Fuel Management Specialist - Kamloops, Canada - Forsite Consultants Ltd

Forsite Consultants Ltd

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Kamloops, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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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 Fuel Management Specialist will work within a team of senior planners and forest analysts to develop and facilitate planning processes in response to a range of forest land management challenges.

The potential types of projects the role will be involved with may include developing fuel management prescriptions and tactical fuel management plans, prescribed fire planning, wildfire/fire behaviour modeling to support a range of strategic and operational wildfire projects and operational wildfire support in the case needs arise during the wildfire season.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

A safety conscious attitude;
Postsecondary education with a natural resource management focus;
Registered Professional Forester with the FPBC or AAFMP (or eligible);
Minimum 3 years of related experience in wildfire and fuels management;
Broad understanding and implementation of forest land management concepts and practices;
Basic understanding of legislation and policy impacting land management in Western Canada;
Proficient in ESRI ArcGIS and Microsoft Office tools;
Operational forestry experience an asset.

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.