Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer
Posted 15 days 5 hours ago by Forest Camping Limited
We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.
Job title - Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer
Salary - £29,171
Contract type - Permanent
Vacancy closes - 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 maximize 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.
Where you'll work
This role is managed from our Santon Downham Workshop situated in Thetford Forest, Norfolk. This workshop supports Forestry England's East, South, and West districts and also Westonbirt Arboretum so travelling will be expected. These roles are based across our West and South Districts. The South roles will be looking to be based around the Lyndhurst area with a Forestry England site used as a reporting point. The West role will be based in and around our Westonbirt Arboretum and using this as a reporting point.
WEST - The West England Forest District team are custodians of 38,500 ha of the Nations Forests in the west and south-west of England. Our woods can be found from Shrewsbury in the north to the majestic veteran trees of Savernake Forest near Marlborough, and the conifer forests on Bodmin Moor, and ancient woodlands of the Glynn Valley in Cornwall. The district is based in the historic Forest of Dean which lies between the rivers Wye and Severn in Gloucestershire. Over two-thirds of our woodlands lie in protected landscapes, with two National Parks, and numerous National Landscapes and sites of special scientific interest. Our team sustainably produce over 220,000 tonnes of timber per annum, whilst providing safe homes for a wide range of wildlife from the common to the rare. We are proactively managing our woods to mitigate against our changing climate and the biodiversity crisis. We are passionate about welcoming visitors to the Nations Forests and encouraging everyone to enjoy our natural world in a responsible way, supporting healthy lifestyles and mental health.
SOUTH -The South England Forest District team is made up of around 170 people with a diverse range of roles - from foresters and wildlife rangers to civil engineers, and ecologists to marketing professionals. We all contribute towards the management of 46,000 hectares of public forest estate that stretch from Sussex to Dorset, and from Berkshire to the Isle of Wight. Nearly all of our forests are within either a National Park or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Much of this forest is of high national importance for nature conservation and wildlife, and of international importance for biodiversity. South England Forest District is therefore responsible for land that includes Special Areas of Conservation (for habitats), Special Protection Areas (for birds) and Ramsar sites (for wetlands). We also provide public access and recreation in our forests, with nearly 50 million visits every year to South England Forest District.
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.
- STaRis 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.
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 asked to select your preferred location. Please only select one.
You will be assessed on technical-based questions at interview.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email .
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: .
Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer- Salary £29,171
- Frequency Annual
- Job Reference forestryengland/TP/2036/207
- Contract Type Permanent
- Closing Date 30 April, 2025
- Job Category Operations
- Business Unit Mechanical Engineering Services
- Location Lyndhurst or Westonbirt, United Kingdom