Harvesting Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Medi 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £34,080 i £36,934 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Hydref 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | IP27 0TJ |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 370111/1 |
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East England Forest District, covers an area of 35,000 ha from North Norfolk to Brighton; including Thetford Forest and the outlying beats of Sandlings, Kent, East Sussex, Chilterns and Thames Chase Community Forest. The District has a varied landholding including the largest lowland pine forest in England at Thetford, community woodland on the outskirts of London at Thames Chase, and a range of mixed woodland, many of which are on sites of Ancient Woodland.
There are numerous sites of conservation interest designated across the District, including Special Protection Areas to conserve the breeding habitat for the Woodlark and Nightjar, Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Specific Scientific Interest, Areas of Outstanding National Beauty, Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland, County Wildlife Sites and Scheduled Monuments.
The District offers outdoor recreation, leisure and wellbeing activities for hundreds of thousands of people each year at its recreation centres. Forestry England’s whole freehold estate is dedicated for public access on foot, with numerous small carparks and informal access points.
East England Forest District produces approximately 120,000m3 of timber, annually. Approximately 70,000m3 is delivered via direct production from Thetford Forest, through thinning and clearfell operations.
About the JobForestry England we are the largest supplier of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) timber in England. We put sustainability at the heart of our forestry policies and practices.
This is a managerial role and your time will be split 50:50 between the office and outdoors, on site. For the right candidate we can offer a package of extensive in-house training.
We are looking for a leader with good organisational skills, sound communication, and the ability to deliver challenging programmes whilst adhering to all relevant standards and guidelines. You must be capable of developing positive working relationships with our own staff as well as with our timber customers, to fulfil ours and their contract obligations.
This post receives operational pay, with an expectation of averaging 44 hours a week. There will be a requirement within this to work flexibly to meet the needs of the team and occasionally be on call as part of the out of hours emergency roster (approximately 3-4 weeks a year).
We are seeking a manager for our tree harvesting operations in Thetford Forest that shares our passion for sustainable forestry and homegrown timber production.
Thetford Forest is split into four management areas which are each managed by Beat Foresters. You will be delivering their objectives for each site and it important that you can prioritise and build good working relationships with the Foresters and our team of specialists for recreation, conservation, archaeology and civil engineering, to ensure safe and effective delivery.
As Harvesting Manager you will plan, manage and monitor clearfell and thinning operations within Thetford Forest. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that safety and environmental standards are met, and work is completed to a high standard.
We clearfell 150ha of forest to produce 45,000m3 per year to deliver our Forest Plan objectives for People, Wildlife and the Climate. That means we start a new site on average every three weeks and the team work at fast pace over multiple live sites at different stages of the cycle. You will lead our Direct Production Harvesting Team to deliver the clearfell programme. Directly managing seven Harvesting Machine Operators and a Works Supervisor. The machine fleet consists of one harvester, two forwarders and a front-end loader. Within this staffing we support part time working and a trainee programme.
As well as our own team, this role also plans, manages and monitors a work programme for a contract harvesting team, primarily delivering thinning operations of approximately 500ha / 25,000m3.
Additionally, this role oversees the co-ordination of the dispatch of the 70,000m3 of timber produced from these programmes. Working with our Dispatcher and office team you will manage the timber supply contracts working with our customers.