The Green Branch
The Green Branch is seeking a dedicated Forestry Operations Manager (Engenheiro Florestal) to lead the implementation of our large-scale reforestation projects in Brazil. This role requires a forest engineer who will oversee operational execution, manage implementation partners, and ensure the successful restoration of degraded landscapes. Key activities also include site visits, monitoring activities, feasibility studies, and land eligibility assessments to drive the success of our initiatives.
About The Green Branch
The Green Branch is a developer of large-scale reforestation projects in Brazil, creating a portfolio of high-quality carbon credit projects to supply the Voluntary Carbon Market. We work alongside nature and local communities to restore degraded land into resilient forests. Our goal is to create permanent forest cover by planting biodiverse forests with native and productive species, including agroforestry and plantations, striving to bring resilience to the landscape. For more information: www.thegreenbranch.nl.
Location: Brazil, São Paulo, with frequent field travel
Key responsibilities:
- Technical Operations Leadership: Apply deep technical knowledge of large-scale forestry operations to evaluate standard operating procedures, operational plans, execution quality, and partner performance. You know how to evaluate local implementation partners, what key forestry aspects need to be assessed to ensure good project implementation, and can indicate to TGB if operational plans are of sufficient quality to reach our reforestation goals.
- Partner Oversight & Coordination: Be the primary point of contact for operational partners, rigorously evaluating their work on paper and in the field. Lead meetings with operational partners and review all documentation, proposals, reports, plans, and deliverables they submit. Proactively communicate with partners, follow through on agreements, and raise issues to TGB when something is off.
- Technical Scoping & Contract Review: Define the technical scope of work and operational KPIs for partner contracts. Review all operational agreements, to ensure that all forestry aspects are fully covered and field risks are mitigated prior to signing.
- Field Supervision & Quality Assurance: Conduct farm evaluations from a rigorous forestry standpoint to assess execution quality on the ground. Also, when needed, supervise soil sampling, tree measurements, and stand inventories, acting as the operational lead in the field, ensuring all field data collection meets the strict standards required for third-party carbon verification audits.
- Technical documentation: Develop monitoring plans, sampling protocols, standard operation procedures, and project reports to support internal decision-making and certification processes. Review and ground-truth forestry designs and species lists to ensure they are operationally feasible and aligned with local site conditions and will provide the expected carbon, timber, and biodiversity impacts.
- External representation: Represent The Green Branch in meetings and communications with external stakeholders, including investors, auditors, and landowners. Lead these interactions with confidence, ensure follow-through on any commitments made, and escalate issues internally when needed.
Profile and skills:
- Based in Brazil (São Paulo).
- Education: Degree in forest engineering (required).
- Forestry experience & knowledge: At least 5 years of experience in large-scale forestry operations in Brazil with hands-on knowledge of forestry field operations such as soil preparation, tree planting, species selection, tree harvesting, and stand assessments. Experience at major industrial forestry or plantation companies (e.g. Suzano, Bracell, Cenibra, or similar) is strongly preferred.
- Technical Writing & Protocols: Experience drafting and reviewing forestry standard operating procedures (SOPs), field monitoring plans, sampling protocols, and technical project reports.
- Implementation Partner Management: Experience managing large-scale implementation partners that handle a broad operational scope. This includes This includes defining the operational terms of their contracts, reviewing their reports and proposals, performing field verification to check their data against actual ground results, and making sure they meet quality standards.
- Stakeholder Management: Experience communicating with external stakeholders, such as investors, auditors (e.g., FSC/VCS), and landowners, ensuring their needs are attended to and any concerns are addressed.
- Languages: Fluent in Portuguese (required) and English (required).
- Mindset: You are a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset that can work independently and raises issues proactively. You are comfortable operating with limited guidance in a fast-moving environment.
- Mobility & Travel: Willingness to travel extensively within Brazil for site visits and partner coordination. Valid Brazilian driver’s license (CNH Category B) is required.
Nice to have:
- Experience at or with a carbon project developer (e.g. VCS/CCB project experience, monitoring, or carbon credit origination).
- Experience with forest certification standards and compliance (FSC and/or PEFC/Cerflor)
- Experience with agroforestry and/or reforestation with native species.
- Experience working in a startup or fast-growing company environment, where priorities shift and you’re expected to wear multiple hats.
- Experience with GIS tools (QGIS, LiDAR, SAR).
What we offer:
- A leadership role in a fast-growing impact-driven company dedicated to large-scale ecosystem restoration.
- The opportunity to make a real impact on (large-scale) forest restoration, climate, and biodiversity.
- A dynamic work environment with autonomy and professional growth opportunities.
- Collaboration with a multinational team of experts in reforestation and carbon markets.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
Start date: 1st of September 2026 (flexible for the right candidate).
Application deadline: 17th of July, 2026. We review applications on a rolling basis and will contact shortlisted candidates directly.
Ready to get your hands dirty and help us build resilient native forests? Send your CV and motivation letter to [email protected]