POSITION: Tree Farm Field Manager
JOB TYPE: Full-time
LOCATION: Tomahawk, 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 50 people, with offices in Tomahawk and Hayward, Wisconsin; and Negaunee, 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 Tree Farm Field Manager at our Tomahawk office location. This is considered an entry-level position, although previous professional experience is helpful.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
This position resides in our Land and Resource Management Division and will support Christmas tree farming operations, assist with field crew supervision, and support the Tree Farm Operations Manager in work planning and execution, budget and tracking assistance, and oversight of farm operations and sales. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Plant, fertilize, shear, and harvest in all weather conditions.
- Compact track loader, tractor, and other field equipment operation.
- Pesticide and herbicide application with appropriate certification.
- Work with Field Manager on safety meeting and execution of safe field operations for crew.
- Assistance with weekly crew work scheduling.
- Assist Tree Farm Logistics Coordinator.
- Written daily field reporting to department management team when back up to Field Manager
- Work as a technician with Steigerwaldt Land Services in the “off-season” and periodically during the year with job duties that include assisting foresters in field tasks, marking timber, timber inventory, and timber sale setup; interest in learning GPS data collection and processing
- Train, supervise, and positively impact farm personnel.
- 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 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 and enjoy outside work. You embrace and demonstrate the following competencies:
- 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 customer needs and expectations, and delighting customers with the results they get and how they are achieved.
- Work Management – Effectiveness at getting and staying organized, planning the work on the immediate horizon, staying focused on the highest priorities, using essential technologies, generating documentation, meeting goals and deadlines, using time and all resources efficiently, and following policies and procedures.
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Desire to develop a career in a fast-paced and diverse consulting business.
- Confidence in skills in delegation and decision making to effectively to lead a team and manage team dynamics.
- Strong mechanical aptitude.
- Ability and interest in obtaining a pesticide applicators license within 6 months of start date.
- Ability and interest in operating equipment associated with a tree farm.
- Ability to assist managing our retail Christmas tree operations for up to four consecutive weeks in
- Ability and willingness to work six to seven days per week in peak harvest season from late October through mid-December.
- Utilizes excellent people skills and customer service techniques.
- Maintain strong working relationship with Tree Farm Manager, Field Manager, and field crew.
- Competent with Microsoft Office
- Familiarity with Lake States forest management and timber harvest administration.
- Ability to work independently in varied settings, both in the field and with clients and other professionals.
- Experience with GPS data collecting and processing.
- Experience with ESRI GIS software and GIS mapping and data collection principles.
- Ability to travel and conduct overnight work away from the Tomahawk office – travel up to 25 percent or more
- Current valid driver’s license with personal vehicle suitable for field work (mileage is reimbursed)
- ATV and snowmobile certifications
- A team player who is confident, respectful, curious, flexible, and able to work with other professionals in a growing, successful, and respected business
WORK ENVIRONMENT
At Steigerwaldt, we offer a Remote-Friendly Hybrid Work Model for our staff. Due to the nature of the team approach to our field work and needed access to equipment and company vehicles, the Tree Farm Field Manager position is considered a resident or office-based position with remote work possible, upon approval from the supervisor. The position is roughly 95 percent field work and 5 percent office work.
COMPENSATION
Salary commensurate with experience.
POSTING DATE
September 28, 2023. Position will be filled within one to three months. Interviews will be scheduled throughout this time period. Expected start is dependent upon candidate availability. Please note that there is flexibility in the start date.
CONTACT
For any hiring questions, please reach out to Travis Polinske at travis.polinske@steigerwaldt.com or 715-409-8535
Steigerwaldt is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.