Ranger

4 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Bristol Water Full time

Exciting opportunity for a Full Time Ranger to join our Bristol Water Lakeside team who will focus mainly on the front of house and customer facing side of the business.

Our reservoirs provide raw water storage; enabling the drinking water network for Bristol and its surrounding areas. They are also nationally important wildlife habitats that need protecting, and they just happen to be absolutely beautiful locations that people love to spend time in Whether it is a great day out, or just a quick escape from the modern world, our lakes are a leading visitor attraction in the region.

The Recreations team are lucky enough to manage public access and recreation across 9 of Bristol Waters waterways; including the two famous lakes of Chew Valley and Blagdon. With an estimated 500,000 site visits annually we play a vital part in community wellbeing and projecting a positive image of Bristol Water. Lakeside Services is also proud to operate Bristol Water Fisheries; a premier UK fishery famous renowned for both its trout and predator fishing.

**What will you be doing?**

You will join an experienced team of Rangers whose aim is to provide a safe and enjoyable visitor experience at our lakes.

This role will be primarily office based at Woodford Lodge situated at Chew Valley Lake. This will include various tasks such as front of house (signing in customers, issuing life jackets and taking payments), tackle shop sales and ordering as well as catch reports. Other duties may include cleaning and preparing boats, securing sites and banking/ticket reporting.

Public access and recreation is a 7 day a week operation; so our ranger staff work as part of a shift rota. Working an average of 5 days, or 38 hours, each week, over a 4 week rota. This will include 2 weekends out of 3, and bank holidays. The shifts will mainly run alongside out tackle shop opening hours of 8:00am-4:15pm but may include both early shifts (7am start), and late shifts (sunset+1 hour).

**What we’re looking for**
- Someone who is practical and hands-on
- Someone who works well in a fast-paced environment
- As you can imagine, some of the ranger work can be very physically demanding, so you will need to be physically fit and able to undertake various physical tasks.
- Full driving licence.

**What we’re looking for...**
- Competent with computers including but not limited to programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
- A team player who can quickly build rapport and work well with team-mates
- Confident working alone as well as in a team
- Responsible and accountable for safeguarding the public and our assets
- Pro-active and confident in using your initiative to find jobs, and get them done safely and efficiently to improve our operations

**Ideally, you’ll also be**
- Share a passion for the range of fishing that we offer our customers.
- Happiest in a varied role from working inside to being outside in all weather conditions and you’ll enjoy rolling up your sleeves and getting stuck into anything.

Importantly, you will need to demonstrate our core values: TRUST, SUPPORT, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, PROFESSIONALISM, PRIDE and AMBITION.

**What’s in it for you?**

As well as a great opportunity to make your mark in a great local company, and work in stunning locations, the role also offers:

- 5% bonus
- 23 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Entry into the company pension scheme
- Flexible, supportive friendly working environment
- Access to flexible benefits and discounts
- Opportunity for some home working
- Onsite parking, when you’re in the office

Since 1846, we’ve been making people healthier and the economy stronger. We’ve served generations of families and will serve generations to come.

We’re here to have a positive impact on people and the planet for generations. We don’t just give people water - we keep them healthy and help them grow. We work around the clock, testing our water hundreds of times every day.

We take this same view with our 600 employees, we don’t just give them jobs in water, we keep them healthy and help them grow.

**The best of both worlds**

We’re one of the smallest water companies in the UK. Being small means we’re nimble and can achieve things quickly for our customers and our people.

But while we’re small, we’re also part of a larger family. In June 2021 we became part of the Pennon group, which also owns South West Water and Bournemouth Water.

This means that as part of our team, you’ll get the best of both worlds - the dynamism and fast pace of a smaller company, along with the security and breadth of opportunity that comes with being part of a large organisation.

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