Job Description
Company Overview:
Come grow with us! We are One Rayonier, a team that works together to create value by prioritizing safety, challenging the status quo, giving back to our communities, and driving innovation through continuous learning. With nearly 100 years of experience, we’re still discovering new ways to make lives better with our trees, our land, and — our most important resource — our people.
At Rayonier, we strive to create an employee experience where you feel valued and proud to be part of our team. We foster a respectful, inclusive and collaborative environment that celebrates your unique talents and perspectives. Experience the Rayonier difference: We’re big enough to offer exciting career paths, but small enough for you to know your colleagues by name. Come join a team that empowers you to make a difference!
At Rayonier, we don’t just manage forests; we optimize their lifecycle. As a Timberlands Forester III, you will be a key driver in the management of a Timberlands Unit. You will assist the Senior Timberlands Forester in all activities associated with the unit, ensuring our harvest activities meet customer commitments while navigating current field conditions. From reforestation to final harvest, you are the technical lead ensuring our resource returns maximum value.
How You Will Contribute
We are looking for a high-performing Timberlands Forester III with developed multitasking and organizational skills. In this role, you will be:
A Technical Silviculturalist: You will prepare silvicultural plans for reforestation, thinning, herbicide use, animal control, fertilization, and slash management.
An Operational Planner: You will support the development of 1-year and 5-year harvest plans to meet target volume production while maintaining balanced logging configurations.
A Financial Steward: You will assist in the preparation of annual operating budgets; provide support for financial and volume projections, and track performance compared to objectives.
A Market-Driven Executor: You will implement tactical marketing plans and refine harvest activities to meet customer commitments and optimize for current conditions.
A Contract Administrator: You will appraise, negotiate, and administer contracts, ensuring log sorting, quality, and delivery targets are met while reviewing invoices for payment.
A Collaborative Leader: You will lead project teams and provide technical training, coaching, and mentoring to help employees grow.
A Land & Safety Steward: You will assist in property management strategies—including parcel selection, appraisals, and recreational use programs—while ensuring full compliance with forest stewardship principles and BMPs.
What You Bring to the Team
Education: Bachelor’s degree in forestry required; Master’s degree preferred.
Experience: A minimum of five (5) years of forestry experience, including at least three (3) years of timber harvest knowledge and contractor supervision.
Technical Expertise: Intermediate proficiency in MS Word and Excel, Global Positioning System (GPS) applications/devices, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Professional Skills: Developed understanding of key business drivers and the ability to lead project teams in an efficient manner.
Industry Engagement: Willingness to participate in professional organizations and represent the company in occasional research studies and surveys.
Are you a high-performing forester ready to optimize forest resources for a premier industry leader? Apply today to leverage your technical expertise and drive the lifecycle of our timberlands with the Rayonier difference!
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
This role is physically demanding and requires a mix of office work and significant field time. Key physical activities include:
Requires working alone outdoors in adverse weather and ground conditions.
Ability to tolerate woods pests (ticks, snakes, etc.)
Driving long distances on rough gravel roads is common.
Lifting (up to 50 lbs.), climbing walking long distances through sometimes very steep and brushy terrain.
What We Offer
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, accident, disability, identity theft protection, and paid parental and caregiver leave. We also offer a health savings account, a dependent care spending account, and an employee assistance plan. We provide wellness reimbursements, home office reimbursements, employee discount programs, monthly vehicle allowance (for certain positions), annual health screenings, wellness incentives, wellness seminars, and financial counseling and planning tools.
Our 401(k) retirement savings plan includes company matching contributions (60% match on the first 6% of base and bonus deferrals) as well as a 3% enhanced retirement contribution that does not require an employee contribution.
We recognize the importance of work-life integration and offer flexible work schedules and hybrid work from home options (for most positions), along with a minimum of three weeks paid vacation, five paid personal days, 11 paid holidays and paid sick leave each year.
We provide a comprehensive employee development program which provides career planning tools and resources, mentoring program, leadership development, training programs and an 80% tuition reimbursement.