Environment

Arboriculture & Land Management Jobs

Acre has a number of in-house and consultancy Land Management and arb jobs - from climbers and arboriculturalists to estate and land management.

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Vegetation Manager

North England | £21K - £23K (pro rata)

One of the largest and most respected environmental consultancies is currently seeking a Vegetation Manager to join their growing team with responsibility for arboriculture surveys.

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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