Arborist Team Leader

OCS; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join OCS as an Arborist Team Leader in Hertfordshire, where you will lead a dedicated maintenance team in vegetation management. This full-time role emphasizes safety, compliance, and professional development, offering a chance to work within a leading facilities management company. Ideal candidates will possess essential certifications and a commitment to high standards.

Qualifications

• Hold relevant certifications for the Arborist role.
• Experience in vegetation management and operational safety.
• Ability to maintain equipment and adhere to safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Operate power tools for cutting and maintenance work.
• Ensure compliance with work specifications and safety procedures.
• Supervise sites to ensure work quality and safety.

Skills

Risk Assessment Training

Environmental Risk Assessment Training

Team Leadership

Politeness and Courtesy

Education

CS 30, 31, Chipper, 1st Aid

CS 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, UA 1, 2.1, 5, PA1, PA6AW, B+E

Job description

OCS Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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About The Company
OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security, and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers, and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Operating power tools and equipment to undertake cutting and maintenance work in accordance with specific contract requirements.
• Ensuring that work specifications and method statements are fully compiled and complied with
• Ensuring completion of site and employment documentation and risk assessments
• Ensuring operational procedures, safe working methods, and best environmental practices are followed.
• Maintaining plant and work equipment, including Company vehicles, in good condition in accordance with Company procedures
• When undertaking site supervision duties, organising sites to ensure work is carried out to the required standard with minimum risk to employees, subcontractors, and others on site, productively and in accordance with operational procedures.
• Liaising with management regarding work method statements and specifications
• Always remaining polite and courteous.
• Maintaining competencies and personal development relevant to your role and your teams under the supervision of your direct Line Manager. Please refer to the training profile specific to your contract for the competencies required for the roles.
• Completing works in line with work program and cutting cycle to the required standard and right first time.
• Completing works in line with contract specifications.
• Making sure working times are adhered to.
• Implementing close out actions from internal or external audits.
• Ensuring operations are delivered within agreed budget and planned time scale and that progress on contract delivery is reported.

Key Hiring Criteria

• You'll need to hold CS 30, 31, Chipper, 1st Aid and ideally will hold CS 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, UA 1, 2.1, 5, PA1, PA6AW, B+E, and other relevant certifications.
• Risk Assessment Training, and Environmental Risk Assessment Training
• As the lead member of a dedicated maintenance team, you will undertake vegetation management and other operations on our National Grid Vegetation Management Contract. Working as part of a team, you will carry out your role to the highest standards, always ensuring your own safety and that of your colleagues.

How To Apply

If you are interested in joining a business that encourages professional development, career progression, and the chance to work with inspirational people, then please click apply and register your interest! You can also sign up to our job alerts when registering, which will notify you when other suitable vacancies are available.

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Facilities Services, Hospitality, and Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting

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