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The Wolds
The Wolds
This is Tennyson Country, countryside that literally inspired poetry
Affectionately known as Poacher Country. The capital of Poacher country is Louth which is to the East with Caistor, Market Rasen and Horncastle along the west of the Wolds. Henry VIII regarded Lincolnshire as one of the most unruly counties in his realm, this was down to one particular activity and that was poaching. Lincolnshire has been and always will be a haven of wildlife and is particularly rich in pheasants - ideal poaching country even today! Tourists can of course enjoy an impressive choice of wildlife and bird watching sanctuaries throughout the Wolds and also at Gibraltar point near Skegness.
Home to many companies needing engineers, mechanics, fitters, as well as digital skills, sales experts and more.
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There are hundreds of different jobs you could do in Lincolnshire. Here are just a few …
Chemical engineer
Chemical engineers develop ways to turn raw materials into everyday products.
Chemical engineer
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
You’ll normally need an Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) or Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) accredited BEng degree in chemical, process or biochemical engineering.
If you have a degree in a different branch of engineering, or a related subject like chemistry or polymer science, a postgraduate qualification in chemical or process engineering may increase your chances of finding work.
You could also take an integrated master’s qualification, like an MEng, to prepare you for further postgraduate study like a PhD or EngD.
Some universities offer a foundation year for people without qualifications in maths and science.
Cogent Skills, IChemE, IET and Whynotchemeng have more information on becoming a chemical engineer.
2. Skills required
You’ll need:
- maths and science skills, particularly chemistry
- good problem-solving and analytical skills
- planning and organisational ability
- excellent IT skills
- the ability to manage projects, budgets and people
3. What you'll do
You’ll be involved in the design, manufacture and operation of processes that turn raw materials into domestic and industrial products.
You could work in a range of industries, like:
- food and drink
- pharmaceuticals
- textiles
- oil and gas
- minerals
- energy and water
- biotechnology
You may also research and develop new or improved products.
If you work in research and development, you’ll:
- test new ways to develop products in the lab
- use computer models to work out the safest and most cost-effective production methods
- plan how to move lab tests into a pilot production phase, then on to large-scale industrial processing
- develop methods to deal with by-products and waste materials in a safe way
In manufacturing, you’ll:
- work with plant designers to create equipment and control instruments for the production process
- help to oversee the day-to-day operation of the processing plant
- monitor production and deal with problems
- work closely with quality control and health and safety managers
You could also work in biochemical engineering, developing anything from new medicines like vaccines and stem cell therapies, to sources of sustainable energy like biofuels.
4. Salary
Starter: £29,000
Experienced: £55,000
Highly Experienced: £60,000 (senior chartered chemical engineer)
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
You’ll usually work 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. You may need to work overtime to meet project deadlines. In processing and manufacturing, you might work shifts, including weekends, evenings and nights.
You could be based in a lab, an office or a processing plant. In some environments you may need to wear protective clothing or use equipment like safety glasses, ear protectors or a hard hat.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could progress to senior process or design engineer, research and development manager. You could go on to be a plant manager, or overall operations manager.
You could also move into consultancy work.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £29000
Maximum: £60000
Joiner
Carpenters and joiners make and install wooden structures, fittings and furniture.
Joiner
Role Description
You’ll work as an employee or a self-employed contractor for large and small construction companies. You may work on a construction site, a client’s premises, or in your own workshop.
Depending on where you work, your day-to-day tasks may include:
- discussing plans and following instructions
- cutting and shaping timber for floorboards, doors, skirting boards and window frames
- making and fitting wooden structures like staircases, door frames, roof timbers and partition walls
- making and assembling fitted and free-standing furniture
- installing kitchens, cupboards and shelving
- building temporary wooden supports to hold setting concrete in place (shuttering)
- making and fitting interiors in shops, bars, restaurants, offices and public buildings
- constructing stage sets for theatre, film and TV productions
Salary Guide
Minimum: £16000
Maximum: £40000
Builders' merchant
Builders' merchants sell building and do-it-yourself products and materials to the building trade and the public.
Builders' merchant
Role Description
Your day-to-day tasks could include:
- giving product information to customers
- loading and unloading deliveries by hand or with a forklift truck
- processing orders and handling payments
- moving goods to storage areas
- putting orders together and organising deliveries
- advising customers about which materials to use
Salary Guide
Minimum: £16000
Maximum: £30000
Scaffolder
Scaffolders put up and take down scaffolding, to allow workers to reach the external higher levels of buildings safely.
Scaffolder
Role Description
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- unloading scaffolding from a lorry
- creating a stable base on the ground
- putting up scaffolding poles and attaching horizontal tubes to them
- fixing scaffolding to a building
- laying planks across scaffolding for workers to walk on
- fixing guard rails and safety nets
- taking down scaffolding after a job
Salary Guide
Minimum: £14000
Maximum: £30000
Design and development engineer
Design engineers research and develop ideas and systems for manufacture. They also work to improve the performance and efficiency of existing products.
Design and development engineer
Role Description
You'll work in a variety of industries, from electronics to synthetic textiles, on projects as diverse as the redesign of consumer products like mobile phones to the construction of motorcycle parts.
Your day-to-day duties would depend on the project, but could include:
- research (using mathematical modelling to work through new developments and innovations)
- design (turning research ideas into technical plans for prototypes using computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-assisted engineering (CAE) software)
- testing (collecting and analysing data from prototype testing)
- modifying designs (ahead of manufacture or installation)
- reporting (writing or presenting to project managers and clients)
Salary Guide
Minimum: £20000
Maximum: £55000
Secondary School teacher
Secondary school teachers educate young people aged 11 to 16, and up to age 19 in schools with sixth forms.
Secondary School teacher
Role Description
You'll need:
- the ability to inspire and motivate
- the ability to manage classes and deal with challenging behaviour
- creativity to design activities and materials
- IT, organisational and planning skills
What you'll do
Most teaching jobs are in state schools and academies, but you could also work in independent schools, pupil referral units and hospitals. You could also register with an agency to provide ‘supply’ cover for other teachers.
You'll teach at key stage 3 (ages 11 to 14) and key stage 4 (ages 15 to 16). You may also teach in a sixth form (ages 16 to 19).
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- planning and preparing lessons
- teaching your specialist subject
- creating a safe learning environment
- setting and marking essays and exams
- checking students’ progress
- developing new courses and teaching materials
- classroom administration and record keeping
- attending meetings and training courses
Salary Guide
Minimum: £23000
Maximum: £60000
Ecologist
Ecologists study the relationship between plants, animals and the environment.
Ecologist
Role Description
You’ll usually specialise in a particular type of environment, like marine or coastal areas.
You could study a specific animal or plant species.
Your day-to-day duties could include:
- carrying out fieldwork - surveying and recording information on plants, animals, environmental conditions and biodiversity
- researching the impact of human activity, like housing and intensive agriculture, on the environment
- building computer models to predict the effects of development or climate change
- monitoring pollution
- managing wildlife conservation areas, woodland and meadows
- You might also help assess planning proposals and make recommendations on sustainable land use for local authorities, government departments and companies.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £19000
Maximum: £45000
Bricklayer
Bricklayers build and repair walls, chimney stacks, tunnel linings and decorative stonework. They may also refurbish brickwork and masonry on restoration projects.
Bricklayer
Role Description
Your day-to-day tasks could include:
- measuring the work area and setting out the first rows of bricks (courses) and the damp course
- mixing mortar by hand or with a mechanical mixer
- laying the bricks on top of each other and applying the mortar with a trowel
- shaping and trimming bricks using hammers, chisels and power tools
- checking that courses are straight using spirit levels and plumb lines
- You'll work on a particular section of a building alongside other bricklayers on larger jobs.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £15000
Maximum: £30000
Employers in The Wolds
Safelincs
Safelincs provide fire safety products and services to commercial, public and industrial customers such as hospitals, churches, schools, universities, nursing homes and refineries as well as community groups, SMEs, landlords and home owners.
Safelincs
Safelincs, based in Alford, is the UK’s most progressive and customer focussed fire safety provider offering over 4000 products and services not only in the UK but also in Ireland, Germany, France and Italy. A winner of several customer care awards, Safelincs prides itself on its total commitment to customer satisfaction. Safelincs also operates the UK’s largest online fire safety portal, offering not only best quality products at reasonable prices but also making best use of internet technology to offer our customer free services, such as test reminders, free log books and fire risk assessment tools.
We support the local community by sponsoring local charities, such as the Alford Corn Exchange, the Alford library and we involve local artists in the development of promotional materials. We also support local schools with fire safety activities and work placements
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Join us and you’ll be part of a 6,500 strong team of professionals all putting patient care as our top priority.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital services and community services to a population of more than 440,000 people across North and North East Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Our annual budget is circa £300million and we have 850 beds across our three hospitals: the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby; Scunthorpe General Hospital; and Goole and District Hospital. Every year we see more than 135,000 people in our emergency departments, deliver more than 4,500 babies, carry out around 30,000 operations, treat 120,000 inpatients and book 400,000 outpatient appointments.
Our Trust is one of the largest employers in Northern Lincolnshire and continues to grow and invest in staff as well as patients. In fact, we’ve recently been crowned winner of the Employer of the Year award at the Talent for Care awards.
We might be small and friendly, but we encourage our staff to think big. Innovation is encouraged and supported – an example of this is our award-winning unique in-house computer system we have developed, called the WebV Clinical Portal, which digitally monitors and manages patient records. We have also developed a fresh approach to recruitment which enables us to make contact with overseas networks and candidates within Europe and beyond. This has positioned the Trust as a potential place to work on a global scale within the international job market and we are attracting professionals from around the world to work on our wards.
Our vision and values are central to the way we do things on a daily basis. They set out what our patients can expect from us at every step of their journey with us, whether that is on the phone, in writing or face-to-face.
Apprenticeship Programme
Our Apprenticeship programme will focus on both your academic and professional development over the course your 13 month apprenticeship. You will be working in establishment teams who will contribute directly or indirectly to quality, patient focused care.
You can expect monthly reviews with both your line manager and your assessor to check in with your progress throughout the apprenticeship programme. This will provide you with the support that you need to aid your development. In between your monthly reviews you will be working closely with your mentor who will support you in your department on a day to day basis.
The Trust apprenticeship programme is also supported by the Trust apprentice network which is held on a monthly basis. Here you will come together with your fellow apprentices across the Trust to discuss your experience and focus on your development as a group.
Together we care, we, respect, we deliver is our shared vision and values which form a declaration of our personal and organisational purpose and intent. It was created with input from staff at every level, from cleaners and ward clerks to nurses and consultants and our Trust Board have pledged their commitment to delivering services in line with this vision.
Buildbase
In total we trade from nearly 500 locations, employ approximately 4,500 staff and have a turnover in excess of £1bn
Buildbase
Welcome to Grafton Merchanting GB, an organisation formed in April 2008 to integrate Grafton Group’s GB merchanting businesses within a single structure. Grafton Merchanting GB is a major player in the builders and plumbers merchants industry because it brings together the majority of Grafton Group’s merchant subsidiaries in Great Britain. In total we trade from nearly 500 locations, employ approximately 4,500 staff and have a turnover in excess of £1bn. Our businesses or ‘brands’ are leading merchants and specialists in their own fields. These well-known brands are Buildbase, Civils & Lintels, Corgi Direct, Hendricks Lovell, Hirebase, Jacksons Building Centres, L&G Forest Products, PDM, Plumbase, Nationwide Drylining & Insulation, Secon, Electricbase and Sparesbase.
Our success is built on having brilliant branch and support teams who deliver excellent customer service day in, day out. Our Apprenticeship Scheme is a way of introducing a new generation of future stars to our business and the opportunities we provide are worth serious consideration for anyone looking to begin or develop a rewarding career in a customer-focused business.
Our Apprenticeship Scheme will give you an opportunity to gain a well-rounded knowledge of your chosen area of our business. You will be given all the on-the-job training, support and guidance necessary to complete your Level 2 qualification and establish yourself as an important member of our team. In addition to this, you will be earning £5 per hour - significantly more than you would on other Apprenticeship programmes.
We offer Apprenticeships in Trade Business Services, Customer Services, Hire Counter Operations, Wood Machining, Finance and other areas too
Mortons Media Group Limited
Mortons Media Group Limited produces a large range of magazine titles in classic & modern motorcycle areas, scootering, heritage railways, heritage transport, lifestyle and farming.
Mortons Media Group Limited
Mortons Media Group, based in Horncastle, Lincolnshire; owns and operates 30 shows and events across the UK catering for a range of enthusiast audiences. From motorhome and caravan shows, classic bike shows to Autojumbles, off-road motorcycles to classic cars; we entertain over a million people every year.
As part of the portfolio we have the two largest classic bike shows in the world, www.classicbikeshows.com alongside Europe’s number one off-road motorcycle show, The International Dirt Bike Show www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service
Our core purpose is to help individuals, particularly at transition points in their lives, improve their mental and physical health and well-being and choose healthier lifestyles.
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service
Who we are – strengthening communities, supporting individuals
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) promotes volunteering through its four accredited Volunteer Centres - in Boston, Manby (near Louth), Spalding and Grantham, matching would-be volunteers with opportunities and supporting volunteer involving organisations to recruit, train and retain volunteers.
LCVS is a charity working to support the health and wellbeing of communities and individuals.
It supports community groups to get established, survive and thrive by providing help and guidance with paperwork and governance, resources, sourcing funding and finding and training volunteers.
In addition, LCVS delivers and enables health-related community projects.
Find LCVS at www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk
Lincs Rural Housing Association
Lincs Rural is a not-for-profit housing association specialising in accommodation in rural villages across the whole of Lincolnshire. We are an IIP Platinum employer as of 2019, and the only HA in Lincolnshire with this level of award.
Lincs Rural Housing Association
Lincs Rural is a not-for-profit housing association specialising in homes in rural villages across the whole of Lincolnshire. We hold the Investors in People Platinum award as of 2019, and are the only HA in Lincolnshire with this level of award.
We have 429 homes and our aim is 100% occupancy all year round. There is a housing crisis in terms of number of homes and affordability in the UK and our mission is to provide truly affordable homes in rural Lincolnshire.
The range of roles within the social housing sector is wide and always interesting, at Lincs Rural this includes finance, tenancy management, asset management and the development of new homes.
Our tenants deserve quality homes and excellent service every day – they may need advice or assistance on a range of issues and we do our best to help or find someone that can. We offer a career opportunity that makes a meaningful difference to people's lives.
Horncastle Eye Care
Our highly experienced optical staff have over 40 years experience!
Horncastle Eye Care
Horncastle Eye Care is located within the heart of Horncastle town centre. Our highly experienced optical staff have over 40 years experience and offer a personal touch and bespoke service, whether your requirements be for a simple repair, or the fit of high end designer varifocal. Our in house glazing service allows you to create your own rimless design, and can offer a same day collection service subject to lens availability.
Our staff require great communication skills, to be reliable and great at problem solving!
ClubSpa@Kenwick
We look for staff members who make our guests feel welcome!
ClubSpa@Kenwick
Established for over 20 years!
ClubSpa@Kenwick:
- Technogym touch screen technology in state of art Gym
- 20m Swimming pool
- Thermal Spa suite
- Virtual indoor cycle room
- Over 80 exercise classes
- Functional training area
We look for staff members who make our guests feel welcome!
And we offer great apprenticeship programmes to help our team develop and progress whilst earning a wage.
Bottomley Distillers Limited
We are a family owned distillery with a heritage that dates back to the 1950's with the original Mr Stansfield Bottomley. Mr Bottomley was a small scale whisky producer, beginning in West Yorkshire before moving on to Lincolnshire in the early 1980's.
Bottomley Distillers Limited
Mr Bottomley was a small scale whisky producer, beginning in West Yorkshire before moving on to Lincolnshire in the early 1980's.
Alan Bottomley, his youngest son, was always fascinated by the production of spirit. In 2016, inspired by this inherited skill and the rise in the craft market, he decided to modernise those nearly lost techniques. With the agreement of partner Amy and their daughter Molly, Lincolnshire's oldest distillery was founded. Set in the quaint market town of Louth in the Lincolnshire Wolds, we now produce our award winning brand, Pin Gin, along with white label projects. Most excitingly, we have just started casking Mr Bottomleys' original recipe - the only Lincolnshire Single Malt Whisky.
Why would someone want to work at your organisation?:
Because of the diverse and unique opportunities that we face day to day. We are a small distillery that has grown and continues to grow at an exciting rate with lots of new projects to come. We currrently employ a Distillery Manager and Operative as well as a Business Development Executive
What is exciting about your industry?:
It is sociable and fun, full of passionate and talented people. It grants people the opportunity to gain internationally recognised certificates across a variety of different fields There are lots of different jobs and now even apprenticeship schemes to enter the industry through either production (like us) sales, marketing on the front line in hospitality work and many other different paths .
The chance to travel abroad to visit famous producers of some of the oldest spirits and drinks is also on offer.You get to meet an amazing network of people who are keen to share and expand knowledge in seminars
Opportunity to challenge yourself everyday in competitions or simply learning something new from the vast wealth of knowledge surrounding the industry
Scaman's Eggs
The employees at Scaman's say they enjoy working with a great, close team and that they are lucky to have a good relationship with the 'boss'. As well as working hard within the warehouse, the team will attend local award ceremonies and events with Simone to show their commitment to the business.
Scaman's Eggs
Scaman's Eggs is a small, family-run business that sells quality, locally-produced fresh free-range eggs. The business, which has been running for five years, is based in farmland in Little Grimsby, on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds countryside. Our passion is for great tasting eggs, which are produced by our free range hens on the Scaman farm, where they can enjoy the great outdoors and lead long and happy lives. These eggs are then delivered to a variety of businesses across Lincolnshire and beyond, from farm shops, bakeries and retail shops to independent chefs, schools, restaurants and holiday parks. We're committed to excellence, and are proud to have been named Producer of the Year 2016 Select Lincolnshire Food & Drink Awards, and crowned Select Lincolnshire's People's Choice award winner 2017.
Scaman's Eggs currently employs four people; two warehouse operatives who weigh, sort and package the eggs, assuring quality at every stage, a driver who delivers the eggs to customers, and the Managing Director, Simone, who runs the business. From day one, our staff are encouraged to take part in training programmes, even incorporating other elements into training that would enhance a staff members career. Qualifications include Warehouse & Storage Skills, Manual Handling, Food Safety, Forklift Operators License, Team Leading and First Aid. In our staff, we look for team members who are hard-working, passionate about learning and care greatly for the quality that we produce.
The employees at Scaman's say they enjoy working with a great, close team and that they are lucky to have a good relationship with the 'boss'. As well as working hard within the warehouse, the team will attend local award ceremonies and events with Simone to show their commitment to the business.
It's a very eggciting time for the egg industry! In January 2018, it was announced that egg sales had topped £6billion for the first time in 60 years, with more and more people opting for a healthy, filling breakfast and brunch food. This followed the news that raw, runny eggs are now considered safe for expecting mothers, young children and the elderly to eat. This growing, positive news creates great opportunities for local egg producers and sellers across the UK.
Lincolnshire Talent Academy
The Academy delivers proactive services to aid recruitment and skills development of our current and future workforce, whilst also ensuring the portability and integration of skills across the health and care system.
Lincolnshire Talent Academy
The Talent Academy concept was originally formed in June 2015 as an initiative by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust to support engagement of younger people into its workforce.
Due to its success, the Academy evolved in April 2016 incorporating its Lincolnshire stakeholders to strengthen and support local partnership and the benefits of collaboration.
Today, the Lincolnshire Talent Academy is an umbrella body made up of health and care organisations within the County. Led by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, the Academy represents a wide range of stakeholders from the health and care sector.
What do we do?
The Academy delivers proactive services to aid recruitment and skills development of our current and future workforce, whilst also ensuring the portability and integration of skills across the health and care system.
As employers, we work with students, schools, colleges and universities in addition to other agencies such as the DWP to provide services for individuals from the age of 14 and above, all of which are delivered in partnership though our stakeholders. Our remit includes careers inspiration activities incorporating the engagement of the education sector and delivery of careers guidance and work experience, through to the management of apprenticeship training and support for apprenticeship trailblazer standards development across our stakeholders.
With a common shared goal across all stakeholders – to adopt a “grow our own” culture within the county, the Lincolnshire Talent Academy provides the foundation for our collaborative approach to the engagement, recruitment and development of talent within the Health and Care community.
Children's Links
We are a proactive and agile charity that has enthusiastic experts in our current team. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from Early Years Educators, Friendship Officers and Translators to Senior Management positions.
Children's Links
We believe that play is the most important work and everyone can flourish if treated as an individual.
Children’s Links is a national children and young peoples’ services charity. Our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We pride ourselves on our professional workforce and our expertise across many areas of service delivery for children and young people. Children’s Links has built its business on developing work to deal with gaps in services identified by our stakeholders, parents, children, funders and the wider community. As a direct result our services support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We have a social enterprise called Linking Up Limited (LUL) that provides childcare voucher services nationally and a range of new products such as cycles to work, Utilities Warehouse and Nanny Payroll. Together we make up the Children’s Links Group .
All profits generated from our social enterprise are re-invested back into the Group so we can further benefit the community.
We aim that our work will:
Enable children, young people and their families to gain access to and choice of quality opportunities
Improve information on issues that affect children and young peoples’ lives
Enable people, employers and communities to respect and meet children and young peoples’ individual needs
Enable people to make a difference to issues that affect their lives
Make a positive difference to children and young people and communities who are often left out or excluded
We are a proactive and agile charity that has enthusiastic experts in our current team. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from Early Years Educators, Friendship Officers and Translators to Senior Management positions.
Our team is predominantly based in Lincolnshire and we employ 100+ currently.
Children’s Links has a Board of Trustees / Directors who are responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation
We are also currently seeking volunteers to join the Board to help us achieve more, could this be the opportunity you are looking for?
We put our communities needs first to achieve efficient, reliable and high quality people focused services. We are an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children, young people, families and communities.
Our team is highly skilled, well trained and strives to provide an energetic, fun-loving service to all.
As an innovative and growing organisation, focused on customers and stakeholders, we have grown a wide range of services in response to need and identified gaps. We have also expanded our delivery geographically. As a direct result our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We are an open and honest organisation that believes in empowering everyone in the team to flourish. Can we help you to be the best version of yourself through paid or voluntary work?
The benefits of working in the voluntary sector:
Making a difference: We contribute to many things, such as employment opportunity, community cohesion, eliminating the impact of social and rural isolation, training, educating and promoting and safeguarding.
Job satisfaction: A recent study by Warwick University found that voluntary sector workers get more job satisfaction than those in the private and public sectors.
The opportunity to develop skills: Working in the voluntary and community sector often means you get to develop a wider range of skills than you would anywhere else. We are always open to new ideas and we empower everyone to be more creative and think outside of the box.
Did You Know?
Worldwide Fruits pack and distribute Avocados
Did you know that European sailors on their way to the New World used avocados in place of butter?
Did You Know?
Worldwide Fruits pack and distribute Avocados
Did you know that European sailors on their way to the New World used avocados in place of butter?
