Key Responsibilities

• Implementation of strategic plan and goals

• Oversee all aspects of forest management including sustainability initiatives, planning, reforestation

• Oversee forest stewardship and forest products divisions and management team

• Manage staff and provide leadership, motivation, and direction to the team

• Establish, communicate, and implement standards relating to the management of Taan Forest tenures and assets

• Develop annual operating plan and budget and monitor performance throughout the year

• Oversee the development, updates, and implementation of the Corporate Management System

• Oversee strategic level planning and permitting

• Communicate with stakeholders and external parties

• Maintain working relationship with all strategic partners

• Assess and manage risks

• Ensure the health and safety of all operations

• Develop and implement new and innovative stewardship programs

• Oversee contract management

• Oversee relationship with certification auditors

• Oversee community relationships and proactively manage public relation issues

Training, Education, and Experience

• 15+ years of coastal BC forest operations experience

• 10+ years of management experience

• Experience in sustainable forest management including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification

• Experience building positive working relationships within a First Nations community

• Working knowledge of Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order

• A member in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)

Key Responsibilities

• Develop annual operating plans for harvesting and road building while adhering to all regulations

• Oversee planning and engineering team members

• Manage staff and provide leadership, motivation, and direction to the team

• Conduct pre-work meetings prior to operating in a new area

• Ensure all licenses and permitting are in place prior to operations

• Coordinate road assessment program

• Ensure that there is an efficient fibre flow to the dryland sorts and that production by contract is being met

• Oversee contract development and execution of contracts with appropriate terms and rates

• Report and track milestone activities by cut block including road construction, cutting permits, harvest completion, and deactivation completion

Training, Education, and Experience

• 15+ years of coastal BC forest operations experience

• 5+ years of management experience

• Working knowledge of Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order

• Experience in sustainable forest management including FSC® certification

• Experience with license and permit management, operational plan development, and silviculture planning

• A member in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Forest Technician (RFT) or Registered Professional Forester (RPF)

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure operational safety, environmental, production, and social targets are met

• Implement Corporate Management System

• Develop and implement health and safety of system and procedures to staff and contractors

• Oversee the operations team members

• Manage staff and provide leadership, motivation, and direction to the team

• Oversee the development, execution, and implementation of operational contracts

• Maintain positive working relationships with contractors

• Review and approve workplace inspections of all contractors

• Oversee and coordinate monthly safety meetings

Training, Education, and Experience

• 10+ years of coastal BC forest operations experience

• 5+ years of management experience

• Experience in sustainable forest management including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the general operations of the office and the flow of staff and visitors to the office

• Oversee adherence to corporate policies in the office including the standards of conduct outlined in the Employee Handbook

• Develop and implement office policies by setting up procedures and standards to guide the operation of the office

• Maintain a safe and pleasant office environment

• Enter and post invoices and payments to customer and vendor accounts promptly

• Enter and pay approved bills from vendors promptly

• Scan electronically and file invoices on the Taan server

• Account for all local value added sales including assessment of eligibility requirements, preparation of quotes and sales invoices, collect deposits

• Manage Taan contractor/ guest accommodations

• Calculate certified sales for invoices issues for log and lumber sales

• Maintain certified credits tracking ledger

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5+ years of administration experience

• 3+ years processing high volume accounts payable

• Advanced user in QuickBooks

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP is considered an asset

• Leadership and supervisory experience or training

Key Responsibilities

• Manage operations forester crew

• Schedule site plan field work and write-up meeting for Taan’s Corporate Management System and Forest Stewardship Plan requirements

• Complete site plan and assessment reviews for contractors

• Assist with higher level operational planning (Forest Stewardship Plan, Land Use Order Objectives Strategies)

• Approve, organize, and ensure complete road permit and cutting permit submissions

• Track road permit and cutting permit approvals

• Develop briefing notes for government use regarding development areas

• Assist with salvage program and permitting

• Support Cultural Feature Identification surveys as needed

• Organize the annual planning of silviculture activities (Taan and contractors)

• Ensure the completeness of silviculture activities

• Complete reporting requirements for silviculture obligations

• Complete post-harvest assessments

• Manage regeneration and free growing stands

Training, Education, and Experience

• 10+ years of coastal BC forest operations experience

• A member in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)

• Experience in sustainable forest management including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification

• Working knowledge of Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order

Key Responsibilities

• Manage engineering crews and contract engineering crews

• Ensure production, quality of work, Taan Corporate Management System and safety objectives are achieved

• Prepare annual operating plans, layout, and permit approvals to achieve production targets

• Complete block proformas

• Organize and review block development and layout

• Provide costs and appraisal data for cutting authorities

• Complete contractor assessment reviews

• Assist with higher level operational planning (Forest Stewardship Plan, Land Use Order Objectives Strategies)

• Assist with road permit and cutting permit submissions

• Assist with salvage program and permitting

• Ensure completeness of bridge inspections

• Support Cultural Feature Identification surveys as needed

• Assist with the annual planning of silviculture activities

Training, Education, and Experience

• 10+ years of coastal BC forest operations experience

• A member in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Forest Technician (RFT) or Registered Professional Forester (RPF)

• Experience with GIS Arc Info, GPS/ GLONASS, LiDAR interpretation, Road Eng and knowledge of Ecosystem Based Management

• Working knowledge of Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order

• Experience in sustainable forest management including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of contract responsibilities for harvesting contractors

• Implement immediate corrective actions for any unsafe act, environmentally harmful act, or potential of an incident causing bodily harm, damage to environment or damage to property

• Participate and deliver contract pre-works including understanding plans and walkthroughs with contractors

• Correct and develop action plans and follow through of plans for safety hazards, unsafe activities/acts, and environmental issues

• Participate in safety, operational, and planning meetings

• Ensure contractors are following contractual agreements and Taan’s standard operating procedures

• Ensure the completion of pre-works, worksite inspections, facility inspections

• Complete and follow through of action plans assigned from investigations and inspections

• Participate in internal and external audits

• Ensure the completeness of harvesting utilization standards, and harvesting in accordance with plans

• Ensure proper start up and shut down of camps

• Manage and have appropriate staff and/ or contracts in place to manage the camp

• Track camp costs to its budget

• Ensure camp operations meet or exceed Taan’s Corporate Management System and standard operating procedures

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5+ years of coastal BC forestry experience

• Minimum grade 12 or high school equivalency required

• Leadership and supervisory experience

• Scaling license and/or knowledge of log sorts and grades is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of contract responsibilities for dry land sort contractors

• Implement immediate corrective actions for any unsafe act, environmentally harmful act, or potential of an incident causing bodily harm, damage to environment or damage to property

• Correct and develop action plans and follow through of plans for safety hazards, unsafe activities/ acts, and environmental issues

• Participate in safety, operational, and planning meetings

• Ensure Contractors are following contractual agreements and Taan’s standard operating procedures

• Complete and follow through of action plans assigned from investigations and inspections

• Participate in internal and external audits

• Ensure prompt and complete submissions of inspections and investigations including filing

• Oversee management, scaling, and quality of Taan’s scale sites on Haida Gwaii

• Complete a minimum of one audit per scaler per month to ensure accurateness and compliance with Taan’s specifications

• Ensure that provincial regulations, legislations, and acts are followed at Taan’s dryland sorts

• Apply for and ensure Scale Site designations and authorizations are in place prior to log arrival

• Manage hammers at each scale site, order replacements as required

• Ensure that Taan is meeting quality targets for delivery of logs to market

• Ensure that each sort and grade specifications are met

• Conduct boom cut off audits and perform regular inspections of bundles in the water to ensure they are accurate

• Ensure proper transportation documents are with carrier and proper marking on loads as necessary

• Review barge delivery successes and issues back to key operational personnel

• Coordinate between camp and barge company to cut off and order barges

• Visit Taan harvest areas to review and ensure that a) bucking specifications are met, b) proper log handling and quality are met, and c) maximum value from each log is being achieved

• Develop and distribute bucking cards as required

• Issue contract fines and stop work orders as required

• Report and track milestones on sort(s) production

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5+ years of coastal BC forestry experience

• Minimum grade 12 or high school equivalency required

• Leadership and supervisory experience

• Scaling license required

• Bucking and falling experience is considered an asset

• Class 5 or better Driver’s Licence required

• Small Vessel Operator Proficiency certification is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure proper implementation of Taan’s Safety Systems by staff and contractors

• Order and maintain safety supplies for Taan infrastructure, personnel, vehicles and other Taan equipment (including first aid gear, fire gear, fire extinguishers, spill gear, etc.)

• Ensure staff have proper first aid and other safety training

• Deliver safety training to staff and contractors as needed

• Know and understand contractor/ licensee safety requirements

• Ensure complete submission of workplace inspections, facility inspections, incident report and investigations for the audit process

• Assist with correcting and developing action plans and follow through of plans for safety hazards, unsafe activities/acts, and environmental issues

• Ensure proper procedures and personnel are in place for refueling (including vehicles, boats, and fuel handling facilities)

• Coordinate contracts and action items for the completion of Taan projects

• Advertise work and receive quotes and following competitive bid processes as necessary

• Ensure skilled tradesperson(s) are in place for the type of work being conducted

• Oversee the progress of projects and report progress to Taan Management

Training, Education, and Experience

• Minimum grade 12 or high school equivalency required

• Training in organization/ project management considered an asset

• Training in organization/ project management considered an asset

• Previous project coordination experience

• Maintain a minimum of Level III First Aid

• Minimum Class 5 driver’s licence

• Small Vessel Operator Proficiency certification required

• Small Domestic Vessel Basic Safety (previously MED A3) required

Key Responsibilities

• Assist Harvesting Supervisor with responsibilities noted above

Training, Education, and Experience

• 2+ years of coastal BC forest and harvesting experience

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of contract responsibilities for road construction and maintenance contractors

• Implement immediate corrective actions for any unsafe act, environmentally harmful act, or potential of an incident causing bodily harm, damage to environment or damage to property

• Participate and deliver contract pre-works including understanding plans and walkthroughs with contractors

• Correct and develop action plans and follow through of plans for safety hazards, unsafe activities/ acts and environmental issues

• Participate in safety, operational, and planning meetings

• Ensure contractors are following contractual agreements and Taan’s standard operating procedures

• Ensure the completion of pre-works, worksite inspections, facility inspections

• Complete and follow through of action plans assigned from investigations and inspections

• Participate in internal and external audits

• Ensure the completeness of road construction, maintenance, and deactivation in accordance with plan (measure up)

• Report and track milestone activities by block including road construction start and completion dates and deactivation completion dates

• Complete road measure up and inspections in accordance with plan

• Monitor bridge and major culvert installation

• Ensure proper road materials are being utilized, rock quarries in place, special use permits are in place, culverts ordered/ available

• Follow up inspections after major weather events

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5+ years of coastal BC forestry experience

• Minimum grade 12 or high school equivalency required

• Leadership and supervisory experience

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct layout of harvest areas and roads

• Complete recce of harvest areas

• Schedule assessments

• Complete Site Plan Field Work and write-ups

• Perform quality checks on contracted layout crews

• Complete Layout with Taan Engineering crews

Training, Education, and Experience

• Registered Forest Technician or Registered Forest Technician eligible

• 5yrs+ coastal experience preferred

• Experience with Trimble GPS, RoadEng and Ecosystem Based Management knowledge is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and implement innovative stewardship projects that bring value to the Haida Nation

• Ensure silviculture obligations are being fulfilled

• Lead enhanced silviculture crews to restore ecosystems and wildlife habitat

• Complete Site Plan Field work and ecosystem identification

• Supervise silviculture crews

• Completes silviculture surveys and reporting

• Assist with cutting permits and road permits submissions

Training, Education, and Experience

• 3+ years of coastal BC forestry experience

• A member in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)

• Silviculture Surveyor accreditation is considered an asset

• Experience with silviculture databases, Survey Wizard/ Snap, GPS/ GIS Arc info and knowledge of Ecosystem Based Management is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Complete Cultural Feature Identification survey of proposed harvest areas

• Complete write-ups and submissions of Cultural Feature Identification reports

• Conduct layout of harvest areas and roads

• Complete reconnaissance of harvest areas

• Schedule assessments

• Perform quality checks on contracted layout crews

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5yrs+ coastal experience preferred

• Certified Cultural Feature Identification surveyor with CHN

• Experience with Trimble GPS, RoadEng and EBM knowledge will be considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Assist operations team in all areas of forestry including operations, silviculture, restoration, cultural features identification

• Assist with the implementation of Taan’s safety systems for staff and contractors

Training, Education, and Experience

• Minimum Grade 12 or high school equivalency required

• Experience with equipment operation and logging is considered an asset

• Boat safety and First Aid certification is considered an asset

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with local businesses and entrepreneurs for all local log sales and salvage contracts

• Coordinate salvage work including pre-work, contracts, invoicing, follow-up, inspections, and post-harvest year-end reporting

• Coordinate local sales including applications, log inventory, scaling, log inspections, invoicing, and boom cutoffs

Training, Education, and Experience

• Experience working in logging operations is desired

• Log grading and scaling will be considered an asset

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of innovative stewardship projects that bring value to the Haida Nation

• Assist with completing the silviculture work

• Monitor enhanced silviculture crews that are working to restore ecosystems and wildlife habitat

Training, Education, and Experience

• Minimum Grade 12 or high school equivalency required

• Experience with silviculture work is considered an asset

• Cultural Feature Identification certification or experience is considered an asset

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update Corporate Management System (CMS)

• Communicate changes to CMS to appropriate staff

• Develop and maintain certification management plan

• Develop corporate level risk assessment

• Coordinate audits and management review meetings

• Review results of audits, investigations, and inspections, and ensure appropriate corrective/ preventative action plans are developed, tracked, and implemented

Training, Education, and Experience

• 10+ years of coastal BC forest operations experience

• A member in good standing with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) is preferred

• Experience in sustainable forest management including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification

• Working knowledge of Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain an up to date and organized filing system

• Maintain a health and safety bulletin board

• Maintain copies of the previous three sets of safety meeting minutes

• Maintain action plan tracking for all environmental and safety incidents, inspections, investigations, audits, etc. (Corporate Tracking System)

• Maintain the operational tracker and local employment/ safety statistics tracker

• Fulfill the role of the Occupational Health & Safety worker representative

• Track, record, and file firewood free use permits

• Accept and provide receipts for financial transactions brought in by salvage contractors, local log sales, and monumental cedars as well as filing documents and providing cheques to the Office Manager

• File all completed contractor record forms, worksafe clearance letters and insurance documents

• Maintain contractor tracking in smartsheets to ensure that valid contracts, worksafe clearance letters and insurance documents are valid

• File completed worksite inspections

• Enter action items from completed worksite inspections in the appropriate operations or corporate action tracking smart sheet including assigning responsibilities and target dates of completion

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5+ years of administration experience

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare month-end closing process and journal entries

• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations

• Prepare ad hoc reports for management as needed

• Prepare lumber invoicing for customers

• Prepare mill cut profitability schedules

• Prepare sales tax (PST and GST) filings

• Prepare monthly operating report analysis

• Perform analytical support for operational costs

• Facilitate standardization and streamlining of processes

• Provide guidance to junior accounting staff

Training, Education, and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in full cycle accounting

• Relevant industry experience

• CPA designation or working towards designation

• Working knowledge of coastal log industry is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Manage log inventory in a standardized and efficient process

• Track log inventory

• Prepare log inventory reconciliation

• Prepare and submit export filing, documentation, and letters of credit as necessary

• Prepare log invoicing for external customers

• Track all internal log transfers

• Prepare all documentation for log shipments

Training, Education, and Experience

• 7+ years of relevant industry experience (i.e. forest inventory management/ logistics)

• Experience using NetScale is considered an asset

Key Responsibilities

• Purchase, sell, and trade logs

• Monitor international log and lumber market performance

• Manage sales of logs

• Monitor sales activity, including pricing and inventory

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers

• Develop new customers

• Maintain business relations with customers and negotiate prices and volumes in an open-market environment

• Liaise with transport and shipping companies

• Direct internal logs to custom cut program

• Oversee the tracking, reporting, and sale of logs

• Conduct or participate in incident investigations as required

• Implement corrective/preventive action plans as required

• Ensure compliance with certification bodies and chain of custody requirements.

• Review return-to-log economics to ensure profitability

Training, Education, and Experience

• 15+ years of coastal BC log marketplace experience

Key Responsibilities

• Manage sales of lumber products

• Monitor sales activity, including pricing and inventory

• Develop and maintain strong strategic relationships with customers

• Develop new customers

• Develop business strategies to drive sales and increase business

• Maintain business relations with customers and negotiate prices and volumes in an open-market environment

• Build and maintain a sales order file and monitor against current and forecasted levels of inventory

• Communicate sales status and marketing information internally

• Generate monthly reports

• Monitor customer credit compliance and risk, follow up on outstanding balances

• Liaise with transport and shipping companies

• Oversee the tracking, reporting, and sale of lumber

Training, Education, and Experience

• 15+ years of coastal BC lumber sales and marketing experience

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate sawmill booking for custom cut production of lumber

• Maintain strong relationship with custom cut sawmills

• Oversee the custom cut production to ensure specs and quality are met for customers

• Communicate with customers real-time during mill production to ensure output meets demand

• Work with Financial Accountant to ensure costs and revenues are accurately captured against mill runs

• Ensure customers invoiced timely and accurately

• Liaise with transport and shipping companies

Training, Education, and Experience

• 15+ years of coastal BC milling experience