Works Supervisor - Kielder, United Kingdom - Forestry Commission

Forestry Commission

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Kielder, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £26,534
Job grade:

Administrative Officer
Pay Band 6a
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
FC
Forestry England
North England Forest District
Type of role:
Operational Delivery
Working pattern:
Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Falstone, Kielder Forest, NorthumberlandAbout the job

Job summary:

North England Forest District has a complement of 132 staff who care for 61,000 hectares of forest and 25,000 hectares of open land.

Annual timber production is 550,000 m3 and there is a planting programme in excess of 3 million trees a year.

The district has 45 SSSIs totalling over 10,000 ha and is a major contributor to local and national biodiversity. The district has four visitor centres at Grizedale, Whinlatter, Kielder and Hamsterley. The public forest estate in North England District attracts over one million visits per annum.

The post will be within the Kielder West Beat, located near Falstone Village, Northumberland, which comprises mainly conifer woodlands extending to an area of around 12,600 Hectares of the main forest block of Kielder.

The team is led by a Beat Forester who is supported by this supervisor role, 3 forest craftspeople and a tractor driver.

The beat has an annual timber harvesting programme of approximately 50000 m3 from clear felling of standing timber sales and an average annual planting programme of around 500,000 trees.

The beat is varied with a wide variety of conifer and broadleaf species and offers a range of multi-purpose forestry.

Job description:

This post is a varied and exciting opportunity to join the Kielder West Beat team.

As a direct support to the Beat Forest Manager, you will assist with the planning, management, supervision and delivery of the land management and recreational work delivered by Forestry England staff and contractors.

The Kielder West Beat team manage the tree supply for the North England Forest District from a specialised coldstore located just outside of Falstone village, with around 3 million trees passing through each year.

This role will take a day-to-day lead in receiving trees from supplying nurseries, storing them, and handling the million of these trees that require pre plant treatment on site by contractors before being dispatched to site by the team.

As well as overseeing these operations, this role will also manage the stocktake and dispatch of non-plant stock such as fencing material and woodwork for Kielder Main Block and satellite Beats within the District.

Accurate recording of deliveries and dispatches using Microsoft office-based systems will be a key part of this operation.

Responsibilities

Staff
Management & Team Working

Effectively plan and manage the work of the Craftsperson Team including a tractor operator who operates across Kielder Forest, with guidance and support from the Beat Forest Manager.

Encourage and help the team to innovate and deliver work programmes, collaborating with others to deliver targets.

Operational Delivery

Supervise operational contracts including harvesting standing sales, forest regeneration, estate management and recreational provision to ensure operations are carried out in a safe, efficient, and sustainable manner.

Assist and support the Beat Forest Manager in collecting operational data for tasks such as the marking of trees for sale, tree safety inspections, fence line and boundary inspections, pests and diseases and the assessment of tree density numbers on restocked and newly planted sites.

Contribute to key programmes by providing a service in managing deliveries of essential plants, materials, and consumables to work sites.

Health and Safety

Supervise all aspects of Health and Safety across Kielder West Beat, promoting and improving our safety culture across all activities.

Customer Care

Champion the vision and ethos of the organisation when talking to contractors, customers, visitors, stakeholders and when working with volunteers.

Flexibility

Due to the seasonal nature of this role, it is essential that the successful applicant is willing to be flexible in terms of working pattern and hours.

This is particularly important during the planting season (October - April) to help facilitate the North England District restocking programme.

Overtime will be paid for any additional hours worked over the 37-hour week.

Person specification:

Experience - Essential**- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of woodland and forest management.

Good understanding of health and safety issues relating to working in a forest or public access site.
Experience of effective team working.
Good working knowledge of MS Office packages, including Outlook, Excel and Word.
Certificate of competence to operate a counterbalance forklift or a willingness to undert