Asset Management - JP Morgan Natural Capital - Forester

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; DeQuincy (LA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Forester to join the Asset & Wealth Management team and JP Morgan Natural Capital to supervise all forest management activities. You will plan, oversee, and ensure fiduciary and environmental standards are met, and participate in silviculture, harvesting, and land-use projects.

As part of JP Morgan Natural Capital, you will coordinate with local and corporate professionals to provide management services to clients and represent Campbell Global relations when needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in forestry or related field with 2+ years of forest management experience.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; ability to manage multiple projects.
• Proficient MS Excel/Word/Outlook and basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Contract third parties for harvesting, silviculture, and road-related services with bid analysis and contract execution.
• Implement policies to ensure high quality forest management while controlling costs.
• Maintain compliance with Federal, State, and Local regulations, licensing standards, and standards like SFI and FSC; aim for a chemical license within 6 months.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

MS Office (Excel/Word/Outlook)

Outdoor endurance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in forestry or related field

Tools

GIS

Job description

We are seeking a Forester to join the Asset & Wealth Management team along with JP Morgan Natural Capital to supervise all aspects of forest management activities.

Posting Description

Join our Asset & Wealth Management team as a JP Morgan Natural Capital Forester where you will have the opportunity to work with local and corporate professionals providing excellent management services to clients.

As a Forester within JP 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 harvesting, silviculture, and road construction and maintenance-related 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 Campbell Global 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 2 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.