Job Introduction
We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.
Job title – Mechanical Engineering Service Delivery Administration Officer
Salary - £29,171
Contract type – Permanent
Hours – 37
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 the Mechanical Engineering Service Delivery Administration Officer, you will have responsibility for managing and monitoring all aspects of our fast paced and flexible service provision for Forestry England.
Working closely with your admin support staff at one of our workshop locations, you will schedule all assets under your remit to be inspected, serviced, and repaired to a high quality, utilising both internal resource and establishing links with key external suppliers across your geographical areas of responsibility. You will work closely with the technical teams to ensure the support we provide is of high standard and in accordance with the organisations vision.
Forging close links with both our internal and external partners is an equally important part of the role, and so enhanced interpersonal communication skills are key to succeeding in this role.
The role will be location based and you will be expected to work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team, work collaboratively with colleagues who are based at different sites. To support this, some infrequent travel may be required for meetings or training requirements.
This post will report to the Mechanical Engineering Area Fleet Manager and Mechanical Engineering Service Delivery Charge hand.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
Santon Downham Workshop based in Thetford Forest just outside of Brandon.
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.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Making effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
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.
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.
