Technical Specialist, Forestry

Core responsibilities:

• Conduct robust and detailed Forest Management and Chain of Custody audits in various settings including forest, industrial, and urban environments
• Generate high-quality audit reports, ensuring accurate and consistent documentation of evidence and findings
• Make certification decisions (grant, maintain, reduce, expand, suspend, or terminate) based on evidence of conformance with requirements
• Coordinate the audit process with clients and stakeholders while providing high-quality customer service

This role advances sustainable development goals by ensuring credible third-party certification of forestry practices, enabling decision-makers to make informed choices and driving the development of leadership standards for continuous environmental improvement.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in forestry, natural resources, ecology, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in forestry, natural resource management, or a related field
• Applied experience in auditing and/or quality assurance
• Fluency in English with professional and technical verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient with business software including Outlook, Word, Excel, and database management

Estimated Annual Salary: $50,918.40 - $66,266.74

Remote work flexibility allowing employees to work from home office

Equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status

SCS Global Services is a pioneer and leader in sustainability standards and third-party certification since 1984, working across natural resources, built environment, food and agriculture, consumer products, and climate sectors to advance sustainable development goals through independent assessment and sound science.