Arborist - Accrington, United Kingdom - Onward Homes

Onward Homes

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Accrington, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Arborist

Full Time Salary
- £27,350

Employment Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

Region

Lancashire

Location

Unit B3 Sykeside Drive, Accrington, BB5 5YE

Contract Type

Permanent

Closing Date

03/03/2023

Ref No

1795

About the role
We are looking for an
Arborist - (1 post) to join our Environmental Services team. This role is predominately based in our Neighbourhoods and you will attend the office as and when required.

You will undertake a wide range of high quality, practical arboriculture and landscape maintenance operations including aerial tree works to the highest standards of safety and quality, whilst providing excellent customer service.

You will deal with customer enquiries, including requests for service and complaints and you will carry out a wide range of arboricultural operations using associated machinery and equipment as instructed by the Senior Arborist.

You will assist in conducting a comprehensive range of flexible, emergency tree works, and land scheduled tree maintenance, under the direction of the Senior Arborist and Arboriculture Manage, completing all works to the relevant quality standards and in line our procedures and key performance indicators (KPI's), complying with Health and safety standards in all areas of operations whilst on site.

You will undertake basic assessment surveys and deliver appropriate reports for tree works, updating our digital system with basic data as required ensuring all data is accurate and reflective of works undertaken.

What are we looking for?

To be successful it is essential at you hold NPTC/Lantra units in Arboriculture: Arboricultural accreditation: CS30 / CS31 Maintenance, Cross-cutting and Felling, CS32 Felling of Medium Trees CS38 Climb Trees and Perform Aerial Rescue CS39 Operate a Chain Saw from a Rope and Harness and Manually Fed Brushwood Chipper, Stump grinding NPTC, CS40, 41 Aerial pruning and dismantling and PA1, PA6 Pesticides training.

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary of £27,350 per annum, a generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days, plus 1 additional day's leave for your birthday (which can be taken at any time), plus bank holidays and a pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 10%.

Your wellbeing matters to us, and we offer a health cash plan where you can claim back money for health care, access to a GP service and an employee assistance programme, along with access to discounts for you and your family to enjoy outside of work.

We are passionate about our people, enabling their development, with learning opportunities to progress both personally and professionally. This includes access to volunteer in our local communities or learn a new skill outside of work.

We have created a flexible working environment, with Onward WorkSpace, which is our approach that focuses on work being the thing that we do that makes a difference to our customers, not the place we go.

You will be provided with all the ICT working equipment to enable you to undertake your role.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year.

We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.
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