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Parkwood Holdings Limited
Nottingham
6 months ago
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Arborist | NottinghamNG5 5LZ

Full Time / 40 hours / £15 p/h
Are you highly motivated? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you enthusiastic and hardworking?
If you identify with the above, this role was made for you!
At Glendale, we have a great new opportunity for an Qualified Arborist to join our team at Nottingham working on a variety of sites across the region.
And most importantly, you will be joining a company that can offer valuable career prospects and believes in investing in its people.
Who are we?
Glendale, a winner of BALI Employer of the Year, has revenues of £45 million.
Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping. For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk. We are a green business with "green thinking" at the core of everything we do. We have been at the forefront of green services provision since 1989 and offer innovative solutions for the management and maintenance of the green environment.
Who are you?
Applicants must hold a full, clean driving licence and experience of driving light commercial vehicles and towing trailers is desirable. Applicants must be reliable and conscientious, have a can-do attitude and willingness to learn with the ability to work on their own initiative.
Previous experience as an Arborist is essential and also experience in grounds maintenance work, horticultural tasks and use of handheld machinery is desirable but full training will be given.

The Qualified Person

  • Proactive member of staff with a passion for arboriculture
  • Strong team work ethic essential
  • The candidate will need to be flexible and reliable with a thorough, proven knowledge of all aspects of tree work: ground and aerial
  • Comfortable undertaking arboricultural duties including tree pruning, dismantling & felling
  • Full Clean Driving Licence
  • Tree climbing and aerial rescue, tree felling, competence in using chainsaw from a rope and harness, chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting, woodchipper
  • 1b MEWP Qualification Preferable
  • Must have a positive attitude towards Health & Safety regulations

What can Glendale offer you?

  • Incremental annual leave
  • Access to BenefitHub our employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street & supermarket shops, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and help with your day to day spending
  • Free gym membership with Lex Leisure for you and a nominated person
  • Employee health cash plan
  • Pension Scheme
  • Company sick pay
  • Career progression
  • Training and development
Follow us on Twitter @GlendaleUK
We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity
If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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