Description
This role can be located in any state where we currently operate within easy access to a major airport.
Who You Are
You take pride in working for a company that aligns with your values of environmental stewardship through smarter forest practices. You value working forests and recognize the broader role they play in natural climate solutions, conservation, and sustainable resource management.
You have working knowledge of forest inventory, silviculture, forest growth and yield, forestry operations, and long-term planning. You enjoy working with data and have experience using tools such as Excel, Access, SQL, ArcGIS, or similar platforms to develop and analyze forestry data. You are curious, detail-oriented, willing to ask questions, and able to evaluate your work through both a technical and practical forestry perspective.
You have a degree in forestry, biometrics, GIS, statistics, economics, or a related natural resource field, along with experience applying analytics to solve natural resource challenges through professional experience, internships, or advanced education.
What the Job Is
As the Natural Resource Analyst, you will provide analytical support for timberland acquisitions and divestitures, conservation and carbon projects, and other strategic business opportunities. This role focuses on developing, managing, and applying forest data and analytical methods to support valuations, planning, and business decisions.
The work starts with forest attributes and moves through processes to calculate timber volume, carbon, and other values; project future forest conditions using growth and yield models; and support financial analyses.
Examples of the work include
- Develop, maintain, and apply yield data and analytical methods across different regions and forest types.
- Use Excel, Access, SQL, R, ArcGIS, and related tools to analyze forestry data and support harvest scheduling and carbon modeling.
- Manage yield datasets and support valuation projects across Northwest Washington, Central Oregon, Northwest California, Northwest Montana, and the US Southeast.
- Partner with Forest Planning, Inventory, and Operations teams to validate data, improve analytical approaches, and develop efficient workflows.
- Support due diligence efforts and gain exposure to log merchandising, carbon calculations, discounted cash flow models, and other valuation tools.
- Create maps, reports, and analytical tools that support business decisions.
- Travel periodically to visit operations and active projects.
What the Department Is Like
The Timberland Transactions team supports strategic decisions related to the company's forest assets and future opportunities. The team works across regions and disciplines, combining forestry knowledge, analytics, and business understanding to evaluate opportunities and support long-term planning.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, improving processes, and turning data into insights that support responsible forest management.
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Forestry, Biometrics, GIS, Statistics, Economics, or a related field required.
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Experience applying analytics to natural resource challenges.
- Knowledge of forest management, growth and yield modeling, inventory, silviculture, and forestry operations.
- Experience with Excel and analytical tools such as SQL, Access, R, Python, ArcGIS, or similar platforms.
- Experience with Remsoft Woodstock or similar forestry optimization tools required.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently, collaborate across teams, and manage changing priorities.
- Commitment to accuracy, quality, and continuous improvement.
Compensation Details:
Annual Salary Range: $81,300 - $101,600 per year. The pay range listed is just one component of Green Diamond's total compensation package. Other rewards include eligibility to receive a company-wide annual financial performance bonus, and the opportunity to receive an individual performance-based bonus, candidate referral bonuses, and spot bonuses.
Green Diamond offers generous benefits including medical/vision and dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with match and profit sharing, and an employee assistance program. Reimbursements for work-related safety equipment, and wellness. Paid time off includes 9 designated and up to 2 floating (personal) holidays, minimum of 10 days' vacation (or per policy based on experience), 10 days of sick leave, 30 days of parental leave, 3 days of bereavement, jury duty, 1 volunteer day, and 5 family care days. Cell phone reimbursement for business use. More benefits information can be found at GreenDiamond.com.
Who Green Diamond is:
We grow and nurture forests, a renewable resource to build homes, schools, and household necessities, harnessing carbon every single day we operate. We're a family-owned company that is guided by our values of environmental stewardship and supporting our local communities. We do what's right, even when it is the harder path to follow. We focus on the health and safety of our people first - by taking care of all of our resources, we plan to be here for another 130 years.
