Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer

Forestry England; Santon Downham; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Forestry England as a Mechanical Engineering Field Service Engineer at the Santon Downham Workshop, where you'll maintain and repair vital forestry equipment and vehicles. Contribute to environmental sustainability while enjoying benefits like a generous pension contribution as part of the Civil Service scheme.

Benefits

Average pension contribution of 28.97%

Qualifications

• Previous experience in mechanical maintenance and repair.
• Ability to work on various machinery including vehicles and forestry equipment.
• Willingness to travel between work sites.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and maintain vehicles and specialist forestry equipment.
• Perform welding fabrication and recovery work.
• Travel to different sites for maintenance tasks.

Skills

Mechanical Maintenance

Repairs

Welding Fabrication

Tools

Chainsaws

Agricultural Machinery

4X4s

Job description

Salary: £29,171
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Location: Santon Downham Workshop
Vacancy closes: 23:58 6th July 2025

We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.

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 you will be a mobile mechanic, you will provide efficient value for money service to help the Forestry England to achieve its aims by maintaining and repairing vehicles and specialist forestry equipment, while ensuring that the fleet is professionally, and cost effectively maintained to maximise availability. This will include inspecting, repairing, servicing, welding fabrication and recovery work at worksites and other areas. You will typically be maintaining and repairing items such as chainsaws, trailers, quads, agricultural machinery such as tractors and their attachments, cars, vans, and 4X4s

This post will report to the Mechanical Engineering Charge Hand / Service Delivery administrator.

Please see the job description for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

This role is based from our Santon Downham Workshop situated in Thetford Forest just outside of Brandon. This workshop covers Forestry England's East, South and West districts so traveling will be expected at times.

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.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

How to apply…

For further information and to apply, please click here