Tractor Operator Temporary

Position: Tractor Operator (Permanent, Contract, Temporary)
Tractor Operator

Location:

Halesworth

The Role
Working as part of an established estate team, your primary responsibility will be operating a forestry tractor with timber crane to extract timber from woodland and timber stacks.
Duties will include:

* Forwarding and extracting timber from woodland areas

* Grading timber into appropriate categories (milling, firewood, chippable) using your own judgement and experience

* Loading and transporting timber

* Supporting wider estate operations, including:

* Loading and transporting woodchip

* Power harrowing

* Low-loader towing

* Operating modern tractors and telehandlers
You must have proven experience operating Valtra tractors (or equivalent) and telehandlers.
What You’ll Need
Essential:

* Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar forestry, agricultural, or estate-based role

* Experience operating modern Valtra or Massey Ferguson tractors

* Confident fitting and removing equipment and attachments

* Ability to change PTO shafts

* Telehandler ticket (LANTRA or NPORS)

* Experience changing buckets, bucket brushes, and tines

* Ability to reverse trailers into tight spaces

* Clear and concise communication skills

* Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions

* Full UK driving licence and own transport
Desirable (not essential):

* Forestry forwarding or timber extraction experience

* Experience using attachments such as power harrows, cultivators, graders, rollers, flail or rotary toppers
Apply now to Anglian Recruitment - (phone number removed)