Arboriculture/ Tree Surveyor

**We’re branching out**

Platform Property Care have a brand new opportunity for an Arboriculture/ Tree Surveyor to join our Estates Team in the West Midlands and Worcestershire areas. This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue our growth plans to add an arboriculture service to our grounds maintenance team; supporting our desire to embrace sustainability and make a positive difference to our communal areas and green spaces.

**What could you be doing?**

Based in and covering the West Midlands County and Worcestershire area, you will be surveying and documenting all tree stock in all communal areas and retirement accommodation, and producing maintenance schedules in order of urgency.

**Some things we need from you**

You will be Customer Focused with good organisational skills. You will be self-motivated, driven to meet objectives and have the ability to work autonomously. You will also possess good written and verbal communication skills, and strong IT skills.

Professionally you will have
- Level 3 Arboriculture Qualification is essential
- Lantra Professional Tree Inspection is essential
- A City & Guilds/ National Diploma or equivalent in Horticulture is desirable
- It would also be desirable if you were an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and working towards Corporate Membership

You will also have experience in
- Carrying out tree health surveys, hazard assessment, visual tree inspection and risk assessment surveys and reports
- Dealing with Tree Preservation Order issues
- You will have an In depth knowledge and experience of professional Arboriculture work
- An understanding of key industry standards and current guidance on tree risk management
- An understanding of key industry standards and current guidance on tree risk management

This is a mobile role so a driving licence is essential. The area covered by this role is Birmingham/ the West Midlands/ Leicestershire/ Worcestershire & Herefordshire.

**Check out some of our great core benefits**
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy and sell leave
- Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
- Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
- Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
- Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 8% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Salary
- sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
- Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers

Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear - we are growing fast and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.

If this sounds like the ideal role and place for you then we’d love to hear from you To find out more please contact