Forester

Overview

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Huber Engineered Woods (HEW), a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, combines its advanced adhesives and wood product technologies with state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to produce premium structural wood panel products. HEW brings together professionals with experience in research and development, product engineering and manufacturing to create products that solve specific problems.

Our Corporate Office is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. HEW manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Maine. To learn more, please visit our website at www.huberwood.com

Position Summary

To assist in the purchase of the quality and quantity of wood required to sustain the Shuqualak, Mississippi OSB (Oriented Strand Board).

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Wood Procurement Manager on wood procurement strategy and policy. Assist in wood payment.
• Maintain working relationships with landowners to ensure wood availability. Contact contractors and suppliers on delivery schedules for wood supply to the plant. Assist the Wood Procurement Manager and various suppliers in cruising, evaluating the value, supervising cutting, and merchandising of miscellaneous wood species.
• Negotiate and maintain contracts for raw materials.
• Assist in ensuring all wood procurement policies and procedures comply with SFI principles.
• Maintain knowledge of harvesting and delivery costs. Work with accounting on inventory methods and wood costs.
• Assist the Wood Procurement Manager and act in absence in the supervision and monitoring of wood receiving, inspection, and woodyard operation.
• Assist with supervision of scale house, operation of woodyard, and wood waste management.
• Assist in maintaining a budgeted inventory of wood sufficient to run the plant without interruption.
• Assist in providing a quality wood supply that adheres to wood specifications at the lowest possible cost.
• Performs general physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs, moving whole body and multi-limb coordination.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Specialized / Technical Knowledge Or Required Skills

Equal Opportunity Statement : Huber Engineered Woods is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, genetic information, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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