Forest Inventory Analyst

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Forest Inventory Analyst
Forest Inventory Manager
Exempt
Portland, Oregon
Q2 2015
Overall Responsibilities:
The Forest Inventory Analyst is responsible for working with the other members of the Resource
Planning & Analysis (RPA) group to provide inventory support along with some basic GIS
support to fulfill needs across GreenWood Resources, Inc. (GWR). Duties include support for
both domestic and international properties under management, as well as support for acquisition
analyses related to potential new investments. The successful candidate is expected to apply
fundamental principles of forest inventory analysis while maintaining the high degree of
accuracy and integrity that GreenWood requires. Greenwood supports a very multi-cultural and
diverse staff and environment.
Essential Responsibilities:
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Interact and become proficient with GreenWood’s internal forest management system,
including loading new data and editing existing data
Produce statements of stand and property level inventory parameters
Perform cruise compilation and analysis for newly collected inventory cruise data
Perform annual updates for growth, depletions, acquisitions, and dispositions
Run inventory change analyses and produce reports
Run inventory-to-cutout analyses and produce reports
Apply growth and yield models to develop yield tables for forest planning and harvest
scheduling analyses
Produce basic inventory maps, such as cruise maps and stand maps, for use by RP&A and
other groups within GreenWood as required
Perform inventory-related spatial analyses including net area calculation, buffering for roads,
riparian areas, and wildlife, and possibly other inventory-based spatial analyses.
Use a full range of tools to perform inventory analysis and reporting tasks, including:
o Microsoft Access and Excel, SQL Server databases
o A range of public and proprietary growth and yield models spanning a range of U.S. and
international geographies
o ESRI software (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, etc.)
o Cengea software
Scope:
Work within the Resource Planning & Analysis group under the direction of the Forest Inventory
Manager in a team environment to provide high quality and timely analyses for both internal and
external company and client needs.
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Utilize creative, resourceful, and responsible thinking, decision making, and problem solving
skills to help the RP&A team meet company needs in an environment of evolving priorities.
Interact with GreenWood employees in different countries to understand different
information needs and be able to understand and help solve problems across geographies.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
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A minimum of a Master’s degree in Forest Management, Biometrics, or Silviculture plus two
years related work experience or Bachelor’s degree in Forestry plus five years related work
experience; Graduate degree in preferred
Understanding of the fundamental principles of forest inventory and analysis including, but
not limited to, sampling, cruise compilation, merchandising, annual updating, cutout
analyses, and growth and yield
Strong basis of technical skills with relational databases and forest records systems.
Familiarity with GIS systems including ESRI/Arc products
An ability to think critically and creatively with regards to problem solving in order to help
the RP&A team meet company needs in short timeframes
Excellent organizational skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desired Experience and Skills:
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Programming and scripting tools (VBA, Python, Perl, etc.)
Statistical software and modeling tools (R, SAS, Stata, etc.)
Experience with international forest plantation management
Fluency in Spanish a plus
This position description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities,
skills or working conditions associated with this position. While this description is intended to accurately reflect the
position’s activities and requirements, GreenWood Resources, Inc. reserves the right to modify, add or remove
duties as necessary.