Timber Production Auditor

Role Responsibilities

Are you passionate about sustainable forestry and ready to play a pivotal role in protecting Alberta’s Crown lands? Join the Timber Auditing Unit and become a key contributor to ensuring responsible timber production across the province. This is your opportunity to combine technical expertise, investigative skill, and environmental stewardship in a role that directly supports Alberta’s long-term forest sustainability goals.

Reporting to the Unit Head, Timber Auditing Unit, the Timber Production Auditor is responsible for monitoring and auditing timber production levels under timber quotas and Forest Management Agreements. This role ensures sustainability of timber resources on Crown lands through rigorous auditing, compliance evaluation, and protocol development.

As a subject matter expert in timber production monitoring and auditing, you will support consistent application of provincial standards for timber production control, accounting, and reporting. You will also provide critical guidance to field staff during investigations involving suspected non-compliance with forestry legislation.

This role stands out as a unique opportunity to directly influence forest sustainability practices across Alberta while contributing to provincial policy, compliance assurance, and wildfire response efforts.

Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting audits of timber companies holding timber quotas and Forest Management Agreements to ensure compliance with forest sustainability objectives.
• Monitoring timber production levels to evaluate adherence to provincial legislation, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Assisting in developing, maintaining, and refining the Timber Production Monitoring Framework to strengthen production oversight.
• Supporting the creation of measurable performance standards for timber production reporting across various tenure types and mill operations.
• Providing expert guidance to departmental field staff during investigations of suspected forestry non-compliance.
• Ensuring consistent application of provincial and departmental standards related to timber production control, accounting, and reporting.
• Acting as a departmental expert in timber production monitoring and auditing aligned with core business objectives.
• Participating in wildfire management teams to assist in protecting Alberta’s forests when required.
• If you are driven by environmental stewardship, thrive on analytical challenges, and want your work to have a measurable impact on Alberta’s forests, we invite you to apply and help safeguard the province’s timber resources for generations to come.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

About your Competencies:

• Systems Thinking: Integrates broader context into planning: Plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends. Integrates issues, political environment and risks when considering possible actions. Supports organization vision and goals through strategy. Addresses behaviours that challenge progress.
• Creative Problem Solving: Works in open teams to share ideas and process issues:
   Uses a wide range of techniques to break down problems. Allows others to think creatively and voice ideas. Brings the right people together to solve issues. Identifies new solutions for the organization
• Build Collaborative Environments: Involves a wide group of stakeholders when working on outcomes:Involves stakeholders and shares resources. Positively resolves conflict through coaching and facilitated discussion. Uses enthusiasm to motivate and guide others. Acknowledges and works with diverse perspectives for achieving outcomes
• Agility: Proactively incorporates change into processes: Creates opportunities for improvement. Is aware of and adapts to changing priorities. Remains objective under pressure and supports others to manage their emotions. Proactively explains impact of change on roles, and integrates change in existing work. Readily adapts plans and practices.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Two-year diploma in Forest Technology, and 4 years related experience in timber production, forest management, auditing or compliance assurance. 
• or a Degree in Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science or a related field, and 2 years of related experience in timber production, forest management, auditing or compliance assurance.

Equivalency: 

• Directly related experience or education is considered on the basis of: one year of experience for one year of education or one year of education for one year of experience.

Special Requirements:

• Eligibility for registration as a Regulated Forestry Professional in Alberta.
• Valid Class 5 Drivers licence.

Assets:

• Knowledge of provincial forestry legislation, timber production control systems, and reporting standards.
• Experience in forest management plans.
• Valid Scaling permit.
• Experience developing audit frameworks, monitoring systems, or compliance standards.
• Experience participating in wildfire management or emergency response operations.
• Familiarity with mill operations, tenure systems, and timber accounting processes.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Additional Position Details:

• This is a permanent, full-time role with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday.
• The incumbent may be requested to work overtime, evening and weekends due to the emergency nature of wildfires.
• Edmonton is the preferred location; however, other locations may also be considered.
• Travel within the area and throughout the province will be required as part of your responsibilities to coordinate with Ministry staff and colleagues, other government departments, clients, and other external stakeholders. 

Recruitment Process:

• Candidates may be asked to complete a written assignment as a part of the interview process.
• Application Information:
  
  • In your application, please a include cover page detailing your interest, and role related experience
  • In your resume include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. For example January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week)
  • Three (3) work-related references are required for those selected for an interview
• Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca/
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.