We are currently inviting applications for the following position:
Contracts Supervisor / Assistant Harvesting Manager
Lochgilphead – West Scotland
Due to our increasing activities and expanding work programme across Scotland, Scottish Woodlands isseeking to engage with enthusiastic professionals with a passion for harvesting, who can offer a fresh and visionary way of thinking, for key and critical positions within the organisation.
We are currently looking to recruit a Harvesting Contracts Supervisor / Assistant Harvesting Manager in Argyll, based out of our Lochgilphead office. If you want to work somewhere where you will be surrounded by the beautiful landscapes of Argyll in a bustling community then this role could be for you.
The Role...
will be varied focusing on supervising timber harvesting operations and providing support to the local harvesting managers. You will aid the team in managing sites to industry standards and within all health & safety, and environmental legislation. In this role you will liaise with contractors, third party landowners and clients, and monitor and record timber production figures. This role offers good opportunity for progression within the business for the right candidate.
A degree or other relevant qualification in Forestry is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. Applicants will be selected on their experience and knowledge of the industry as well as relevant qualifications and certification. This position may also suit someone with an environmental, geography, agricultural, rural surveying or other land-based qualification or who has the relevant practical experience. You should have a professional acumen, be commercially aware and possess excellent communication and organisation skills. Experience of contract/project management and health & safety management are also required for the role. This role will involve many site visits which are not accessible by public transport and therefore it is essential that you hold a current full Drivers Licence. Professional membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters or progressing towards attaining chartered status would be preferred.
Closing date: 4th August
Scottish Woodlands offer ...
An attractive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience, company vehicle, generous pension scheme, life assurance, permanent health insurance, private health care, and the opportunity for equity participation.
The company is 80% owned by staff. Applicants will also be given excellent personal and career development opportunities and will be part of a highly professional, motivated team.
Queries about the application process? Email:hr@scottishwoodlands.co.uk
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Scottish Woodlands is a leading forestry management company with a long tradition of serving forest owners and investors in Scotland and the rest of the UK. For more information, visit:
www.scottishwoodlands.co.uk
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