Senior Project Forester
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RemoteFull-TimeSenior
Salary115,000 - 125,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonR
Requirements
- 5+ years of applied experience in forest management, carbon projects, or ecological research.
- Demonstrated ability to work across both field and analytical environments.
- Proficiency in R, Python, or equivalent analytical tools.
- Hands-on GIS experience for project design and reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to manage contractors and deliver results within budget and timeline constraints.
- Advanced degree in forestry, forest ecology, natural resource management, or related discipline preferred.
- Familiarity with Appalachian and Southeastern US forest ecosystems.
- Experience with forest carbon accounting frameworks, FIA data, or remote sensing-based quantification.
- Experience with drone operation and data collection for forest monitoring or site assessment is a plus.
- Prior work on mine land reclamation or invasive species management is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop technical design of reforestation projects, integrating carbon modeling, site-specific ecology, and disturbance history.
- Collaborate with carbon science team to refine and operationalize MRV approaches using remote sensing and field-based inventory methods.
- Serve as field point of contact and technical lead for contractors, including planting crews and site preparation teams.
- Conduct site reconnaissance, GIS analysis, and due diligence assessments to evaluate project opportunities.
- Oversee planting execution, forest monitoring, and post-establishment surveys while maintaining rigorous data quality.
- Synthesize and apply current research in forest ecology, soil carbon, and climate adaptation to improve design standards.
- Develop and refine the implementation playbook for scaling reforestation across degraded land.
- Build and maintain relationships with federal and state forestry agencies and conservation organizations.
- Prepare technical and programmatic reports for senior management, investors, and registry partners.
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