Tractor Driver

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 311196**Salary**:

- £23,098- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer- Pay Band 6b**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- FC - Forestry England**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Fineshade, Northhants, NN17 3BB or Market Rasen, East Midlands (England), LN8 3RQAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Central Forest District has responsibility for the management of some 30,000 ha of the public forest within a triangle formed by Liverpool, Hull and Milton Keynes.

The district contains some of the busiest woodlands in the UK and caters for a wide diversity of recreational use.

This post will be based primarily at Market Rasen Lincolnshire or Fineshade, Northamptonshire and will be required to provide tractor resource for approx. 9,000ha managed by 2 beat foresters mainly in the counties of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. travel to and work within other areas of Central England Forest District may also be required which may require overnight stays for work and training courses.

**Job description**:
To carry out a range of mechanical operations including; mowing, mulching, scarifying and hedge cutting. The post will also be a relief operator for mulching and scarifying to support the replanting programme.

The successful applicant will need to have the following qualities: Embrace FC values and respect equality and diversity.
- Be approachable, open, polite and helpful to other
- Be reliable and flexible within the team.
- Share ideas and experience and knowledge.
- Actively listen and ask questions to check understanding
- Prioritise and organise time and resources effectively to meet agreed deadlines and objectives.
- Know when to involve others and consult colleagues about problems at an early stage.

**Person specification**:
Key Work Areas:

- To carry out tractor based work as required
- To help the district maximise its output with the available resources, while maintaining high work standards.
- Accurately record and report, resource usage, daily work outputs and hazard, constraint and environmental information for management purposes.
- Plan and organise your workload effectively so that all operations are undertaken safely and efficiently. Abide by all relevant health and safety procedures.

**Experience**:
**Essential**

Previous experience of forestry/agricultural tractor driving with a range of implements

**Desirable**

Experience of working in the forestry/environmental sector. Experience of writing and using risk assessments.

**Professional and Technical**:
**Essential**
- Demonstrate numeracy and literacy skills
- Ability to demonstrate a clear mechanical aptitude.

**Desirable**
- Ecological knowledge and experience.
- Demonstrate the ability to assess and manage risk to ensure safe working practices are maintained at all times.
- Forest Machinery Operators Certificate.

**T**echnical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- You will be asked some technical questions at interview relating to tractor and machinery use in Forestry alongside questions on relevant experience.
- Practical machinery assessment

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Tractors and Machinery

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £23,098, Forestry Commission contributes £6,236 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for gaps within the last 2 years.
- A Personal statement (no longer than 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience are suitable for the role, with reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.

You will be asked some technical questions at interview relating to tractor and machinery use in Forestry alongside questions on relevant experience.

**Further Information**

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

The duties of this post require the applicant to