Forestland Asset Manager – Northern NH Timberlands

Manulife; United States; Remote; USD 49,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife Forest Management (MFM) Lake States & Northeast Division seeks a dedicated forestry professional to manage New Hampshire timberlands, focusing on northern hardwood forest management with some spruce/fir and mixed types. Responsibilities cover harvester oversight, silviculture planning, and regulatory compliance within a collaborative team context.

You will work with Area Manager to align client fiduciary obligations, budgeting, GIS updates, and reporting while pursuing non-timber income

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in forestry or equivalent experience.
• 1 year career experience with organizational and team supervision desirable.
• Proficient in northern hardwood, spruce, fir and mixed cover type forest management including cost/return analysis, harvest administration, and timber marketing.
• Proficient in leadership principles and a team-oriented work environment.
• Knowledgeable in forest stewardship concepts.
• Knowledgeable in safety concepts for timberland operations.
• Knowledgeable in employee, client, community, industry relations, communications, and employee safety.
• Proficient with timberland accounting, inventory/GIS systems and general forestry operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a strong service-oriented relationship with appropriate MIMT and MIMFM personnel and maintain client fiduciary obligations.
• Follow stewardship policies and practices to meet or exceed state BMP for Water Quality, Soils, and Invasive Species compliance and third party SFI/FSC certification standards.
• Provide oversight and implementation of safety procedures for all area personnel, contractors, and property assets.
• Assist in providing management direction and oversight for area operations to include planning, budgeting, GIS updates and quarterly property reports.
• Administer harvesting operations which includes harvest planning, field inspection, timber cruising, timber merchandising, forest operations scheduling, timber sale bid analysis, timberland harvesting contracting, timberland security procedures and inspections.
• Assist in marketing all wood products, exploring new market opportunities, maintaining market communications.
• Assist in oversight, planning and implementing road building and road maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws; conservation easement compliance.
• Assist in creating an Annual Operating Plan, and year end reporting for stakeholders.
• Routinely attend Conservation Easement stakeholder meetings
• Assist in oversight, maintenance and implementation of recreational trail use agreements.
• Assist in managing harvest volumes and silvicultural prescriptions while maintaining Conservation Easement and carbon project compliance.
• Support the resolution of trespass, encroachment, illegal activities, and environmental issues by coordinating with the appropriate authorities and channels.
• Utilize and oversee consultants on field tasks as appropriate.
• Where possible, seek non-timber income opportunities from MIMT properties; assist in overseeing cabin license program and licensee compliance.
• Assist in managing wood flow and fulfillment of wood delivery agreements.
• Provide feedback to Area Manager in reporting of operational status, markets, stewardship, risks including Weekly Reporting, Fire Weekly Reporting, Monthly Flash Reports, Quarterly Property Highlights, Quarterly Safety Tracking, Annual Budget Reports, Casualty Loss Reporting,
• As requested, assist in planning and leading property tours for clients, stakeholders, MFM peers.

Skills

Leadership

Safety awareness

Team supervision

Communication

GIS knowledge

Timberland accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in forestry

Equivalent experience

Tools

GIS systems

Timberland inventory software

Timberland accounting tools

Job description

Manulife Forest Management (MFM) Lake States & Northeast Division seeks a dedicated forestry professional to manage New Hampshire timberlands, focusing on northern hardwood forest management with some spruce/fir and mixed types. Responsibilities cover harvester oversight, silviculture planning, and regulatory compliance within a collaborative team context.

You will work with Area Manager to align client fiduciary obligations, budgeting, GIS updates, and reporting while pursuing non-timber income