Countryside Management Operative / Supervisor

Countryside Management Operative/Supervisor

M&G Countryside Developments Ltd

Background

M&G Countryside Developments are undergoing a period of business growth and as such we would like to recruit another team member with countryside, land management skills and qualifications. This is to help M&G deliver immediate contract commitments and to support a full 2026/2027 forward order book.

Clients M&G work with include Wildlife Trusts, Woodland Trust, Bristol Port, Wessex's Water, FCC Environment, Ringway/Highways Agency, Forestry Commission, local authorities, private estates and more.

Experience and Training

The ideal candidate will come with supervisors/foreman experience and have either forestry/countryside/land management experience. Ideally the candidate will also have further vocational and technical training or qualifications around vegetation management, tractors and machines, fencing, brush cutting, spraying, forestry operations, chippers and woodland establishment and maintenance.

Essential requirements/qualifications:

• Clean full driving licence
• Ground chainsaw qualifications
• Emergency First Aid at Work

Desirable requirements/qualifications:

• Brushcutters
• PA1,2&6
• Tractor/forestry machine qualifications
• Chippers / timber processing

Work location and hours

M&G are based at a yard near Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire and the working day will start and finish at the yard generally (working away approx. 25%).

Hours are circa 7:00am - 17:00 Monday - Friday with occasional weekend work in particular over the summer (overtime pay and/or time off in lieu). However, some jobs will require to meet at site, or for night stop overs if working on contracts further afield.

Salary

For the right candidate with appropriate qualifications salary would be in the range of £36,000-£42,000 per annum + benefits depending on experience.

Interested

If you feel you have the right experience and qualifications and are ready to launch the next stage of your career within a growing and vibrant business, then we would love to hear from you.

For the right candidate we are looking for a start as soon as possible.

For more information on what we do please look at our website: a confidential website link is provided. For an informal conversation please contact Miles Batten (Director) on miles@m-g.org.uk or call .

Two references will be required.

Delete Date:

30/11/2026

Location:

Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire

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M&G Countryside Developments are undergoing a period of business growth and as such we would like to recruit another team member with countryside, land management skills and qualifications. This is to help M&G deliver immediate contract commitments and to support a full 2026/2027 forward order book., The ideal candidate will come with supervisors/foreman experience and have either forestry/countryside/land management experience. Ideally the candidate will also have further vocational and technical training or qualifications around vegetation management, tractors and machines, fencing, brush cutting, spraying, forestry operations, chippers and woodland establishment and maintenance.,

• Clean full driving licence
• Ground chainsaw qualifications
• Emergency First Aid at Work
• Desirable requirements/qualifications:
• Brushcutters
• PA1,2&6
• Tractor/forestry machine qualifications
• Chippers / timber processing
  
  Hours are circa 7:00am - 17:00 Monday - Friday with occasional weekend work in particular over the summer (overtime pay and/or time off in lieu). However, some jobs will require to meet at site, or for night stop overs if working on contracts further afield., For the right candidate with appropriate qualifications salary would be in the range of £36,000-£42,000 per annum + benefits depending on experience.