Forester

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The Forester reports to the Capital Forestry & Access Manager in Vegetation & Access Management, and is responsible for facilitating the Professional Forestry requirements on some key Capital Projects for BC Hydro across British Columbia. The successful candidate will be required to:

• * Participate in a multidisciplinary environment for the forestry requirements of vegetation management projects requiring Professional Forestry services on behalf of BC Hydro.
• * Analyze, interpret, and evaluate various technical studies and data-sets to provide Professional Forestry opinions, analysis, advice, services and support for the planning and implementation of timber harvesting, vegetation clearing and access planning decisions on a variety of projects around the province of British Columbia.
• * Develop detailed cost estimates for forestry & vegetation management activities.
• * Fulfill the role of a forestry Subject Matter Expert for BC Hydro and its clients.
• * Assist with the development of contract scope, specifications and associated documents for forestry and vegetation management contracts.
• * Implement and administer forestry engineering and layout contracts for professional and technical activities that will include, but may not be limited to, clearing boundary and road layout, access planning and management, water course classification, identification of environmental features, clearing system stratification, timber cruising and valuation, hazard tree and danger tree identification and mapping.
• * Ensure forestry engineering and layout contract deliverables meet contract specifications by completing quality assurance checks, that the deliverables are received according to the project.
• * Supervise and administer contracts for clearing and access construction by completing quality assurance measurements/ audits, by verifying and recommending acceptance or rejection of requests for changes to clearing and access plans, by completing periodic reports or updates with regards to schedule, progress, conformance or compliance, payment and any other activities as required.
• * Schedule and requirements of other project Teams, such as Operations, Lines, Properties, Archaeology, Environment, Regulatory/Permit, Procurement, Safety and Construction and that that progress or updates are conveyed in periodic reports, as required.
• * Communicate professionally and effectively both orally and in writing with clients, forest industry stakeholders, contractors, private landowners, First Nations, the public and various levels of government.
• * Assist, as required, with other BC Hydro stakeholders to acquire agreements, authorizations, approvals, permits and licenses.
• * Assist, as required, the Indigenous Relations Team with consultation.
• * Perform other duties, as required.

The successful candidate will be:

• * A Registered Professional Forester (RPF) in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals.
• * Those that are eligible for professional registration in British Columbia as a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) may also be considered.
• * Experienced, with a minimum of eight (8) years of related industrial forestry experience with emphasis on forest management, forest operations, forest planning, stakeholder engagement, timber harvesting and road construction and planning or a minimum of five (5)…