The role
As a Field Supervision team Member for Natural Resources Wales (NRW) you’ll provide visible, proactive leadership on-site, helping team members work safely and efficiently while meeting legal requirements. You’ll also play a key role in delivering NRW’s emergency response to flood and environmental incidents, ensuring our assets and communities are protected when it matters most.
You’ll take ownership of on-site logistics—from coordinating materials and equipment to ensuring plant is operated safely and maintained appropriately. Supporting the Team Leader, you’ll help identify development needs and ensure staff are trained and capable for the tasks assigned.
You’ll also build strong working relationships with stakeholders and contractors, support budget management, and be empowered to address performance issues when needed. This role is vital to the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible delivery of NRW’s work on the ground.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Elfed Rossington at elfed.rossington@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Interviews will be face to face on 20/01/2026 (details of location will be shared in advance)
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
About us
You’ll be joining the Integrated Workforce team within the Operations Directorate in North East Wales. The role is central to the effective management of NRW assets, including flood risk infrastructure and land under NRW’s care. You’ll play a vital part in ensuring our assets are safe, compliant, and resilient—contributing directly to our organisational goals and the communities we serve
What you will do
- You will be responsible for organising the delivery of on-site work of a small designated team.
- You will provide effective leadership on health and safety matters by actively promoting health and safety awareness and ensuring that Team Members comply with H+S requirements as per the Construction Design and Management Regulations and other relevant H+S legislation, e.g. LOLER, PUWER.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that the on-site work fully complies with NRW’s conservation and environmental policies and procedures to minimise the risk of environmental damage.
- You will lead the on-site effective delivery of an emergency response capability for floods and environmental incidents to minimise the impact of an incident.
- You will assist the Team Leader in identifying the development needs for team members and to ensure that each Team member has capabilities for the task that they have been assigned to.
- You will be responsible for organising and arranging for all equipment and materials to be available on site as specified so that work can be completed in line with required standards and to time scales. You will ensure full compliance with procurement guidelines.
- You will be responsible for ensuring all plant and equipment is operated as per the relevant legislation and that it is maintained, and defects are reported as required.
- You will support the management of the budget.
- You will build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of works.
- Where standards fall below what is expected, you will, in the first instance, deal with this directly with the individual(s). If a resolution cannot be reached, evidence must be gathered. You must then work with the Supervisor and/or Team Leader to resolve the issue. You are accountable for the standards of those you supervise and their work.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.
- Safety qualification such as, IOSH Managing Safely.
- CITB site supervisor or similar.
- Knowledge and experience of a variety of operational plant and equipment.
- First Aid at Work +F.
- Full UK driving licence ideally to include cat B + E (trailer towing).
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills are required for the role. GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English and Maths are essential.
Welsh Language level requirements
- Essential: Level A1 - Entry level
Welsh language levels
Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
- generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
- commitment to professional development
- health and wellbeing benefits and support
- weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
Please keep reading
We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
