Senior Forester for Capital Projects & Vegetation

BC Hydro; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

BC Hydro is seeking a Forester to support Professional Forestry requirements on major capital projects across British Columbia, based in Kamloops. The role involves evaluating studies, developing cost estimates, and acting as a subject matter expert for forestry activities including timber harvesting, vegetation management, and access planning.

The candidate will work in a multidisciplinary environment, coordinate with Operations, Archaeology, Environment, and other teams, and ensure contract

Qualifications

• A Registered Professional Forester (RPF) in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals.
• Those eligible for professional registration in British Columbia as an RPF may also be considered.
• Experienced, with a minimum of eight (8) years of related industrial forestry experience with emphasis on forest management, forest operations, forest planning, stakeholder engagement, timber harvesting and road construction and planning or a minimum of five (5) years of experience in forest operations within multi-disciplinary construction/capital projects.
• Knowledgeable of legislation and regulations governing forest practices, environmental and water resources, Cultural and Heritage resources, and Utilities in BC; as well as additional commitments ascribed under environmental certification.
• Able to manage, adapt to change, and deliver a quality work product in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Competent with Microsoft Office Suite of applications and Adobe.
• Must hold a valid BC Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a multidisciplinary environment for the forestry requirements of vegetation management projects requiring Professional Forestry services on behalf of BC Hydro.
• Analyze, interpret, and evaluate various technical studies and data-sets to provide Professional Forestry opinions, analysis, advice, services and support for the planning and implementation of timber harvesting, vegetation clearing and access planning decisions on a variety of projects around the province of British Columbia.
• Develop detailed cost estimates for forestry & vegetation management activities.
• Fulfill the role of a forestry Subject Matter Expert for BC Hydro and its clients.
• Assist with the development of contract scope, specifications and associated documents for forestry and vegetation management contracts.
• Implement and administer forestry engineering and layout contracts for professional and technical activities that will include, but may not be limited to, clearing boundary and road layout, access planning and management, water course classification, identification of environmental features, clearing system stratification, timber cruising and valuation, hazard tree and danger tree identification and mapping.
• Ensure forestry engineering and layout contract deliverables meet contract specifications by completing quality assurance checks, that the deliverables are received according to the project.
• Supervise and administer contracts for clearing and access construction by completing quality assurance measurements/ audits, by verifying and recommending acceptance or rejection of requests for changes to clearing and access plans, by completing periodic reports or updates with regards to schedule, progress, conformance or compliance, payment and any other activities as required.
• Schedule and requirements of other project Teams, such as Operations, Lines, Properties, Archaeology, Environment, Regulatory/Permit, Procurement, Safety and Construction and that that progress or updates are conveyed in periodic reports, as required.
• Communicate professionally and effectively both orally and in writing with clients, forest industry stakeholders, contractors, private landowners, First Nations, the public and various levels of government.
• Assist, as required, with other BC Hydro stakeholders to acquire agreements, authorizations, approvals, permits and licenses.
• Assist, as required, the Indigenous Relations Team with consultation.
• Perform other duties, as required.

Skills

RPF in good standing

BC Driver's License

Microsoft Office

Adobe

Stakeholder engagement

Timber harvesting

Education

Eligible for RPF registration in BC

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe

ArcGIS

Job description

BC Hydro is seeking a Forester to support Professional Forestry requirements on major capital projects across British Columbia, based in Kamloops. The role involves evaluating studies, developing cost estimates, and acting as a subject matter expert for forestry activities including timber harvesting, vegetation management, and access planning.

The candidate will work in a multidisciplinary environment, coordinate with Operations, Archaeology, Environment, and other teams, and ensure contract