IRC330267 - Industrial 3 – Senior Supervisor - Forest Service

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA); Enniskillen, Newry, Garvagh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) invites applications for an Industrial 3 – Senior Supervisor within the Forest Service. The role focuses on leading and safely supervising a wide range of forestry work, including forest establishment, regeneration, maintenance, timber harvesting, wildlife protection and management of public access areas.

Vacancies cover multiple management areas across Tyrone, Fermanagh, Down/Armagh and Londonderry.

Qualifications

• Lead and supervise forestry teams
• Ensure safe operations in challenging outdoor environments
• Knowledge of forest establishment, regeneration and maintenance

Responsibilities

• Lead and safely supervise forestry work activities (establishment, regeneration, maintenance)
• Oversee timber harvesting operations and environmental protection
• Ensure public access areas (paths, recreation sites) are maintained and safe
• Provide leadership and oversight across field teams in variable rural settings

Job description

DEPARTMENT: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)

LOCATION: Enniskillen (County Fermanagh), Newry (County Down) and Garvagh (County Londonderry).

JOB TITLE: INDUSTRIAL 3 – SENIOR SUPERVISOR

DEPARTMENT: Forest Service – An Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)

JOB ROLE: Forest Service’s work makes a significant contribution to DAERA’s vision of “Delivering a net zero nature positive future, supporting sustainable agriculture and thriving rural communities”. Industrial 3 Senior Supervisors are responsible for leading and safely supervising a broad spectrum of forestry work activities such as; forest establishment, forest regeneration and maintenance of forests, timber harvesting operations, protection of wildlife and the environment and looking after public access areas such as paths and recreation sites.

LOCATION: Vacancies are located within Forest Management Areas across Tyrone and Fermanagh (headquartered at Enniskillen), Down/Armagh (headquartered at Newry) and Antrim/Londonderry (headquartered at Garvagh). Successful candidates must be willing to work and travel throughout the area assigned and, on occasion, elsewhere across Northern Ireland to meet operational requirements.

Further appointments may be made from this competition should NICS positions become vacant which require the same eligibility criteria and have similar duties and responsibilities.

Applications from females, young people ( under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are particularly welcomed for this post.

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