Log Haul Specialist

Description:

Weyerhaeuser Company Limited – Hudson Bay Timberlands is seeking a Log Haul Specialist to join our Hudson Bay operations team. This is a critical role responsible for optimizing log transportation performance, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient delivery to our mills and customers, and building strong partnerships with our external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Hudson Bay Operations Team Leader, this role is primarily office-based with regular field engagement and occasional travel. Hybrid flexibility (1–2 remote days per week) may be available once fully established in the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Championing safety values and fostering a strong safety culture.

• Ensuring the compliant delivery of approximately 800,000 m3 of logs annually to Weyerhaeuser mill and other regional customers.

• Identifying, onboarding, and securing adequate trucking capacity to efficiently execute harvest and meet customer demands.

• Coordinate and oversee log truck fleet management activities including adherence to contract and transportation partnership agreement obligations.

• Monitoring of trucking contractor performance (including safety & production) with prompt attention given to noncompliance and performance issues

• Build and maintain strong external relationships with contractors, vendors, and regulatory stakeholders

• Utilization of logistic tools for increased efficiency of trucking systems (increased safety too)

• Nurturing a work culture that reflects the company’s core values of safety, integrity, citizenship, sustainability, and inclusion while demonstrating the key behaviors of acting with urgency, being accountable, being courageous, keeping it simple, and being innovative.

• Contribute to special projects and continuous improvement initiatives as needed

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in logistics, transportation, forestry operations, industrial safety, manufacturing or a related field

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license

• Strong communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse stakeholder groups

• Demonstrated ability to manage contractors and adapt to changing business needs

• Knowledge of computer-based truck tracking systems (GPS), preferred.

• Solid planning, organization, and problem-solving skills with a track record of delivering results

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Willingness to travel as required during the week, conducting safety and production audits within the forest management area.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with truck tracking systems (e.g., GPS, logistics tools)

• Familiarity with forestry, harvesting, or log haul operations

• Eligibility to the Association of Saskatchewan Forestry Professionals, or other professional designation, is considered an asset and would support opportunities for growth within the role

Why Hudson Bay Timberlands

Hudson Bay offers more than just a job—it’s an opportunity to build a rewarding career while living in one of Saskatchewan’s most scenic and naturally rich regions.

Make a visible impact

In a smaller, highly collaborative operation, your contributions directly influence safety, performance, and overall success—you won’t get lost in a large organization.

Expand your experience faster

Gain exposure to a wide range of forestry and transportation operations, including harvesting practices and logistics challenges you may not encounter in more traditional or urban roles.

Strong team, real relationships

Join a close-knit team where collaboration, trust, and accountability are core to how work gets done.

Lifestyle that’s hard to match

Enjoy immediate access to year-round outdoor recreation—fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, and hiking—right outside your door.

A different pace, without sacrificing growth

Hudson Bay offers the balance of meaningful work, career development, and a lifestyle rooted in community and connection.

Whether you're looking to take the next step in your operations or logistics career, or want a role where you can see the impact of your work every day, Hudson Bay Timberlands offers a unique and rewarding opportunity.

Compensation : This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $75,045 - $106,489 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits : When you join our team as a nonunion employee, y ou and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement : Nonunion Canadian employees are automatically enrolled in our Defined Contribution Pension Plan, which includes a paid company match up to 6%, in addition to a company contribution equaling up to 7.25% of your base salary. Employees are also eligible to enroll in the Retirement Savings Plan (Group RRSP).

About Timberlands
We believe trees are a remarkable resource that can and should be managed responsibly to make a range of products that meet human needs, while also providing recreation, wildlife habitat, and other important ecosystem benefits. For more than a century, we've been taking care of forests to make life better.

About Weyerhaeuser

We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We’re serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.

We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.

Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.

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