Management Forester - Mpumalanga (Talent Pool)
Sappi
- Mpumalanga
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Build, maintain and reinforce a “predict and prevent” safety culture in all integrated operations
- Inspect operations regularly to identify risks & ensure that timeous action (blanking & pest control, coppice management) is undertaken.
- Plan & conduct regular field inspections to ensure that crops, through the timing of operations (weed control, pest & disease management), achieve maximum yields within cost constraints.
- Ensure that plantations use the Fire Risk Management System (FRMS) to identify risks. Record & implement fire control procedures in order to ensure the effective protection of people, plantations and other assets from forest fires.
- Develop a tactical plan & ensure that the annual plan of operations for both commercial and open areas comply with standards and service level agreements
- Develop a pre-harvest plan per compartment in collaboration with the Contractor and Silviculture.
- Conduct a risk assessment per compartment in order to mitigate potential risks.
- Ensure that the Harvesting budget is managed effectively by ensuring sales target tons/per day is achieved.
- Compile in conjunction with Roads Engineer, annual tactical road maintenance plan.
- Scheduling of short-haul and loading operations to ensure rail/road transport is released on time.
- Ensure that company assets such as buildings, villages and company houses are maintained and managed effectively according to set standards (hygiene & legal compliance) and within budget constraints.
- Ensure that relations with communities, other internal and external stakeholders are effectively maintained and managed in order to ensure company image is upheld, risks mitigated and relationships enhanced.
- National Diploma in Forestry or related qualification
- Minimum of three years relevant experience.
- Valid driver's license.
- Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence.
- Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
- Opportunities to travel (dependent on upon the role).
- Market leading leave benefits.
- Employee well-being benefits.