Asset Management - JP Morgan Asset Management - Silviculture Forester

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Junction City (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Silviculture Forester to plan and supervise forest management activities, ensuring fiduciary, regulatory, and environmental standards are met.

The role involves silviculture, harvesting, and land use projects, with coordination of contractors and internal teams. The position emphasizes field supervision, data-driven decision making, and maintaining strong communication with stakeholders while managing costs and maintaining safety standards in diverse outdoor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in forestry or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ forest management experience.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Ability to operate in outdoor environments and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Contract with third parties to perform silviculture services (prospectus prep, identify qualified/licensed contractors, bid analysis, negotiations, contract execution and compliance).
• Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines regarding all forest management activities to ensure high quality while controlling costs.
• Maintain compliance with Federal, State and Local regulations, licensing standards, Forest Practice laws, SFI and FSC standards with ability to obtain chemical application license within 6 months.
• Use GIS to update maps regarding stand treatments, boundaries, inventory depletions, stream locations and stream classification.
• Monitor expenditures and operation levels to meet budget limitations and participate in budgeting processes.
• Represent J.P. Morgan Natural Capital with outside companies, contractors, agencies and internal teams.
• Ensure timberland investment services meet client commitments while reporting environmental or financial risk.

Skills

Analytical & critical thinking

Interpersonal communication

Written communication

Outdoor work ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in forestry

Tools

MS Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Natural Capital – Silviculture Forester

Short Description

We are seeking a Forester to join the J.P. Mogan Natural Capital team to supervise all aspects of forest management activities.

Posting Description

Join our J.P. Morgan Natural Capital team as a Silviculture Forester where you will have the opportunity to work with local and corporate professionals providing excellent management services to clients.

As a Silviculture Forester within J.P. Morgan Natural Capital, you will be responsible for planning and supervising all aspects of forest management activities to ensure forest management goals and objectives are achieved in a manner consistent with relevant fiduciary, regulatory, and environmental standards. This position will participate in silviculture, harvesting, and land use projects.

Job responsibilities

• Responsibilities include contracting with third parties to perform silviculture services (prospectus preparation, identification of qualified/licensed contractors or consultants, bid analysis, negotiations, contract execution and compliance monitoring).
• Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines regarding all forest management activities to ensure the highest quality while managing cost effectiveness
• Maintain full and appropriate compliance with applicable Federal, State and Local regulations, Licensing Standards, Forest Practice laws, SFI Standards, and FSC Standards with the ability to obtain chemical application license within 6 months.
• Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines regarding all forest management activities to ensure the highest quality while managing cost effectiveness utilizing GIS system to provide information needed to update maps regarding stand treatments, boundaries, inventory depletions, stream locations and stream classification
• Monitor expenditure and operation levels closely in order to comply with budget limitations, and participate in quarterly and annual budgeting processes and “Forward Look” process, as needed.
• Represent J.P. Morgan Natural Capital at all levels, maintaining good communication and excellent professional working relationships with outside companies, contractors and agencies as well as internal team members.
• Actively participate within the organization to ensure all timberland management investment services meet or exceed client commitments while ensuring that environmental or financial risk management reporting is conducted in a timely and professional manner to your Forest Supervisor and, if appropriate, local Safety Coordinator.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A bachelor’s degree in forestry, Forest Management, Forest Engineering or Forest Operations Management with a minimum of 5 years’ work experience in forest management or equivalent training and experience.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with ability to manage multiple projects from initiation to final completion in a timely and efficient manner.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, oral communication and written communication skills in addition to good and up to date computer skills, especially in MS Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Ability to work alone in the outdoors over extremely rough, brushy, and uneven terrain in all weather conditions required, and ability to regularly lift up to 50 lbs.