Regional planning Manager - Bathurst

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Detail information about job Regional planning Manager - Bathurst. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Opportunity to influence and collaborate across a regional management team!
• Create a long-term vision for a plantation estate of nearly 95,000 hectares!
• Beautiful Bathurst location!

 Are you motivated by a diversity of challenges and tasks across a broad spectrum of forest management? 

Do you want the opportunity to influence and collaborate across a regional management team, to drive optimisation in plantation management and to create a long-term vision for a plantation estate of nearly 95,000 hectares?   

Do you like to innovate, to analyse and find creative solutions and be able to get involved in a diverse range of business improvement projects?

Forestry Corporation of NSW is the largest manager of commercial native and plantation forests in NSW, with over two million hectares of state forests.

Our Softwood Plantations produce enough timber to construct a quarter of the houses built in Australia each year.  For more information about who we are and what we do visit forestrycorporation.com.au

We are seeking an experienced forest planning professional to lead the team that provides forest planning services including forest modelling, operational scheduling, valuation, inventory, forest data collection and maintenance and spatial information to our Northern Softwoods Region.

The Region manages nearly 95,000 hectares of predominantly radiata pine across central and northern parts of NSW. 

The position is based in Bathurst although the region includes forest in northern NSW and some travel will be required to support the team’s activities in these areas. 

Bathurst is a highly desirable living location with affordable living and the benefits of a regional lifestyle only two and a half hours drive from Sydney. 

With a university, outstanding community infrastructure including an entertainment centre, art gallery, indoor aquatic centre, regional sporting fields and a famous car race, the city has a lot to offer.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake active frontline firefighting duties and be available for afterhours fire standby on a rostered basis.

The position reports to the Forest Resources Manager and the ideal candidate will possess the following skills, qualifications and experience:

• Previous experience in plantation forest planning/modelling, silvicultural management, valuation, inventory, spatial information and financial analysis.
• Proven ability to use forest planning software such as ESRI ArcGIS, Remsoft Woodstock, YT Gen and the MS office suite of products
• High level leadership, staff management, decision making and communication skills
• Tertiary qualification in natural resource management or land management.
• Ability and fitness to undertake fire roster duties, forest firefighting, work extended hours e.g. (fire roster) and to maintain sufficient fitness for the role is essential.

A competitive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant.

How to apply:

Applicants should email their application to [email protected]

Closing date: Applications must be received by 10 August 2018

If you want to know more about this exciting career opportunity, contact Duncan Watt at [email protected]

Note: The successful applicant will be required to satisfactorily complete a medical examination which includes Drug and Alcohol screening and a Fitness Test (called the Task Based Assessment).