About the role
The opportunity to create is all around you. Whatever your level, whatever your role, whatever the project, you’ll be able to take initiative here and get stuck in. Join our Highways team as a Arboricultural Officer - Dartford/Leatherhead/South Mimms and shape something special.

What you’ll be doing

• Conduct annual walked and driven surveys of individual trees and woodlands.
• Commission and oversee contractors delivering tree work. Raise tree worksorders.
• Database management of tree inspection information
• Provide guidance on tree root protection zones on construction schemes.
• Contribution to the development and design landscape improvement schemes.
• Work with Landscape Supervisor to complete the soft estate inspections.
• Provide guidance to the supply chain regarding site work and tree rootprotection zones.
• Monitor hazardous third-party trees and send letters to landowners.
• Ash Dieback Actions following internal documents.
• Provide input into environmental assessments and the development oflandscape schemes.

What you’ll be doing

• Conduct annual walked and driven surveys of individual trees and woodlands.
• Commission and oversee contractors delivering tree work. Raise tree worksorders.
• Database management of tree inspection information
• Provide guidance on tree root protection zones on construction schemes.
• Contribution to the development and design landscape improvement schemes.
• Work with Landscape Supervisor to complete the soft estate inspections.
• Provide guidance to the supply chain regarding site work and tree rootprotection zones.
• Monitor hazardous third-party trees and send letters to landowners.
• Ash Dieback Actions following internal documents.
• Provide input into environmental assessments and the development oflandscape schemes

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more