Outdoor Flood Risk & Asset Maintenance Tech

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru; Cross Hands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

28 days annual leave

Wellbeing benefits and support

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Natural Resources Wales is seeking an enthusiastic outdoor operative to protect flood risk assets and manage environmental land across South West Wales. Based at Plas Gwendraeth Depot, Cross Hands, you will perform vegetation management, inspections, and maintenance using a range of plant and equipment.

Join a skilled team, commit to safety, training, and high standards, and contribute to emergency response duties while supporting development through industry qualifications.

Qualifications

• Hold relevant operator licences for tools, machinery and plant, or be willing and able to obtain these.
• Hold an IOSH Working Safely qualification, or demonstrate a willingness to achieve this following appointment.
• Demonstrate basic IT skills, including the ability to use digital systems to record and access information.
• Hold an Emergency First Aid at Work +F qualification, or be willing to obtain this through training.
• Experience working in forestry, construction, agricultural, environmental, or plant operations is desirable.
• Able to undertake physically demanding work, involving lifting, carrying, and walking over uneven terrain.
• Hold a full UK driving licence; Category B+E entitlement (trailer towing) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide manual labour for the maintenance of NRW assets including flood risk assets and NRW managed land.
• Operate equipment such as hand-held tools including chainsaws.
• Act as a banksman and slinger/signaller.
• Understand technical plans and operate in compliance with the Construction Design and Management Regulations.
• Use small plant and machinery such as Aebi/Reform, pedestrian mowers, woodchippers.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Be committed to NRW Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy and your development via the Sgwrs plan.
• Be prepared to take part in incident response activities.
• Other duties commensurate with the grade of this role.

Skills

Outdoor work

Driving license

IOSH Working Safely

Emergency First Aid at Work +F

Basic IT skills

Physical fitness

Tools

Chainsaws

Woodchippers

Mowers

Aebi/Reform

Tow trailers

Job description

Natural Resources Wales is seeking an enthusiastic outdoor operative to protect flood risk assets and manage environmental land across South West Wales. Based at Plas Gwendraeth Depot, Cross Hands, you will perform vegetation management, inspections, and maintenance using a range of plant and equipment.

Join a skilled team, commit to safety, training, and high standards, and contribute to emergency response duties while supporting development through industry qualifications.