** recognizes high performance and we offer diverse career paths across the organization for those with the talent and will to advance.

**This position is considered a development position that would allow the successful applicant to eventually move into Sales, Manufacturing or other functional areas in Western Forest Products.**

**WESTERN OVERVIEW**

Western Forest Products is a leading forest products company that sustainably manages forests and manufactures high-quality wood products. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with operations in the coastal region of BC and Washington State, Western meets the needs of customers worldwide with a specialty wood products focus and diverse product offering.

Our commitment to health and safety, environmental stewardship and community engagement is core to how we do business at Western Forest Products.

Our approach to responsible business practices in all aspects of our business is multi-faceted. We adhere to and employ the most stringent environmental practices in the world. The steps we take to ensure the forests in which we operate are renewed and remain healthy and viable for future generations are mirrored in the care we take to make certain our communities continue to grow and prosper. This includes investing in communities where we operate and continuing to forge mutually beneficial relationships with First Nations in respect of their local and cultural interests.