Estate Manager Kinrara (Hiring Immediately) in Aviemore, Highland

Imagine leading transformative environmental projects on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park. At Kinrara Estate, you won’t just manage land, you’ll help reshape it to deliver lasting impact for nature and people. We’re searching for a passionate and capable Estate Manager to drive ambitious conservation initiatives with energy, purpose, and vision. Do you want to look back knowing your work helped tackle climate change and biodiversity loss? We are looking for someone, and potentially their family, who wants to make a long-term commitment to this incredible landscape and its surrounding community.

You’ll be a passionate environmentalist, a skilled project manager, and a brilliant collaborator with a sharp eye for delivery. You’ll also bring strong knowledge and experience in Health & Safety leadership, ensuring our work is delivered to the highest standards across Kinrara and in close collaboration with Dorback Estate and our wider Scottish portfolio.

• Project Delivery: Demonstrable experience leading multi-disciplinary environmental projects from design to delivery.
• Compliance Confident: Familiarity with COSHH, emergency planning, lone working, and contractor oversight.
• Rural Stewardship: A love for the natural world and rural Scotland, and a deep commitment to ecological restoration.
• Risk Management: Proven ability to lead Health & Safety management in rural environments.
• Ability to create strong partnerships with communities, neighbours, contractors, and regulators.
• Cross-Estate Team Player: Committed to working closely with Dorback and other estates to share expertise and align delivery.
• Confidence to guide and train colleagues to ensure a safe and positive working culture across multiple estates.

Whatever your skillset, we’d love to hear from you if you think you can make a real difference with Oxygen Conservation and the communities where we’re fortunate to work.

As Estate Manager at Kinrara, you’ll play a critical role in delivering large-scale restoration projects and embedding a culture of Health & Safety excellence across our Scottish estates. Kinrara Estate sits on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park in a spectacular, ecologically diverse landscape of moorland, peatland, woodland and river systems, and is the site of BrewDog’s Lost Forest project. A substantial tranche of native woodland creation has already begun here (phase-one planting in 2023 established hundreds of thousands of trees). As we take stewardship forward, Kinrara represents a major opportunity to restore peatlands, expand native woodland (alongside natural regeneration), and rebuild resilient habitats at scale.

Importantly, you’ll also lead Health & Safety across Kinrara, Dorback, and our wider Scottish estates, ensuring safe, professional, and progressive practices underpin everything we do.

• Project Leadership: Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of environmental restoration projects, tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of Kinrara Estate.
• Health & Safety Leadership: Champion H&S across Kinrara, Dorback, and other Scottish estates. Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, oversee estate vehicles and machinery, provide training, and embed a culture of safety.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Dorback Estate and other Scottish estates to share resources, expertise, and strategies to maximise collective impact.
• Community Engagement: Build meaningful partnerships with local communities, neighbours, contractors, and regulators to enhance and protect the environment.
• Contractor & Supplier Oversight: Manage consultants and contractors, ensuring clear scopes of work, safe operations, timely delivery, and value for money.
• Budget & Grant Management: Own estate-level budgets, contribute to funding bids, and ensure grant compliance and reporting.
• Global Impact: Save a part of the world for the next generation and set an example for worldwide environmental management.