Worksite Supervisors

Worksite Supervisors

Job reference: REQ0610

Location: Multiple (See JD)

Salary: £28,141 - £29,556 + 26% employer pension contributions (Pay award pending)

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time

FLS currently have 3 positions available for Worksite Supervisors in the East Region.

Within this role, you’ll be very much field oriented, working on site supporting the team and contractors in current operations.

Your key focus will be on ensuring our work meets stringent Health, Safety, Environmental and UKWAS requirements, as well as meeting our many customers and stakeholders needs. You will also deliver on key objectives such as climate and biodiversity. You’ll also help the team deliver contract management requirements and provide mapping and planning updates.

About the team

FLS East Region includes a wide range of land and forest assets in public ownership. These

comprise a wide range of habitat types ranging from plantation forests to deep peats and highly

mobile sand dunes that host a wide range of protected species.

They’re involved with creating new woodlands, restoring peatland, designing woodlands and

land management plans, harvesting, re-planting, road construction, environmental management

and enhancing our visitor experience. While helping us to make significant contributions to

Climate Emergency mitigation and to the national effort to reduce nature loss and conserve

endangered species.

Main duties

• Assist in the delivery of Health, Safety and Wellbeing and environmental management on
• site.
• Engage positively with contractors and support them to deliver high quality operations
• through clear communication.
• Supervise forestry operations in line with current legislation and best practice to deliver
• the programme of work.
• Maintain effective communication between relevant teams (e.g., forester, contractors,
• craftspeople).
• Deliver good record keeping (e.g., site visits, progress reporting, stocks).
• Engage with and feed into wider projects, for example carbon capture initiatives.

Working at Forestry and Land Scotland is all about ‘People, Pride and Purpose.’ Join us and take pride in helping look after something incredibly valuable to the people of Scotland and its visitors – Scotland’s national forests and land.

If you’re interested, please see the job description and Success Profile document for a full role overview.

Apply through the link with your CV and Supporting statement.

Closing date: 5 July 2023.

Apply Here