Forest Carbon Program Manager - Mendocino Forest Products Company

Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC) is seeking an experienced Forest Carbon Manager to join our team. This position can be based in Ukiah, Fort Bragg or Scotia, CA.

The base salary for this position is $105,000.00 to $140,000.00.  Your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic locations, skills, education and/or experience.  Please keep in mind that that the range published is the full base salary. We also offer a generous benefits package.

The Mendocino Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Humboldt Sawmill Company, and Allweather Wood) own nearly 450,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C031337) certificated redwood and Douglas-fir timberland, constitute the largest waterborne wood treater in the Western USA, and is the largest producer of redwood lumber in the world. Collectively providing 950 employees and their families with excellent wages and benefits in communities throughout the Western USA. Additionally, the Mendocino Companies own and operate a 25-megaWatt biomass cogeneration power plant and wood pellet plant.

The Forest Carbon Program Manager will oversee a portfolio of California forest carbon offset projects under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Cap-and-Trade Program. This role is ideal for candidates with 3-5 years of experience in carbon offset projects, environmental compliance, or forest management. The Manager will ensure that projects adhere to regulatory standards, supervise Carbon Analysts, and engage with stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity for a mid-career professional looking to grow their expertise in carbon markets and forest management. 

Key Responsibilities:

Portfolio Management:

• Oversee a portfolio of forest carbon compliance offset projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, compliance protocols, and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with foresters, landowners, and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution, with room to expand your leadership and technical expertise.

Team Leadership and Supervision:

• Supervise and mentor Carbon Analysts, ensuring they contribute effectively to project success and providing them with opportunities for growth and professional development.

• Foster a collaborative environment where team members are encouraged to develop their skills and responsibilities.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure full compliance with CARB’s Forest Offset Protocol, including managing the complexities of baseline establishment, additionality, leakage, and permanence.
• Lead the preparation of project documentation, monitoring reports, and CITSS submissions, while continuing to refine your knowledge of the regulatory landscape.
• Stay current on changes to CARB regulations and ensure timely adaptation of projects.

Verification and Reporting:

• Coordinate verification activities with third-party verification bodies, ensuring that all verification milestones are met.
• Lead the preparation and submission of compliance reports to CARB, with the support of your team.

Stakeholder and Partner Relations:

• Develop and maintain relationships with project landowners, tribal partners, state agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for project-related inquiries and provide regular updates to clients and internal stakeholders.

Financial and Risk Management:

• Monitor project budgets and financial performance, ensuring all activities align with project budgets and financial goals.
• Work with Executive Management Team to Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies

Market Engagement:

• Stay informed about trends in California’s Cap-and-Trade market and other carbon markets.
• Engage with buyers and brokers of carbon credits to ensure the timely sale and delivery of offset credits.

• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university in Forestry, Natural Resources or sampling/mathematics field; minimum 5 years’ experience in forest inventory analysis or management; with two year of experience in carbon project management; verification; or carbon project development.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and public.
• To perform this position successfully, an individual should have knowledge of ESRI software, relational databases, statistical programs, computer programming, word processing and Internet software
• Experience with CACTOS, CRYPTOS, FORESEE, FPS, FVS or other similar predictive analytical models. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Excel.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Knowledge of relevant registry protocols and CARB compliance offset protocols.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Must carry a valid California Driver’s License and be eligible to operate a company vehicle under company policy guidelines
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Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, climb or balance, and communicate
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
• The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet
• This position may require the following equipment when in the field: eye protection, hearing protection, safety shoes, leather/rubber gloves, sleeve protection and a hard hat
• Position travels locally, usually by car, up to 25% of the time

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