Forest Inventory Technician

POSITION: Inventory Forester
JOB TYPE: Full Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt
LOCATION: Hayward, WI
WHO WE ARE
Steigerwaldt Land Services, Inc., is a full-service resource solution company, offering a wide range of appraisal, analysis, real estate, right-of-way, environmental, and forestry services to our clients in the Lake States region and beyond. Founded in 1957, Steigerwaldt is a third-generation, family owned and operated company with history and experience spanning more than 60 years. Steigerwaldt employs a staff of over 55 people, with offices in Tomahawk and Hayward, Wisconsin; and Marquette, Michigan.
Becoming a member of Steigerwaldt is more than just an opportunity to follow your passion in forestry. It is an opportunity to be a part of an organization that fosters professional growth, nurtures your talent, and allows you to take ownership of your career path. A strong sense of brand, culture, and values define our company and our team. Our office culture is one that values synergy in the office and in the field.
Steigerwaldt creates a transparent and inclusive environment that involves you in team decision-making, cross-department learning, career path exploration, and hands-on experiences for you to grow your breadth of knowledge.
If this sounds like the supportive, passion-driven, professional environment you will thrive in, please apply to join our team. We are currently seeking a full-time Forest Inventory Technician Ideally, this position would be based near our Hayward office, but flexibility on location may be possible for the right candidate. This is considered an entry-level position, although previous professional experience is helpful. This position will require travel and working in remote locations.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
This position resides in our Inventory and Geospatial Solutions department and will function as a part of a Critical Project Response Team that supports forest inventories throughout the country in addition to local inventory efforts and natural resource management projects. Interest in travel and learning about emerging markets and forest carbon related services is preferred. As a member of the Critical Project Response Team, it is likely and an expectation for weekend work and significant overtime. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Inventory data collection with necessary level of speed and precision dependent upon project requirements
Detailed tree data recording of field observations (using a tablet and internal software)
Make calls on tree diameters, heights, species, and product sections within plots
Utilize sub-meter GPS for applications including plot location collection, monumentation, and accessing boundaries
Coordinate with property managers to understand any concerns, hazards, and access details
Collaborate with other inventory foresters to maximize efficiency and operate safely
Periodic travel on project may exceed ±50 percent (in and out of state)
Other duties as assigned
WHO YOU ARE
You are a supportive and reliable team member that engages in building a great team and work culture. You are driven and motivated to be a part of a successful team and provide high-quality service and results. You show persistence, tenacity, and grit every day, through tough conditions and deadlines with energy and enthusiasm. You are curious and open-minded in exploring solutions and opportunities. You are accountable, a caretaker of resources, people, and company. You thrive working in a fast-paced, highly driven environment and can adapt quickly to changing conditions and priorities. You must have an adventurous side, enjoy significant travel, and thrive in high-pressure situations and working with tight deadlines. You value contribution to goals and team, you are energized by a challenge, and you are confident and can work in the woods independently.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Functional & Technical Expertise – Effectiveness at gaining, maintaining, and sharing functional expertise related to the role in the organization, including the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities spelled out in the job description and the incorporation of new technologies for competitive advantage.
Integrity & High Standards – Effectiveness at maintaining the highest ethical and professional standards and company values while building and maintaining trust through transparency, dependability, and consistency, admitting, and correcting mistakes, and promoting high integrity in others.
Drive & Initiative – Effectiveness at establishing, pursuing, and attaining stretch goals and an ambitious workload that drive the mission in a way that is vigorous, enthusiastic, persistent, positive, internally motivated, and fast paced.
Problem Solving – Effectiveness at predicting problems inside and outside of the specified role, recommending solutions that are logical, timely and creative, and taking corrective action in the purview of the role and/or coordinating with others when problems cross role and team boundaries.
Adaptability – Effectiveness at coping with changing priorities, alterations in workflows and overcoming unexpected barriers while demonstrating a learning mindset, growing from adversity, and recommending changes for the betterment of the organization.
Communication – Effectiveness in both verbal and written expressions of ideas in a clear, concise, and grammatically correct manner, ensuring that all messages are both professional and precise in all media while proactively fostering two-way communications with colleagues and customers.
Interpersonal Savvy – Effectiveness at interacting respectfully and positively with colleagues, outside partners, and audiences, demonstrating and developing emotional intelligence, being approachable, earning likeability, seeking to understand differences of opinion and perspective, disagreeing respectfully, and solving conflict proactively.
Teamwork – Effectiveness at working on a team, not just as an individual contributor, by proactively engaging with team members, sharing resources, responding to requests, providing data and ideas, collaborating on tasks and projects, delivering on promises dependably, and actively helping others achieve their individual goals as well as overall team goals.
Customer Service – Effectiveness at building and maintaining customer relationships by finding and attending to customer needs and expectations within company parameters, reporting up cus

Employment type
Full-Time

Work arrangement
No