Senior Civil Engineer
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £39,135 to £42,133 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | BS16 1EJ |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 411641/1 |
Summary
Forestry England are actively growing the nation’s forests, planting around 1,000 hectares of new woodland each year to support carbon sequestration and biodiversity, produce sustainable timber and create resilient landscapes for future generations.
We are looking for a Senior Woodland Creation Civil Engineer to join our fast-paced Woodland Creation team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of landscape-scale woodland expansion. You will help ensure the infrastructure for new woodlands is futureproof and offers value for money. This may include roading, drainage, recreational facilities, and utilities at a number of woodland creation sites across England. You will undertake detailed civil engineering design work on multiple projects, providing guidance and technical advice to colleagues across the country, project managing the delivery of design and physical works, developing and managing budgets, and contributing to the master planning of our woodland creation civil engineering programme.
This is a Temporary Appointment until 31st March 2028 with the possibility of extension or permanency but no guarantee. Some travel across England will be required with occasional overnight stays necessary
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
The role will be based in one of our Forestry England offices in the Midlands South/West of England with flexibility for some optional blended working (see details below). Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.
- appraise potential woodland creation sites from an engineering perspective including access, existing infrastructure and new infrastructure requirements.
- provide engineering advice and technical support. To include undertaking detailed planning, design, and coordination of civil engineering projects, completing construction ready drawings, calculations, preparing specifications, etc.
- promote and encourage a positive health and safety culture around all Civil Engineering activity.
- build professional and productive relationships with Forestry England colleagues across a variety of teams to generate buy-in and ensure smooth delivery.
- liaise with external parties to understand and lead on bespoke requirements e.g. pipeline crossings.
- complete and / or advise on tender documentation for the procurement of civil engineering activities, including advising on appropriate technical specifications.
- procurement and contract management of design and construction works as required.
- And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
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