Yard Supervisor/Wood Procurement

Join Our Team as a Yard Supervisor / Wood Procurement Specialist East Newport, ME Make an Impact — Radically Love and Influence Lives with Bell

Are you a dedicated forestry professional who leads by example and thrives in hands-on environments? Bell is seeking a Yard Supervisor / Wood Procurement Specialist to oversee our production yard operations and contribute to our mission of radically loving and influencing lives.

Your Role: Leadership in Action

As Yard Supervisor and Wood Procurement Specialist, you’ll not only supervise operations—you’ll roll up your sleeves and work alongside your team to ensure smooth, safe, and efficient yard production and wood procurement.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead daily production yard operations, including logistics, scheduling, staffing, and employee performance management.

Operate heavy equipment (log crane, peeler, front-end loader), grade and frame poles, and step in on yard tasks as needed.

Promote and enforce company safety, environmental, and quality standards through audits, training, and corrective actions.

Mark, cut, and process poles at log landings, ensuring supply quality and consistency.

Qualifications

Education:

Experience:

What We Offer

We value hard work and dedication—and we make sure our team feels that.

About Bell

Since 1909, Bell Lumber & Pole Co. and its family of businesses—including Bell Timber Inc., Bell Structural Systems, and Alamco Wood Products—have built a strong reputation as leaders in the renewable wood products industry. As one of the largest producers of high-quality wood poles for utility companies across North America and a trusted manufacturer of carbon-positive mass timber for commercial and industrial use, Bell plays a key role in supporting the transition to sustainable energy and construction.

With over 400 employees across more than a dozen U.S. locations, Bell is committed to taking care of our customers, our environment, and the communities we serve. This role directly supports our long-term sustainability goals—optimizing our use of renewable resources and helping reduce the carbon footprint of our operations and those of our partners.

Our company culture is rooted in our mission: “To radically love and influence lives.” That mission drives every decision we make, from the way we treat our team to the way we serve our communities—near and far.

Bell Lumber & Pole is an equal opportunity employer.

Bell Lumber & Pole is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

This applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Bell makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Bell is committed to working with and providingreasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please call 651-203-2719 or send an e-mail to HRTeam@blpole.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

For additional detail, you can read through our EEO Policy.