Forestry and Land Scotland
Infrastructure Planner (FLS) Internal
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Infrastructure Project Team Forest Planner
We're looking for an Infrastructure Project Team Forest Planner to join our South Region team. You'll be based in Dumfries, Ae, or Dalbeattie.
About Our South Region
Our South Region teams play a vital role in caring for Scotland's national forests and land, managing around 170,000 hectares of public land stretching from the eastern Scottish Borders to the Isle of Arran and the Solway Coast. The region manages extensive forests and open land, producing timber, creating tomorrow's forests, supporting world-class recreation facilities, restoring peatlands, and helping deliver Scotland's renewable energy ambitions.
About the Energy and Infrastructure Team
The Energy and Infrastructure team plays a key role in ensuring renewable energy and infrastructure developments are successfully integrated with wider forestry, environmental, and land management objectives.
Role Overview
As an Infrastructure Project Team Forest Planner, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of large-scale utility and infrastructure projects across the national forest estate. Working closely with the Infrastructure Project Manager, Civil Engineer, Forest Liaison Officer, and specialist colleagues, you'll help assess the impacts of proposed infrastructure on forestry operations and long-term land management plans. You'll prepare and manage amendments to Long-Term Plans, Environmental Impact Assessment submissions, and other regulatory requirements, while ensuring compliance with forestry legislation, policy, and standards.
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The role requires strong collaboration with colleagues, regulators, landowners, and external stakeholders to develop practical solutions that balance infrastructure development with sustainable forest management and environmental objectives.
Essential Requirements
- A sound understanding of forestry practice and land management planning in Scotland.
- Experience of working within the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS), the wider Scottish forestry regulatory environment, and UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS) requirements.
- Confident in building strong relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and regulators.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to analyze complex information, balance competing priorities, and develop practical solutions that support wider organizational objectives.
- A HND or higher-level qualification in forestry or a related land management subject, or equivalent technical forestry knowledge gained through experience.
- Competence in the use of GIS software.
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Desirable Requirements
- Experience of utilities infrastructure, construction projects, forestry operations, or project management.
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