Arboriculture Inspector Birmingham
Job description
We’re looking for an Arboriculture Inspector to join our Transportation team based in Birmingham. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more. Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment. Location: Birmingham : , Full time (part time hours available if desired, just let us know) Salary: Competitive + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits Responsibilities As Arboriculture Inspector you’ll be working within the asset team, supporting them with the specialist arboriculture service to the highway maintenance service management of inspections, providing assurance to management and clients that works are completed in accordance with works information and requirements. Giving guidance and advice regarding the effective management of quality assurance and quality control, delivering quality management and improvement support. Your day to day will include: Undertaking specialist inspection of highway trees with field-based assessing of tree safety and service inspections Providing specialist arboriculture advice to the ISC Highway Maintenance Service. Responding to enquiries from the public, our client and internal service areas Raising works in our tree management system to fulfil our maintenance needs for both reactive and planned works Being pro-active in incident prevention, monitoring and recording effective corrective actions and control of non-conformances, analysing trends, and reporting accordingly Who are we looking for? This role of Arboriculture Inspector is great for you if you can: Demonstrate a Level 3/4 qualification in Arboriculture or related discipline with knowledge of current industry issues, pest and disease threats and a good understanding of vegetation related subsidence to buildings. Undertake tree surveys and use tree management software along with mapping Show a Lantra Professional Tree Inspection (PTI) qualification We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these. Benefits at Kier We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include: New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: Who is Kier? As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges. Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here: Closing date: 7 August 2023 Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early. Kier Group
