Join the Pack!

Join the Timberwolf pack at our Stowmarket HQ in the heart of Suffolk. We are the UK and Europe’s leading manufacturer for wood chippers, with our range of wood chippers being sold globally.

By joining the team, you’ll become part of the ‘wolf pack’ with Timberwolf workwear, free tea and coffee throughout the day, numerous wellness activities and you’ll also have the chance to advance your career with continued professional development opportunities as well as of a number of other benefits including:

• Subsidised gym membership
• Company bonus scheme
• Regular social events
• Reward and Recognition scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme

We do not have any vacancies currently.

We have a number of apprenticeship opportunities in various departments of our business. Take a look below at our current vacancies…

Sorry, we are not currently recruiting apprentices but please check back again soon.

To apply for a career at Timberwolf please fill in our application form and return it to careers@timberwolf-uk.com along with a covering letter and CV for all the applications.

Please read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice below before submitting your application for a role at Timberwolf.

This Privacy Notice describes how Timberwolf Limited (hereafter referred to as ‘Timberwolf’) collects and processes personal data about recruitment applicants. This notice also outlines how we protect your privacy and information rights.

For the purposes of UK & EU data protection laws, Timberwolf is the “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you.

This notice informs recruitment applicants how we process your personal data, when you apply for a role or vacancy with Timberwolf. For the purposes of European data protection laws, Timberwolf is the data controller of recruitment applicant’s personal data.

Our Contact Details

Timberwolf Limited

Entec House, Tomo Industrial Estate, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5AY

dpo@timberwolf-uk.com.

Data That May Be Collected

At the initial stages of recruitment, we collect, hold and use the following types of ordinary personal data about you:

·         Contact information (e.g., name, home address, phone numbers, email addresses);

·         Employment and education history (including employment history, qualification(s), and references);

·         Publicly available information about you, such as your business social media presence.

• Selection information, including correspondence, interview notes, internal notes, the results of any written or online selection tests.
• Any other information which may be voluntarily disclosed by the recruitment applicant as part of the application process.
• CCTV footage and other information obtained as part of an on-site visit, such as entry time and vehicle registration (if applicable); and

If you are shortlisted for a position, or you receive a conditional offer of employment, we may collect, hold and use the following additional types of ordinary personal data about you:

• Pre-employment check information, including references and verification of qualifications.
• Right to work checks and related documents.

Use of Recruitment applicant Personal Data

We use your personal data in order to fulfil our legal obligations and where Timberwolf has a legitimate interest, to consider a recruitment applicant for a role or vacancy in line with our recruitment process. In the event that we make an offer of employment to you, we will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your information in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract, we have entered into with you;
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation (such as absence management, health and safety legislation, tax purpose); and
• Where we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data, and your interests, rights and freedoms do not override those interests.

In general, we hold and use this personal data so that we can:

• Process your application and correspond with you about it;
• Assess whether you have the required skills, experience, qualifications and training for a role within the company;
• Make informed recruitment decisions;
• Verify information provided by you;
• Check and demonstrate that you have the legal right to work in the UK; and
• Keep appropriate records of our recruitment process and decisions;

What type of special category personal data do we hold about you, why, and on what legal grounds?

We will only collect, hold and use limited types of special category data about you during the recruitment process, as described below.

Since special category data is usually more sensitive than ordinary personal data, we need to have an additional legal ground to collect, hold and use it.

At the initial stages of recruitment, we collect, hold and use the following special category data about you:

Adjustments for disability/medical conditions

Information relevant to any request by you for adjustments to the recruitment process as a result of an underlying medical condition or disability. We use this information to enable us to carry out a fair, non-discriminatory recruitment process.

Disclosure to Third Parties

Who do we share your personal data with and on what legal grounds?

We may disclose some of your personal data to the following recipients:

·         Recruitment Agencies

·         Legal/Professional Advisers/Insurers/Courts

·         Home Office

·         Referees

We may transfer personal data to Alamo Group Inc. (the parent company for Timberwolf) which is located in the US, with appropriate safeguards. We will take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of recruitment applicants’ personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Rights of Recruitment Applicants

Under UK and EU data protection laws, data subjects have a number of rights in relation to their personal data, which include:

• The right to be informed –the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data. Individuals are informed of how their personal data is processed via the privacy notice, which is published via the Timberwolf website.
• The right of access –the right to access and receive a copy of their personal data and other supplementary information.
• The right to rectification – Individuals have the right to have inaccurate data rectified, or completed if it is incomplete.
• The right to erasure –the right to have personal data erased – (also known as the right to be forgotten).
• The right to restrict processing –the right to request the restriction or suppression of their personal data.
• The right to data portability –the right to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services. The right to data portability enables data subjects to move, copy or transfer their personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe, secure way, without affecting its usability.
• The right to object – Individuals have absolute the right to object to the processing of their personal data if it is for direct marketing purposes. More broadly, the right to object to data processing only applies in specific circumstances.
• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling – Individuals have the right not to be subject to automated decision making or profiling where this activity produces legal effects on the data subject.

If you would like to exercise any of your rights, as outlined above, please contact the IT Manager via dpo@timberwolf-uk.com.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to the IT Manager via dpo@timberwolf-uk.com.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the ICO if you have any concerns regarding the processing of your personal data.

The ICO’s address is:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

Security and Retention

Timberwolf takes steps to protect the recruitment applicants’ personal data against loss or theft, as well as from unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, regardless of the format in which it is held.  Timberwolf retains personal data regarding unsuccessful recruitment applicants for six months after last contact.