Mechanic - Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer

Job Introduction

We are Forestry England.

We live and breathe forests.

Job title – Mechanic - Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer

Salary- £30,105 per annum

Contract type – Permanent

Hours – 37 hours per week

Vacancy closes - 16th July, 23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

As a Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer, you will provide efficient value for money service to help Forestry England achieve its goals by maintaining and repairing vehicles and specialist forestry equipment, while ensuring that the fleet is professionally and cost effectively maintained to maximise availability. This will include inspecting, repairing, servicing, welding fabrication and recovery work at worksites and other areas. You will typically be maintaining and repairing items such as chainsaws, trailers, quads, agricultural machinery such as tractors and their attachments, cars, vans, and 4X4s This post will report to the Mechanical Engineering Charge Hand / Service Delivery administrator. 

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

There is one position being advertised with the possibility of 3 different locations dependant on the successful candidate, The 3 locations are Sherwood Pines, Birches Valley Cannock, and Bellingham Workshop Northumberland. The role will be managed from Bellingham Workshop for all possible locations,

The first 2 locations will be a predominantly Mobile role and will cover the full central District operational area and Delamere Nursery and occasionally Yorkshire Forest District, a fully equipped mobile workshop vehicle will be provided along with necessary tools, equipment parts and consumables to enable effective delivery of the role, The vehicle will be based from either location depending on candidate and will be the start location for the role each day and regular travel will be required.

The Bellingham Workshop role will be Workshop and Mobile with tools being provided and shared use of mobile vehicles to carry out the role predominantly covering North District and when required into Central and Yorkshire Districts so regular travel will be expected.

Position Location and Working Arrangements

There is one position available, with the potential to be based at one of three locations, depending on the successful candidate’s circumstances and operational requirements. The available locations are:

• Sherwood Pines NG21 9JL
• Birches Valley, Cannock WS15 2UQ
• Bellingham Workshop, Northumberland NE48 2HP

Regardless of the appointed location, overall line management of the role will be from Bellingham Workshop.

Sherwood Pines and Birches Valley (Cannock)
 These roles will be predominantly mobile and will support operations across the entire Central District, including Delamere Nursery, with occasional work within the Yorkshire Forest District.

• A fully equipped mobile workshop vehicle will be provided.
• All required tools, equipment, parts, and consumables will be supplied to enable effective performance of the role.
• The mobile vehicle will be based at either Sherwood Pines or Birches Valley, depending on the successful candidate.
• The vehicle base will serve as the daily starting point for work.
• The role involves regular travel across the operational area.

Bellingham Workshop (Northumberland)
The Bellingham-based role will be a combination of workshop-based and mobile working.

• Tools will be provided within the workshop environment.
• Shared use of mobile workshop vehicles will be required when undertaking mobile duties.
• The role will primarily support the North District, with travel into the Central and Yorkshire Districts as operational needs require.
• Regular travel should be expected as part of the role.

Benefits…

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

How to apply…

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form. 

You will be assessed on experience, a technical skill and strength based questions during your interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are – 

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first. 

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website. 

Nationality requirements…

Read more about nationality requirements here. 

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative. 

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.