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Arboricultural Consultant | Bristol

Posted 25 Mar 2024
Work experience
2 to 5 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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At Arcadis, we never lose sight of what’s most important. Because we look beyond our projects and programmes and you’ll see it’s about human stories. From remaking public spaces that bring people together, to making cities easier to navigate, we’re focused on making an impact where it matters most – and improving quality of life.

It’s a shared goal amongst 27,000 Arcadians. And one we can only achieve by working together and applying our skills and expertise across design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. It’s how we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. And how we’ll deliver exceptional results, today and tomorrow.

Job Description

As an arboriculturist you would be joining our 50 plus strong ecology team, who have over 20 years of experience undertaking the full range of ecological and arboricultural surveys and assessments, as well as the provision of advice on masterplanning, mitigation and enhancement design, ecosystem service and natural capital assessment.

Your experience will be critical because we take our passion of improving quality of life seriously. From bringing people together in reshaped public spaces to helping them make easier journeys on public transport, our long-term impact stretches far and wide.

We are engaged on a variety of large and interesting projects, including Urban and Greenfield Residential Development, Highway and Rail Schemes, Power Stations, Electrical and Gas Infrastructure, and are working for a wide selection of clients based throughout the UK, including EDF Energy, National Grid, the Environment Agency, Transport for London, Highways England, Network Rail, the Canal and River Trust, and Housing Associations. Our work with Local Authorities includes developing relationships with tree officers and working with them on local development projects. We are also involved in international work via Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessments and our natural capital community of practice.

As part of your role you will be able to apply your expertise by conducting surveys and providing associated reports to drive our core passion: to improve quality of life in a sustainable way.

Your Day-to Day:

  • Undertaking BS 5837 2012 Arboricultural surveys and producing associated reports, Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIAs) and Arboricultural Method Statements (AMSs)
  • Undertaking climbed surveys on occasion to inspect potential bat roosting features
  • Provide general advice on arboricultural issues
  • Complete arb projects and provide arboricultural advice to clients

Requirements

  • Applicants should hold a suitable qualification (e.g. FdSc Arb, BSc or Technician’s Certificate in Arboriculture or higher or closely related field)
  • Membership of the Arboricultural Association or the Institute of Chartered Foresters
  • A sound level of Arboricultural knowledge including BS 5837 2012 Tree Quality Surveys and the preparation of Arboricultural Impact Assessments / Arboricultural Method Statements
  • Excellent IT skills and a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office, AutoCad and industry graphics packages.
  • Desired: Previous experience of undertaking tree condition surveys, BS5837 survey’s and reporting
  • Desired: LANTRA Professional Tree Inspector Certificate
  • Desired: CS38: Accessing a Tree with Rope and Harness and Aerial Rescue
  • Desired: Experience of database asset management software and tablet data collection
  • Desired: Experience of assessing trees for their potential for roosting bats

Why Arcadis?

At Arcadis, you’ll have the opportunity to build the career that’s right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it’s why we’ll take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions. Wherever you join us, you can look forward to a competitive reward package that includes an attractive starting salary, opportunities for career development and being part of a sociable community. We have a performance-related bonus scheme and an employee recognition scheme. Other benefits include membership fees to join your relevant professional body, employer contribution pension scheme, flexible working and a flexible holiday scheme.

We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

Our Capabilities:
Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services, we work in partnership with our clients to create exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets.

Engineering
London
28,000 employees

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