| Salary £24,054 - £27,852 Per annum | Full time | Permanent | 37 hours per week | Locations across Lancashire |

We are currently recruiting Skilled Arborists

The Environmental Services Team is part of Lancashire Highways Service which is responsible for the direct delivery of all highway related schemes and maintenance across the County made up of 4300 miles of road, 151,000 street lights, 2955 bridges, thousands of trees and miles of vegetation. The Environmental Services Team also works in partnership with other Lancashire County Council departments to provide quality arboricultural services at a wide range of Lancashire County Council sites.

We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable people with a current, full driving licence and with knowledge and experience of arboriculture within grounds or highway maintenance, preferably with specific experience of offering technical support.

As this role involves working on the highway network, we also require someone with an awareness of Health and Safety Legislation pertaining to highways maintenance and traffic management.

Why join us?

• This is a full time opportunity within our Environmental Services Team working in locations across Lancashire
• Fully supported with specialist training
• A competitive basic salary starting at £24,054 rising to £27,852. This is the equivalent of £12.77 to £14.44 per hour
• 37 hour basic working week. Overtime payments for hours over this.
• Opportunity to carry out additional functions on a stand by basis for which further payments are made.
• 26 days annual leave rising to 32 days after 5 years service.
• 2 additional days at Christmas
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Generous public sector pension
• Benefits package which has everything from free uniform and PPE and a vehicle provided while at work to reduced cost mobile phone plans, bus fares, health and fitness discounts and cycle to work schemes. Information can be found on our website here
• We are a big organisation so there is the real opportunity to develop your career with us and access further training if you wish to.

What you will be doing

• Carrying out maintenance of established LCC trees alongside highways and on corporate LCC sites.
• Assisting with site preparation works (tree clearance and pruning) for large highway schemes
• Tree planting and maintaining young trees throughout establishment and development years on high profile projects.
• Helping LCC tackle the ash dieback issue.
• Stump grinding.
• Performing additional winter maintenance duties and responding to emergency tree situations.
• Planning and organising routine seasonal and reactive tasks on site
• Ensuring compliance with site plans, contract specifications relating to arboriculture and Health and Safety Legislation
• Completing records on handheld or desk top IT equipment
• Assisting other Environmental Services teams with scheduled work.

Where you will be based

Our main base of work is Cuerden Depot, Cuerden Way, Bamber Bridge PR5 6BJ, however being a countywide service you may be required to work from one of our other depots across the county or from working sites.

Your daily work will take you to all corners of Lancashire on sites including highways, countryside, activity centres, libraries, care homes, youth centres and tourist attractions.

Further information

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Tamzin Percival tel: 01772 538544 or Tony Ramsdale tel: 01772 534410

As part of our commitment on continuous improvement, how we deliver our service is regularly reviewed. Therefore, job roles may change and post holder may be required to work elsewhere within the service.

This role requires mandatory participation in the annual winter maintenance rota. This involves overtime working covering nights, weekends and bank holidays for which you will receive an enhancement to your basic rate of pay. Are you prepared to participate in this rota?

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013) . If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

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