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In Central Region, we manage and care for public land and forests in and around the cities and towns of the Central Belt, within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, and right across the peninsulas and intricate coasts of Cowal. We not only manage forests and produce timber, we also support a wide range of recreation facilities, tackle managing woodland across steep ground and in sensitive landscapes, establish woodland on former coalfield sites, and have an ambitious programme to restore Atlantic rainforest.
Our Civil Engineering team plans, designs and manages the construction and maintenance of our roads and associated infrastructure, including bridges and quarries. These are essential to support the harvesting of timber, our restocking plans, conversion to native woodland and our deer management. In addition, many roads are used for informal recreation purposes.
In FLS, we get to work outdoors, we’re knowledgeable about modern forestry and wider land management, and we’re committed to managing land to adapt to climate change, secure carbon, improve biodiversity and create great places for the people of Scotland.
Job description
Your primary role is to plan and design construction works, preparing site plans, risk assessments and contract paperwork; and manage the delivery of projects, including cost control, on behalf of FLS.
Our engineering projects include the design and layout of forest roads, forest road upgrades and maintenance, bridges, car parks and forest trails; and the design and implementation of quarries.
Our work can be challenging – tackling steep slopes, peatland restoration areas and highly designated areas – and require lateral thinking to resolve design problems. You will work closely with foresters and environment advisers, landscape architects and national technical specialists, including the national engineering team, to identify solutions.
The projects are delivered by external contract secured through Scottish Government procurement. The site works are delivered using NEC3 and NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts and Engineering and Construction Short Contracts.
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Essential:
- Demonstrable experience, understanding or knowledge of supervising construction works;
- Experience of working with NEC 3 and NEC 4 contracts, including preparing tender documents and supporting information;
- Knowledge and understanding of current CDM Regulations and how they apply to both the design and the management of construction projects;
- Ability to work outdoors in all seasons in rural areas.
Desirable:
- Experience of working with construction projects for forestry operations;
- Experience or knowledge of extractives work (quarrying, drilling, blasting, crushing);
- Knowledge of the Town and Country Planning system and how it applies to construction projects;
- Experience of construction project management within sensitive environments, including designated sites such as National Parks;
- Experience of land surveying, including setting out.
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- A HNC or higher qualification in Civil Engineering/related field or the ability to demonstrate equivalent level of work experience in a relevant industry.
- Competent in use of Microsoft software
Desirable:
- Chartered Professional membership of ICE or other relevant professional body (or a commitment to obtain Professional Member status within 2 years of appointment);
- Experience of using AutoCAD to prepare design drawings;
- Competent user of Geographic Information Systems;
- NVQ level 4 in safety, health and environmental management in the extractives industry
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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