J.P. Morgan Asset Management Natural Capital – Silviculture Forester

Short Description

We are seeking a Forester to join the J.P. Mogan Natural Capital team to supervise all aspects of forest management activities.

Posting Description

Join our J.P. Morgan Natural Capital team as a Silviculture Forester where you will have the opportunity to work with local and corporate professionals providing excellent management services to clients.

As a Silviculture Forester within J.P. Morgan Natural Capital, you will be responsible for planning and supervising all aspects of forest management activities to ensure forest management goals and objectives are achieved in a manner consistent with relevant fiduciary, regulatory, and environmental standards. This position will participate in silviculture, harvesting, and land use projects.

Job responsibilities

• Responsibilities include contracting with third parties to perform silviculture services (prospectus preparation, identification of qualified/licensed contractors or consultants, bid analysis, negotiations, contract execution and compliance monitoring).

• Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines regarding all forest management activities to ensure the highest quality while managing cost effectiveness

• Maintain full and appropriate compliance with applicable Federal, State and Local regulations, Licensing Standards, Forest Practice laws, SFI Standards, and FSC Standards with the ability to obtain chemical application license within 6 months.

• Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines regarding all forest management activities to ensure the highest quality while managing cost effectiveness utilizing GIS system to provide information needed to update maps regarding stand treatments, boundaries, inventory depletions, stream locations and stream classification

• Monitor expenditure and operation levels closely in order to comply with budget limitations, and participate in quarterly and annual budgeting processes and “Forward Look” process, as needed.

• Represent J.P. Morgan Natural Capital at all levels, maintaining good communication and excellent professional working relationships with outside companies, contractors and agencies as well as internal team members.

• Actively participate within the organization to ensure all timberland management investment services meet or exceed client commitments while ensuring that environmental or financial risk management reporting is conducted in a timely and professional manner to your Forest Supervisor and, if appropriate, local Safety Coordinator.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A bachelor’s degree in forestry, Forest Management, Forest Engineering or Forest Operations Management with a minimum of 5 years’ work experience in forest management or equivalent training and experience.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with ability to manage multiple projects from initiation to final completion in a timely and efficient manner.

• Demonstrated interpersonal, oral communication and written communication skills in addition to good and up to date computer skills, especially in MS Excel, Word and Outlook.

• Ability to work alone in the outdoors over extremely rough, brushy, and uneven terrain in all weather conditions required, and ability to regularly lift up to 50 lbs.