Employer: Smurfit Stone Container Corporation

Description:
Job Title: Forester II – Panama City, FL
Full-time position
Job ID: 109432

Job Summary
Assist in supplying Smurfit Stone Container Corporation (SSCC) mills with high quality, low cost fiber through open market and Timber Cutting Contract (TCC) purchases.
Responsibility
• Complies with established federal, state, local, corporate and division safety rules and procedures. Reports and/or corrects hazardous conditions and unsafe working conditions that can cause injury to fellow employees, contractors, the general public, or
• Plan, negotiate the purchase, and supply wood fiber and wood fuel in the quantities, at the quality, and with timing as required by the organization, to meet mill consumption and/or internal inventory requirements.
• Negotiate, initiate, and administer contracts and agreements with assigned wood suppliers.
• Negotiate, initiate, and administer contracts and agreements for the sale of stumpage and/or delivered products to trade sale customers.
• Initiate, develop, and maintain business relationships with landowners in assigned geographic areas.
• Perform all work consistent with Forest Resources policies and procedures. Ensure the security of company assets.
• Participate in outreach and education efforts of loggers, landowners, and the general public as assigned.
• Estimate volumes and values of tracts of standing timber for potential purchase by SSCC.
• Perform all work consistent with the procedures and documentation requirements of the Forest Resources Environmental Management System (EMS).
Basic Qualifications
B.S. Degree in Forestry
Vision
Smurfit-Stone will be recognized as North America's premier packaging company working as ONE team to deliver exceptional value to our customers, employees, shareholders, and the communities in which we do business.
Values
We will achieve our vision by creating and living a culture that embraces our core values: Quality, Safety, Customer Satisfaction, Value Creation, Ethical Behavior, Productivity, Environmental Responsibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Smurfit-Stone to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, handicap, disability, or because he or she is a disabled veteran or a Vietnam Era Veteran.

Interested job seekers must apply via www.smurfit.com. Click Career Zone>United States and search for Job ID 109432

Location: Panama City

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Address: Interested job seekers must apply via www.smurfit.com. Click Career Zone>United States and search for Job ID 109432

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Deadline: May 30, 2008