Experience

Canfor

• Canada
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logyard and Mobile Shop Supervisor

  • Sep 2023 - Present

• Harvest Planner

  • Dec 2021 - Sep 2023

  Coordinate the 15-month harvest plans and ensure that FOPS is maintained for volume, profile and log cost.Provide direction and guidance to the forestry team and monitor targets for required volume and profile, both secured and planned.Work closely with operations and mill teams to establish seasonal harvest plans that meet size/species/quality profile targets and that enable sawmill/planer product expectations to be metEliminate or at least minimize lag time between changes to mill consumption and future harvest plans.Review practices and develop SWP for harvest planning including updating, timing, and responsibilities for all parties.Determine and document the best practices.Monitor targets for required volume and profile and balance quota volume annually based on AAC of licenses and operating areas targets. Show less

• Operations Supervisor

  • Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Managing all activities associated with securement and delivery of purchase wood volume to Canfor sawmills and other customers including:• Explore purchase wood opportunities for volume, species, profile, fibre quality, operability, cost assessment• Monitor deliveries of loads on a daily and weekly basis• Supervise log quality and utilization on all purchase wood• Supervise harvest activity in terms of environmental compliance on all purchase wood as it relates to Canfor certification• Log rate calculation for purchase volume logged by Canfor contractors• Assist with negotiations and preparation of purchase contracts• Log yard and sample yard visits to review Purchase contractor sorting, log quality, lengths, grade• Entering/updating/maintaining data for operating plan (LRM and Forest Ops)• Invoice processing• Travel throughout the West and East Kootenay areas and southwest Alberta with some overnight travel required.• Coordinate log transfers and sales (rates, delivery timing, trucks and loading)• Provide some support for supervision of tenure volume including: supervision of logging, road construction, maintenance and deactivation, completion of waste assessments, hazard abatement and productivity audits.• Participating in Continuous Improvement initiatives and other team projects as requested.• Support strong working relationships with our local processing facilities in Radium, Elko, Wynndel, and Skookumchuk Show less

• Harvesting Supervisor

  • Aug 2018 - Feb 2021

  Ensure activities are conducted in compliance with all applicable Occupational Health and Safety Requirements, forestry legislation, Canfor’s Environmental Policy, Forestry Principles, and Forestry Management System.Implement and sustain identified efficiencies and cost savings initiativesManaging all activities associated with harvesting, including: supervision of logging, road construction, maintenance and deactivation, completion of waste assessments, hazard abatement and productivity audits.Planning and delivery of volume to the Canfor Sawmill and other customers.Tracking, reporting and root cause analysis of safety, quality, cost, and delivery results.Administrative and environmental management activities.Preparing budgets and managing costs within your specific responsibilities.Change Circumstance reportingRoad inspectionsEnsuring contractors are effective and efficient. Show less

• Forestry Supervisor

  • Mar 2015 - Feb 2021

  • Develop and deliver the utilization and waste residue plan• Audit sample scales and asses log quality• Participate in developing annual budgets to achieve business plan targets• Ensure compliance with operational plans, company policies and legal requirements• Ensure all activities comply with Canfor’s Environmental Policy, Forestry Principles and Environmental Management System• Focus on achieving all targets set out in our performance management systems• Demonstrate innovation by implementing efficiencies and cost savings through Canfor performance management processes and Continuous improvement initiatives. • Manage log scaling and waste and residue contractors in Northern BC and Alberta (Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Grande Prairie, Mackenzie)• Oversee construction projects as they relate to trucks scales from AFE development to project completion Show less



Navus Environmental Inc.

• Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2015

  Provide technical field support on environmental projects within the oil and gas industry of the United States and Canada. Project types include but are not limited to: o Environmental Planning & Permitting o Environmental Monitoring & Inspection o Environmental Assessments (Phase I, II and Remediation) Reclamation o Water Well & Groundwater assessments o Regulatory submissions Responsible for client communication, on project deliverables and scope development Responsible to work with the business development team to deliver on client projects, develop areas for new business and recruit personnel Responsible for project coordination, cost control and project scoping to ensure effectively versatile solutions are developed to meet clients regulatory needs and budgets; Responsible for both field and office execution of environmental projects with an emphasis on field work Responsible to build both internal and external relationships within Vertex, with regulators and clients to effectively develop and manage projects within the environmental business unit. Show less



Summit Reforestation & Forest Management LTD.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Crew Boss

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2013



Summit Reforestation & Forest Management LTD.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Support Staff

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2012