Responsibilities
- Undertake tree surveys for planning purposes and to assess tree condition
- Prepare arboriculture reports to BS 5837:2012, Arboriculture Impact Assessments (AIA) and Arboriculture Method Statements (AMS)
- Prepare Tree Condition Reports
- Working with other arboriculture and environmental professionals, in the planning, delivery and management of arboriculture and forestry services
- Ensuring health and safety issues are embedded in project delivery from the outset
Requirements
- Proactive
- Competent
- Passionate about delivering high quality work in the arboriculture sector
- Flexible and pragmatic team player
- Good attention to detail
- Willingness to learn new skills
Benefits
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Technical practice networks
- AECOM University
- Volunteering days
- On the job support and learning
- Apprentice Development Programme
- Professional institute qualifications
- Professional membership of the Arboricultural Association and ICF Chartered status
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: The team includes a full range of consultant grades, an integrated technical team, a dedicated internal software development team, and AI/Machine Learning specialists. They are part of a wider group of technical experts that includes planners, engineers, ecologists, and landscape architects.
Additional Information
- Accommodation at the college Preston site is made available for one week of college attendance during the third year.
- The course is delivered mostly online but there is one week of college attendance during the third year.
- The training provider will be Myerscough College University who deliver the following course - Level 6 Professional Arboriculturist.
- This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning team (we won the Gold Green Apple Award for our tree protection measures for London’s Thames Tideway project).
- You will be involved in a huge variety of different types of work.
- Recent projects we have worked on include extensive BS5837 surveys in Cork, Ireland, forestry assessments in the Scottish Highlands, tree condition and BNG surveys in Manchester, providing technical advice for projects in the Middle East and veteran tree assessments in a heritage parkland in London.
- You will be expected to complete the Environmental Practitioner Degree - Professional arboriculturist (level 6) - apprenticeship training course.
- Our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM.
- You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.
- We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.
