Civil Engineer
| Posting date: | 21 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £32,089 to £32,724 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 August 2025 |
| Location: | IP27 0TJ |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 417609/1 |
Summary
You will support delivering the district’s civil engineering programme by planning, specifying, managing, and delivering (through external contractors) routine construction and maintenance. You will inspect and maintain civil engineering assets including bridges, reservoirs dams and forest roads. You will collaborate, engage, advise, and work with internal stakeholders to deliver civil engineering works, whilst meeting legal, health and safety, environmental and policy obligations.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
The role is based in the East England Forest District, covers an area of 35,000 hectares 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.
Your place of work will be at the Santon Downham, Brandon regional office.
- champion a safe working environment and be a role model for high standards of health and safety by effectively managing staff and contractors working on Forestry England land.
- plan and deliver a programme of civil engineering works across the district. Build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to develop project scopes and associated costings.
- procure routine civil engineering works using existing frameworks or other established procedures.
- you will be a contract manager, including developing and administering contracts.
- have pre-commencement meetings with contractors, meeting Forestry England’s policies and procedures.
- review or prepare risk assessments, method statements and other health and safety documents for projects, so they comply with specification, environmental and health & safety standards.
- regularly monitor and record contractor health and safety and environmental performance; proactively manage H&S and environmental issues; promptly report accidents and near misses and make sure that lessons learned are shared and implemented.
- support the senior/principal civil engineer with the planning, designing, and delivering higher-risk and more complex projects.
- line manages, mentor and support civil engineering works supervisors and machine operators.
- create minor designs meeting Forestry England and industry standards.
- monitor, record and manage carbon emissions. Sharie and implement best practice to help achieve Forestry England’s net zero targets.
- when you are trained and experienced, inspect assets to assess and report on their condition. Keep asset records up to date.
- use Forester Web to produce contract maps and update civil engineering asset data.
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
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