Forest Expert (Övermark)

Metsä Group; Närpiö; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Occupational health care

Extensive training and development

Cultural and sports benefits

Job summary

Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services seeks a Forest Expert for the Vasa procurement district, based in Närpes. The role focuses on timber trade, sale of forest services, and delivering a high-quality customer experience to forest owners in Övermark.

You will work with about 25 professionals, reporting to the district manager, coordinating forest management and felling with biodiversity and safety in mind, and advising forest owners on care of their assets.

Qualifications

• Education in forestry industry.
• Good cooperation and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and be results-oriented.
• Proficiency in Swedish and Finnish languages.

Responsibilities

• Manage timber trade and sale of forest services.
• Create a good customer experience in the Övermark area.
• Maintain contact with forest owners and plan forest management measures and felling with biodiversity and safety in mind.
• Advise forest owners on the care of their forest assets.

Skills

Forest industry education

Communication skills

Independent work

Decision making

Swedish & Finnish language skills

Driver's license

Education

Education in forestry industry

Job description

Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services provides and develops services for the members of Metsä Group’s parent company, Metsäliitto Cooperative. The company procures all the wood used by Metsä Group’s production units. The cooperative consists of more than 90,000 forest owners, who own about half of Finland’s privately owned forests. We are committed to regenerative forestry that measurably strengthens the forest ecosystem.

We seek a FOREST EXPERT for the Vasa procurement district for a permanent position. As a forest expert, you are responsible for timber trade, sale of forest services and creating a good customer experience in your operating area Övermark. Your point of operation is the local office in Närpes. You will be an important part of the work collective in the Vasa procurement district, which consists of about 25 professional employees. In the role, you report to the district manager. As a forest expert, you maintain contact with forest owners and plan forest management measures and felling for them, taking into account biological diversity in the forest and work safety. You advise forest owners in all matters concerning the care of their forest assets.

We expect you to have a suitable education in the forestry industry, good cooperation and communication skills, interest in active contact with forest owners and the ability to work independently and result-oriented. In the work, you need to be able to make decisions. We value industry knowledge, and previous experience of similar tasks is a merit. For the position, good oral and written skills in Swedish and Finnish are required. A driver's license is a prerequisite for performing the tasks.

We offer our employees a wide range of benefits, including occupational health care and extensive training and development opportunities. To promote well-being at work, we encourage our employees to take advantage of cultural and sports benefits.

• occupational health care
• extensive training and development opportunities
• cultural and sports benefits

• Relevant education in the forestry industry
• Good cooperation and communication skills
• Interest in active contact with forest owners
• Ability to work independently and result-oriented
• Ability to make decisions
• Proficiency in oral and written Swedish and Finnish
• Valid driver's license