Mechanic - Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer

Forest Camping Limited; Santon Downham; Sur place; GBP 27 000 - 33 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Civil Service Pension

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Free parking

Free entry to National Arboretums

Learning and development opportunities

STaR employee benefits

Résumé du poste

Forestry England is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer (Mobile Mechanic) to maintain and repair vehicles and forestry equipment, ensuring the fleet remains available and reliable. This is a workshop-based role with a mobile element and requires a proactive, flexible approach to support frontline operations.

The role involves inspections, servicing, repairs, welding and fabrication, and occasional recovery work at various sites, covering the East England Forest District and

Responsabilités

• Maintaining and repairing vehicles and specialist forestry equipment to maximise availability and reliability.
• Carrying out inspections, servicing, repairs, welding and fabrication, and recovery work at worksites and other locations as required.

Description du poste

Job title – Mechanic - Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer

Salary - £30,105 per annum

Contract type – Permanent

Hours – 37 hours per week

Vacancy closes - Monday 26th October 2026 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 a Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer (Mobile Mechanic), you will deliver an efficient, value for money service that supports Forestry England in achieving its operational objectives. You will be responsible for maintaining and repairing vehicles and specialist forestry equipment, ensuring the fleet is professionally and cost‑effectively managed to maximise availability and reliability.

The role will involve carrying out inspections, servicing, repairs, welding and fabrication, and recovery work at operational worksites and other locations as required. Equipment maintained will typically include chainsaws, trailers, quad bikes, agricultural machinery such as tractors and associated attachments, as well as cars, vans, and 4x4 vehicles.

This is a workshop based role but includes a mobile role requiring a proactive and flexible approach to supporting frontline operations. The post reports to the Mechanical Engineering Chargehand / Service Delivery Administrator.

Where you’ll work

This role is based from our Santon Downham Workshop situated in the East district, Thetford Forest just outside of Brandon. This workshop covers Forestry England's East, South and West districts so traveling will be expected at times. Overtime payments and expenses rates will be offered to cover travel periods.

East England Forest District, covers an area of 35,000 hectares from North Norfolk to Brighton; including Thetford Forest and the outlying beats of Sandlings, Kent, East Sussex, Chilterns and Thames Chase Community Forest. The District has a varied landholding including the largest lowland pine forest in England at Thetford, community woodland on the outskirts of London at Thames Chase, and a range of mixed woodland, many of which are on sites of Ancient Woodland.

Benefits

• 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.

Nationality requirements

Nationality requirements…

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.

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