Utility Arborist
Our Role
As a Utility Arborist, using your technical expertise, you will deliver a first-class service to our customers with safety being paramount. Your role will be to clear trees and vegetation in proximity to our customers' overhead transmission and distribution network. Working with safety at the forefront of all activities, you will work with your team to evaluate, prepare, and carry out tree cutting works on a variety of sites.
This role sits within our arboriculture and infrastructure vegetation management division. EOS Contracting has an excellent reputation for the safe and efficient delivery of arboriculture and infrastructure vegetation management services. Operating across the Midlands and the South East, from our Ledbury headquarters, we work across a number of strategic, long-term contracts with leading utility and infrastructure asset owners.
Key Responsibilities
1. Work within a team of arborists to deliver a work programme
2. Be motivated to achieve delivery targets
3. Understand the relevant industry legislation and safety guidelines associated with carrying out arboricultural work within the proximity of power lines
4. Work within the compliance standards set by our internal policy and client expectations
5. Work with the wider delivery team to ensure work is tracked and completed according to the client’s requirements
6. Enjoy working autonomously, always focused on delivering a first-class service with a professional manner
Previous Experience
1. Have a minimum of 2 years’ utility arboriculture experience
2. Hold a valid UK driving licence (B+E an advantage)
3. Current DNO authorisation an advantage but not essential
4. Utility arb units UA1, UA2.1, UA2.2 & UA2.3
5. Chainsaw units: CS30 (201/202), CS31 (203), CS38 (206/306), CS39 (308), CS40 (307) (any in addition to this will be an advantage)
Salary and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.
Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
We are Armed Forces-friendly. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors, and military spouses/partners.
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