Arboriculture & Land Management Jobs

The role will focus on managing the vegetation around overhead power lines and railways, and will provide a critical link between the field and the office based teams.

Responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out negotiations with public and private landowners to agree vegetation management programmes to manage high risk trees
• Conducting tree surveys and risk assessments along overhead power lines, railways and on public and private land using hand held data capture and GPS
• Supervising contractors and auditing completed work
• Assessing tree work requirements and preparing contractor work specifications

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience working with vegetation management, ideally within a utility company
• Experience and knowledge of preparing clear work specifications and risk assessments for contractors
• A sound knowledge of tree identification, tree physiology, pests and diseases
• ND / HND / Degree (or equivalent) in arboriculture, forestry or related land management subject
• Knowledge and experience of tree surveying techniques and risk/hazard assessment methodologies.

Experience with GIS and hand held data capture devices would be an advantage.

This role will involve negotiating directly with landowners to gain access to land; effective communication skills are required. You will be part of a wider team however you will be required to work unsupervised and independently.

This is a 15 month contract position.

A large amount of travel will be involved and a driver’s licence is required.

For more information or to discuss your next career step please contact Joseph Huntley on +44(0) 203 008 4695 or send a CV to joseph@acre-resources.co.uk

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