{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Greenest Workforce","provider_url":"https:\/\/thegreenestworkforce.ca","author_name":"Administrator","author_url":"https:\/\/thegreenestworkforce.ca\/index.php\/blog-intern\/administrator\/","title":"EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yEnjKLD6F4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegreenestworkforce.ca\/index.php\/en\/forestry-lifes-better\/every-day-something-new\/\">EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/thegreenestworkforce.ca\/index.php\/en\/forestry-lifes-better\/every-day-something-new\/embed\/#?secret=yEnjKLD6F4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW&#8221; &#8212; The Greenest Workforce\" data-secret=\"yEnjKLD6F4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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His job as a Senior Technical Director at Weyerhaeuser not only gives him daily opportunities to apply his talents and training, but also provides the variety and flexibility he always wanted from his career. Graeme is part of the GreenestWorkforce, and Canada\u2019s forest products industry.   This is his story.  Growing up in Nanaimo, I took wood shop all through high school, and I did well at math and sciences. Both of those were a great foundation for getting into forest products. I went to the University of British Columbia for an undergrad in wood products processing, and then for my Masters in forestry. I\u2019ve been with Weyerhaeuser for 6 years and have been a Regional Senior Technical Director for Weyerhaeuser in Vancouver for more than three yearsthe last year.  There\u2019s no such thing as a typical day here. I oversee the technical departments of four facilities, which involves a lot of time on the road. I\u2019m in Oregon every couple of weeksmonthly and Ontario every six months, working with facility teams on optimization. I make sure they meet manufacturing standards and I monitor quality aspects. There\u2019s variety, which I really enjoy, and also I also get to see the impact of my work. There\u2019s a set of targets for the mills I oversee. I have latitude to shape how I meet those targets, but they have to be met. I know that I\u2019m successful if they\u2019re doing better it\u2019s because I\u2019m doing my job. That\u2019s where my value is. Whatever it takes to help them meet their targets, that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do.  I also have access to a team of highly talented product and testing engineers I can draw on for expertise. Every day I\u2019m learning something new simply by through osmosis.   I love that there\u2019s no cookbook, just a set of expectations and. It\u2019s it\u2019s up to me to decide how to meet them. I have a lot of flexibility in this job. Weyerhaeuser encourages days off when I need them and I generally set my own schedule.   Now, my path is just one of the ways people end up in forestry, and I\u2019m more on the technical side than actual hands-on work with the trees. I took the engineering engineered product route, and when I look at my fellow graduates I\u2019m impressed by the diversity of opportunities. It\u2019s almost endless, really. Some have gone into forestry proper, some into pulp and paper. If you\u2019re interested in something there\u2019s probably an opportunity to pursue it."}