Forestry Operations Manager

Our client is seeking a **Forest Operations Manager** to join their team, based in Ugie.

Duties to include:

- Forestry production workflow management: identifying constraints in harvesting, transport and roads and exploring opportunities for
production improvement
- Operations management including management of Silviculture, Cattle, Harvesting, Transport, Roads, Workshop departments
- Mining relevant information and data from harvesting, transport, and roads operations to maximise throughput
- Analyse production figures, prepare reports and make recommendations for improvement to senior management
- Use statistical methods to analyse the many facets of production information generated by operations and can escalate the analysis to
the business context
- Create monthly reports to management on key findings and assessments
- Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices
- Perform quality controls and manage short term and long-term production KPI's
- Device ways to increase quality of customer service
- Daily, weekly & monthly production trends monitoring and management

Minimum Requirements:

- Degree / Diploma in Forestry
- MSc Forestry is an added advantage
- Minimum 15 years’ production intense experience in Forestry Operations Management (both Silviculture and Harvesting)
- At least 5 years of the 15 must be at senior management level or business unit level with demonstrated control of finances, budgeting and result
reporting
- Budgeting and cost control
- Advanced Excel skills for large data management (pivots, dashboard, data analysis)
- Project management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- In-depth understanding of Forestry operations and processes (both Harvesting and Silviculture)
- Safety and Risk management