• Do you want to work for a company with a commitment to sustainability and the environment?
• Do you want to work with a safety-focused team of professionals within a company that provides opportunities for growth and development?

Pacific Inland Resources (a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd.) is currently looking to fill a 4 month term position within our Forestry department. This position offers a challenging, diverse and exciting opportunity to become part of our resource management team. You have the opportunity to utilize cutting edge technology and be a part of a team of environmental stewards that live by the same values as you.

Job duties will fall primarily within our Planning Department with some exposure to Operations, and Silviculture and will require extensive field time and may include some camp time. Specific job duties will depend on experience of candidates but may include a combination of the following:

• Road inspections and grass seeding,
• Block and road layout,
• Block and road GPSing,
• Riparian classification and ribboning,
• Timber Reconnaissance, and
• Timber Cruising

Successful candidates should be competent, enthusiastic and capable of working in a team environment. Preference will be given to those candidates with forestry and/or outdoor related experience and/or are studying in a Forestry Technician or Forest Resource Management Degree program. At West Fraser, we take pride in being stewards of the public resources we’ve been entrusted to manage. We know trees are truly a renewable resource, and we will provide you with the tools to ensure wildlife, water, and other forest values are conserved for future generations. We will help you maximize the value of our forests by applying modern, technologically driven forest practices to provide our mills with fiber to produce lumber, pulp, bio-energy and other cutting edge, innovative forest products.

If this sounds like the company for you - apply today by checking out our website at www.westfraser.com and following the "jobs" link or by emailing a copy of your resume to Alan.Baxter@westfraser.com by February 29, 2011.