# Forestry & Estate Maintenance Worker

**Company**: The Goodwood Estate
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £26,644.80 per annum
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance

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## Description

We are seeking a Forestry & Estate Maintenance Worker to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis. As a Forestry & Estate Maintenance Worker, you will play a hands-on role in caring for the iconic Goodwood Estate.

The role involves maintaining forests, woodlands, roadside trees, and amenity areas across the Estate. You will operate a range of specialist machinery, including tractors, chainsaws, telehandlers, and PTO equipment, and support woodland management and tree planting projects.

Responsibilities:

- Maintain forests, woodlands, roadside trees, and amenity areas across the Estate

- Operate tractors, chainsaws, telehandlers, and PTO equipment

- Support tree planting and woodland management projects

- Maintain public rights of way, tracks, fences, walls, and other estate infrastructure

- Load and unload timber, aggregates, and other materials

- Assist with grounds and landscape maintenance activities

- Undertake a variety of seasonal and ad hoc estate maintenance tasks

Requirements:

- Prior experience operating tractors, telehandlers, and PTO equipment

- Chainsaw qualification

- Experience maintaining machinery and equipment

- Knowledge of trees, forestry, or tree planting

- A practical approach and confidence working outdoors in all weather conditions

- A logical and methodical approach to problem solving

- A full UK driving licence

- An interest in forestry, countryside management, or the natural environment is desirable

We offer a salary of £26,644.80 per annum, plus excellent benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Tractor operation
- Telehandler operation
- PTO equipment operation
- Chainsaw qualification
- Machinery maintenance
- Tree knowledge
- Forestry knowledge

### Nice to have
- Forestry experience
- Countryside management experience
- Natural environment interest

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