Start your rewarding career in forestry
Canfor is one of the world’s largest producers of sustainable wood building solutions and one of BC’s Top Employers. Each year we hire over 100 employees into term positions to work within our 11 Woodlands locations in BC and Alberta located in Vavenby, Radium, Cranbrook, Prince George, Mackenzie, Vanderhoof, Houston, Chetwynd, Fort St. John, Grande Prairie (AB). We take pride in our innovative spirit to move the company forward and encourage applicants with strong computer and technical skills to put their talents to work in the forest products industry.
Why Work With Canfor?
Gain valuable experience in forest operations within a team environment.
Receive a competitive compensation and benefit package including relocation and accommodation assistance.
Positions offer flexible start and end dates, are renewable, and can lead to full-time employment.
Qualifications
Current or past enrollment in a forestry program and/or forestry work experience.
Excellent communication skills and an ability to perform physically demanding fieldwork in a team environment.
A valid Class 5 driver’s license.
Available Positions
Silviculture
Primary duties: Supervision of planting, manual brushing, herbicide, and site preparation activities to ensure they are in compliance with Canfor’s safety, environmental, and quality standards. Field Assistants will also be involved in completion of post-harvest prescriptions, regeneration surveys, and be involved in the updating of key Silviculture databases after completion of activities.
Operations
Primary duties: Road and cut block development, site level plans and ecosystem data collection, operational cruising, field information mapping, stream and riparian assessments, and much more.
Planning
Primary duties: Timber and operability reconnaissance, preliminary stream assessments, photo interpretation and timber stratification.
We will do our best to match applicants to their preferred location.
Qualified Applicants are invited to apply to canfor.com/Careers by 4:00 pm, Nov. 4, 2016.