Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
As an Arboriculturist you would be joining our 50 plus strong ecology team, who have over 20 years of experience undertaking the full range of ecological and arboricultural surveys and assessments, as well as the provision of advice on masterplanning, mitigation and enhancement design, ecosystem service and natural capital assessment.
As part of our Environmental team, you’ll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. And in some of the world’s busiest and most beautiful locations.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.
Role accountabilities:
As an Arboriculture Consultant your role accountabilities will include:
- Applying your expertise by conducting surveys and providing associated reports to drive our core passion: to improve quality of life in a sustainable way.
- Undertaking BS 5837 2012 Arboricultural surveys and producing associated reports, Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIAs) and Arboricultural Method Statements (AMSs)
- Undertaking climbed surveys on occasion to inspect potential bat roosting features
- Provide general advice on Arboricultural issues
- Complete arb projects and provide Arboricultural advice to clients
Qualifications & Experience:
- Applicants should hold a suitable qualification (e.g. FdSc Arb, BSc or Technician’s Certificate in Arboriculture or higher or closely related field) and membership of the Arboricultural Association or the Institute of Chartered Foresters
- Arboricultural knowledge including BS 5837 2012 Tree Quality Surveys and the preparation of Arboricultural Impact Assessments / Arboricultural Method Statements
- Previous experience of undertaking tree condition surveys, BS5837 survey’s and reporting, with a proven track record in writing tree reports suitable for planning applications (appropriate to grade)
- Understanding of health and safety related issues regarding site survey and supervision
- Desired: LANTRA Professional Tree Inspector Certificate
- Desired: CS38: Accessing a Tree with Rope and Harness and Aerial Rescue
- Desired: Experience of database asset management software and tablet data collection
- Desired: Experience of assessing trees for their potential for roosting bats
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
Skills Required
- Suitable qualification in arboriculture or a closely related field, such as FdSc Arboriculture, BSc, or Technician's Certificate
- Membership of the Arboricultural Association or Institute of Chartered Foresters
- Knowledge of BS 5837:2012 tree quality surveys
- Experience preparing Arboricultural Impact Assessments and Arboricultural Method Statements
- Previous experience conducting tree condition surveys and BS 5837 surveys and reporting
- Proven track record writing tree reports suitable for planning applications
- Understanding of health and safety issues related to site surveys and supervision
- LANTRA Professional Tree Inspector Certificate
- CS38: Accessing a Tree with Rope and Harness and Aerial Rescue
- Experience with database asset management software and tablet data collection
- Experience assessing trees for potential bat roosting features
Arcadis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arcadis and has not been reviewed or approved by Arcadis.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is frequently described as good, with strong medical benefits cited in multiple regions. Feedback suggests healthcare is a relative bright spot within the total rewards package.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) and pension offerings are often called out positively, with contributions viewed as solid. Feedback suggests retirement benefits enhance the overall package even when salary sentiment is mixed.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working arrangements, hybrid options, and wellbeing support (such as EAP and benefits platforms) are commonly highlighted. Feedback suggests the flexibility of the package adds meaningful value beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, digital and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. We exist to find solutions to today’s most pressing challenges, from the impact of climate change to increasing urbanization and digital transformation – all with the goal of improving quality of life for people around the world. You can see this in the work we do for our clients, the opportunities we create for our people, and in our efforts to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We bring together world-class resources and the latest innovative technologies to help define the cities and experiences of tomorrow. Arcadis. Improving quality of life
