Lands Manager

The Lands Manager oversees the inventory, Geographic Information Systems, property disposition, easements, and licenses in support of forest management of the commercial forestland operated by a long-term forest products company with lands in Warren, Venango, Clarion, Forest, Elk, McKean, Jefferson, Elk, Clearfield, Cameron, and Potter counties, Pennsylvania.

• Manage all silvicultural activities including layout, marking, invasives, and forest health issues.
• Lead safety, set department goals, track performance, and prepare budget and strategic plans.
• Maintain FSC certification; lead audit prep, response, and all related compliance reporting.
• Ensure harvest basket holds one year of allowable volume and conduct inventory calculations.
• Evaluate land transactions; manage contracts and political/public relations as needed.
• Lead rolling inventory data collection, modeling, and prepare AgCredit and CPF operations plans.
• Collaborate with oil/gas partners to protect assets; supervise team and foster innovation.

• Expert-level computer skills, including the suite of applications in Microsoft Office and ARC-GIS applications supported through ESRI.
• Must be able to perform rigorous, field-based work in all weather conditions, on steep, brush-filled terrain.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills; ability to think creatively and find innovative solutions to complex problems. Ability to collaboratively solve problems.
• High level of personal integrity and ethical and professional standards.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent experience in forestry, biology, forest engineering, natural resource management, economics, business, plant biology, plant genetics, or agriculture sciences.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of field-based forestry operations.
• Minimum of five (5) year of supervisory experience preferred.