Harvesting Mechanic at Sao Hill Industries - Tanzania

The selected candidate will operate harvesters, educate new operators and improve, manage and maintain the company’s forest harvesting machinery, reporting to the Harvesting Manager. This is a fieldbased role. A summary of the duties are:

 Responsible for daily felling target
 Day to day operation of harvester/feller buncher
 Day to day reporting on productivity
 Day to day care of mechanical condition of all equipment
 Educating new operators for harvester
 Performing simple maintenance tasks in forest
 Following up to ensure that maintenance schedules are followed
 Looking after work logistical set-up in day to day operations.

Looking after maintenance equipment in field and stock keeping The position is based at Sao Hill Industries operations, Mafinga, Iringa, Tanzania.

Desired Skills and Experience

The successful candidate shall have:

 Work experience with manual and mechanised harvesting systems
 Ability to work independently and remotely
 Readiness to spend at least 90% of time in field
 Understand equipment capabilities
 Negotiation and interpersonal skills
 Education in the field of forestry is an advantage
 Worked in a health & safety focused environment
 Good English and computer skills
 Readiness to travel, learn and develop

The selected candidate should be ready to work in an entrepreneurial environment with continuous on-the-job learning and enjoy working with a team of people from different educational and cultural backgrounds.

If you are interested in this opportunity, send your CV with a covering letter to
hr@newforests.net

Closing date: 4 April 2014