Arboricultural Consultant
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play, and together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact.
Role description
As an Arboriculturist you would be joining our 50+ 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 master‑planning, mitigation and enhancement design, ecosystem service and natural capital assessment.
Role accountabilities
* Applying your expertise by conducting surveys and providing associated reports to drive our core passion: to improve quality of life in a sustainable way.
* Undertaking BS 5837 2012 Arboricultural surveys and producing associated reports, Arboricultural Impact Assessments (AIAs) and Arboricultural Method Statements (AMSs).
* Undertaking climbed surveys on occasion to inspect potential bat roosting features.
* Providing general advice on Arboricultural issues.
* Completing arb projects and providing Arboricultural advice to clients.
Qualifications & Experience
* Applicants should hold a suitable qualification (e.g. FdSc Arb, BSc or Technician’s Certificate in Arboriculture or higher) and membership of the Arboricultural Association or the Institute of Chartered Foresters.
* Arboricultural knowledge including BS 5837 2012 Tree Quality Surveys and the preparation of Arboricultural Impact Assessments / Arboricultural Method Statements.
* Previous experience of undertaking tree condition surveys, BS 5837 surveys and reporting, with a proven track record in writing tree reports suitable for planning applications (appropriate to grade).
* Understanding of health and safety related issues regarding site survey and supervision.
* 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?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone’s contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximise the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work and, no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. 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.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
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