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Pike Lumber Company, Inc.

 Now Seeking 

TITLE: FORESTER/TIMBER BUYER TRAINEE

 We have an extraordinary career opportunity for a FORESTER/TIMBER BUYER TRAINEE to work at our west-central Indiana sawmill in the town of Carbon. Primary duties will be as follows:  

•  Initiate contact with private forestland owners.
•  Search out property descriptions—locate and identify woods boundaries.
•  Mark, measure and evaluate standing timber.
•  Negotiate and contract for the purchase.  
Desired job qualifications are as follows:
•  Four-year baccalaureate degree in Forestry.
•  Good academic performance.
•  Proficient in math and communication skills.
•  Agricultural or forestry related background very helpful.
•  Proficiency in map and compass use.
•  Energetic, motivated and rugged outdoor person.
 
Interested applicants should hand-write a letter of application indicating career goals, date of availability, brief description of family and educational background, and enclose a copy of most recent college transcript.
Pike Lumber Company is a 100 plus year hardwood manufacturing and distribution company operating tree farms and band mills in northern and west-central Indiana. We also manage forestland for private landowners.

Mail applications to:
Samantha Howard, Forester
PIKE LUMBER COMPANY, INC.,
P. O. Box 247, Akron, IN 46910