Unique Opportunities for Nature-Based Career Growth with Tilhill, the Forest Industry’s Leading Company
Tilhill, the UK’s leading provider of nature-based solutions is seeking graduates with drive, passion and enthusiasm to take up an incredible opportunity to actively grow their career within the forestry sector whilst contributing to the fight against climate change.
Tilhill is part of the BSW Group, the largest integrated forestry business in the UK, and a member of binderholz, Europe’s leading timber processing operation. These linkages bring with them unique opportunities for graduates to experience all aspects of the forest industry, from work experience in their commercial nursery and the UK’s most advanced sawmills, to a comprehensive programme of learning and hands-on experience in woodland creation, forest management, and timber harvesting.
Enthusiastic graduates, or those about to graduate in forestry or related subjects such as land management or environmental studies, will be ideally placed to join Tilhill’s three-year graduate programme.
Successful applicants are assigned to an office or business stream where they learn every aspect of that area, including shadowing highly experienced colleagues. With opportunities across the UK, graduate trainees are offered mentoring and pairing with an experienced manager during their training period.
Harry Stevens, Tilhill’s Managing Director and Forestry Director of the BSW Forestry Group said: “It is a most exciting time to join the forest industry, with woodland creation playing an increasingly important role in combatting climate change. Tilhill’s years of experience in planting trees, and planning and creating woodlands and forests, coupled with our woodland carbon related business stream, CarbonStore, make Tilhill a cutting-edge company. Every aspect of our work provides nature-based solutions. As an employee within the BSW Group, graduates are uniquely offered a broad range of opportunities to engage with the Group’s extensive range of forestry, landscaping and timber related businesses.
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“This is a fantastic opportunity for graduates with drive, enthusiasm and passion for all aspects of forestry and working outdoors to be part of growing all our futures.
” Tilhill offers all its employees a friendly and challenging work environment with great personal and career development opportunities. The company operates an industry-renowned management development programme that starts by building up management skill sets in order to provide graduates with all the tools they need to be successful, professional managers of the future.”
To take advantage of this unique opportunity and apply, please visit our graduate careers page and apply online. Applications open in December with placements during 2024. The deadline to apply is 28th February 2024.
For more information email the Recruitment Team at careers@tilhill.com
Contact Information
Georgina Thomas
Marketing
Tilhill
07827793237
marketingteam@tilhill.com
Tilhill:
For more information contact the Marketing Team on 01892 861008 or email marketingteam@tilhill.com
Tilhill Forestry Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the BSW Timber Group, was established over 70 years ago. It is a national company operating from a network of offices throughout the UK. The company provides a full range of consultancy and contracting services to the forest owner and forestry investor. Further information is available at www.tilhill.com
BSW is the most technologically advanced sawmill company in the UK employing over 1,200 people. The Company’s roots date back to 1848, and with seven sawmills in the UK and one in Latvia, has a production capacity of more than 1.2 million m3 of sawn timber which is distributed throughout construction, fencing and landscape markets www.bsw.co.uk
Together, BSW and Tilhill form a strong partnership in the forest industry that will deliver quality from beginning to end – from creating new forests through to producing timber end products.
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