The areas of responsibility of a modern municipal administration like Nidderau are diverse - and our employees are just as diverse. More than 400 people now work in our seven departments, the daycare centres, the municipal utilities and Abwasser GmbH Nidderau.
Among other things, they are the point of contact for the citizens of Nidderau in various life situations, take care of municipal construction, infrastructure and digitalisation projects, promote climate protection in our town, manage the municipal budget or ensure carefree leisure fun in the Nidderbad. In this way, our team not only helps to successfully manage Nidderau, but also contributes to actively shaping the future of the city.

We are looking for a forest manager (m/f/d) for the Environment department at the earliest possible date.

Your area of responsibility essentially includes:

- Carrying out team-oriented timber harvesting
- Cultivation work and stand maintenance
- Landscape conservation and maintenance of watercourses
- Care and maintenance of equipment, huts and recreational facilities
- Path maintenance and path renovation
- Construction and installation of hunting equipment
- Supporting the district management in a wide range of activities
- Operating forestry machinery (e.g. tractor with cable winch, crane)
- Operating forestry machines
- Operating the forestry machinery (e.g. tractor with cable winch, crane). Tractor with cable winch, crane bridge trailer) and equipment (for mowing, mulching and cutting)
- Maintenance of communal green spaces

Your requirements profile:

- Successful completion of training as a forester or comparable training
- Sound knowledge of handling chainsaws and other harvesting equipment (with the relevant AS tree certificates, e.g. module A/B/C or comparable)
- Profound knowledge of the use of chainsaws and other harvesting equipment (with the corresponding AS tree certificates, e.g. module A/B/C or comparable).E.g. module A/B/C or comparable)
- Driving licence classes (T or C/CE) and experience in handling attachments
- Carrying out clearing, thinning and planting
- Specialist knowledge of certification standards (e.g. FSC, Naturland)
- Willingness to be on call or to work outside regular working hours in the event of disasters (e.g. storm damage, bark damage, bark beetle damage). Storm damage, bark beetle infestation)
- Ability to observe and analyse
- Expertise in the use of specific forestry software or geographic information systems (GIS) for district mapping, timber volume calculation and documentation of forest management
- Strict compliance with the Federal Forest Act, the Hessian Forest Acts and the Nature Conservation Acts (BNatSchG, Hess. Nature Conservation Act)
- High degree of resilience, flexibility and organisational skills as well as strong communication and teamwork skills
- Very good organisational skills, initiative, goal-oriented and structured way of working

What we offer!

- A varied and responsible job in a permanent full-time position (39.0 hours/week).)
- collegial cooperation in a motivated team
- attractive collectively agreed remuneration up to pay group 6 TVöD-Wald Hessen as well as all the usual social benefits in the public sector, such as annual special payment
- Needs-based training and further education programmes
- Company fitness with EGYM Wellpass
- Bike leasing with subsidy
- Discounted Job Ticket Premium from RMV
- Development of an attractive supplementary pension scheme (company pension) and subsidy for deferred compensation and capital-forming benefits
- Free time for your birthday

Take your chance, shape the future of Nidderau together with us!

For further information on the application process, please contact Ms Ramona Einecker on 06187/299-116.

Nidderau Town Council - Human Resources Department - Am Steinweg 1 - 61130 Nidderau

www.nidderau.de