CAREERS

Work for a company whose quality and reliability are second to none.

Careers at Eastern Shore Forest Products are more than just a job. We believe in promoting from within, rewarding hard work, and balancing home and work life. We not only want to provide exemplary service to our customers, but to our work family as well. We strive to maintain a diverse team where everyone can thrive.

Career Opportunities

Wood Procurement Specialist

Location: Maryland / Delaware

The person in this position would specialize in working with private landowners to secure an adequate supply of timber for local Eastern Shore Forest Products mills. The need for this person is defined by, first, the continual need for timber that can be logged during wet times, and, second, by the fact that within 45 miles of Salisbury there are 145,000 acres of 21-60 year-old pine stands on private lands.

The position is “hands on” and requires an individual who likes and relates well to forest landowners and colleagues in the forestry community. Ideally, this person would be a graduate forester, a Maryland license requirement. However, a forest technician could do the work adequately if he or she has access to a licensed forester for project approvals.

Required training would include dendrology, silviculture, forest measurements, familiarity with various regulations and public forestry programs, logging, GIS, Microsoft Office competency, property surveys and wildlife management. Skills would include strong communications abilities, “people” skills, self-motivation and the capacity for hard work under occasionally challenging conditions.

The position calls for someone who can strike a balance between objectively advising and assisting forest landowners achieve their goals while clearly representing ESFP and seeking to acquire timber for the company’s operations. This is a position that will aggressively seek out timber from private lands. Success would be measured by timber acquired, with a tangible contribution toward the company’s need for over 200,000 tons of wood each year. Specifically, the person in this position would be responsible for:

Identify key landowners (i.e., larger ownerships, drier ground not currently represented by consulting foresters)
Initiate and maintain contact with key landowners to help assess their needs and goals and identify ways in which timber harvests might help achieve them
Establish strong working relationships with consulting foresters, state foresters, extension specialists and USDA “farm” agencies
Maintain a consistent communications effort directed toward private forest landowners and forestry professionals, including exploring ways for joint educational efforts with Maryland Forests Association
Work closely with support staff to maintain records of initial contacts with landowners, results and any needed follow-up actions
Assist, as needed with cruising, boundary marking and other fieldwork plus logging administration
Regular communications with ESFP managers to report progress and assure coordination with other functions of the company
Represent ESFP in local organizations that include forest landowners

Chief Financial Officer

Location: Salisbury, MD or Remote Possible

This is a hands on position, requiring interaction with all departments of the organization to assess each department and activity as it relates to the financial condition of the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepare monthly financials
Determine correcting/adjusting journal entries
Reconcile all balance sheet accounts
Prepare cash flow analysis
Complete annual budget
Conduct physical inventories and manage the purchasing function
Manage accounts payable and file monthly state sales tax returns
Prepare and maintain job costing reports
Understand and maintain the allocation process for departments/jobs
Compile data for respective audits
Work with Accounting Manager

Requirements:

Four year college degree in accounting/business. At least ten years of experience in manufacturing. Proficient in Microsoft Office and Quickbooks. Familiar with human resources and payroll issues. Fluent in WIP analysis and financial analysis. Understanding of job costing.

Benefits:

Dental insurance, health insurance, vision insurance, vacation and 7 paid holidays.

Plant Supervisor

Location: Pocomoke, MD

Daily Tasks:

Help with employee scheduling (Cover call outs/vacations, know the strengths and skills of crew, rotate people into other roles when needed)
Help organize and motivate the teams
Keep the plant clean and organized
Monitor packaging performance to maintain expected production rates
Learn how to operate, troubleshoot, & maintain the Fire protection system to keep it operating at 100% at all times
Check Incoming moisture samples
Hourly walk around, monitoring production and equipment
Help monitor truck loading situation (appointment times, loading properly & quickly)
Perform inventory on finished goods every Monday morning
Perform Month end inventory on finished goods and raw materials.
Help maintain spare parts inventory
Provide supervision coverage on weekends
Provide suggestions for improving the facility
Help with preventive maintenance scheduling

Requirements:

Good computer skills including Excel, Word, Outlook
Good leadership skills
Mechanical aptitude

Parts Coordinator

Location: Pocomoke, MD

The Maintenance Parts Coordinator makes a direct contribution to important maintenance goals of increasing labor productivity, reducing maintenance costs, improving equipment reliability and plant production. This is accomplished by the researching, ordering, expediting and coordinating distribution of parts and materials.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Work with the Maintenance Team and Plant Manager to maintain inventory control and stocking levels to meet the demands of both the predictive/preventative and planned maintenance programs.
Will be responsible for identifying, locating, monitoring, tracking, ordering and maintaining a minimum level stock of spare parts, research pricing, report pricing back to Plant Manager, manage backorders, and maintain vendor relations, including ensuring invoices, shipments and other billing issues are taken care of promptly.
Develop highly organized parts room, daily monitoring and total ownership of Parts Storage Areas.
Must display a positive attitude toward work, be a team player, have the ability to juggle competing priorities.
Determine necessary parts and/or components needed to complete tasks identified from backlog and work requests.
Review scheduled work and verify parts availability.
Other duties as assigned by Plant Manager.

Experience:

Background in Manufacturing field with knowledge of heavy machinery
Leadership qualities including: character, teamwork, communication, business sense, and vision
Strong computer skills including Word, Excel and Power Point
Meticulous on following directions and executing a plan.
Top notch customer service and follow through.
We expect intelligence, energy, and a “get it done” attitude.

Retail Yard Loader Operator

Location: Salisbury, MD / Frankford, DE

If you are a highly motivated individual that really enjoys working with both the public and equipment and are looking to expand and broaden your horizons with a fast-growing company, then please apply.

Our work is guaranteed year-round. If you can run light equipment or would like to learn more, then we have an opportunity for you!

Maintenance / Fabrication & Millwright

Location: Maryland / Delaware

Your job will entail many things such as, maintaining, disassembling, assembling, repairing several machines, bearings, shafts, sprockets, welding, performing preventative maintenance, etc. These can be small jobs all the way up to larger projects. The physical environment may be inside or outside depending on the task at hand. We will rely on your skills and abilities to keep our plant going and help us build better mousetraps. MUST be at least 18 years of age and able to adhere to OSHA safety guidelines.

Equipment Operator (Light)

Location: Salisbury, MD

We are seeking a full-time equipment operator (light) to run a firewood processor. Need to have the ability to operate light machinery such as a skid steer. This job is mainly working in the machine but it does have some manual labor aspects. MUST be able to follow and adhere to all OSHA and company safety regulations.

Safety First

We are dedicated to providing a safe and efficient workplace. You will be trained in all aspects of OSHA required training as well as DOT required training. In addition, we have regular safety meetings to ensure everyone is working toward the same goal of Safety First!

We utilize top of the line equipment when available to help complete tasks. All equipment is inspected and serviced regularly to make sure they are in the best condition possible. We also make sure every employee is trained for their position thoroughly and know all safety information for that position and area.

Our Benefits

At Eastern Shore Forest Products we offer attractive wages, bonus opportunity, health insurance, dental and vision, as well as paid holidays and vacation time. Our compensation package is one of the best available and our continued growth offers opportunities for advancement.