Climbing Arborist - Falkirk

About the job

Tree Surgery jobs in Scotland 

Join Mitie Landscapes – Where Expertise Meets Opportunity 

Mitie Landscapes is one of Scotland's leading arboriculture service providers. We're proud to deliver safe, high-quality tree care solutions for major commercial and public-sector contracts. 

Your Role at Mitie 

As a Climbing Arborist, you'll play a key role in delivering arboricultural services across a variety of environments. You'll work within a supportive, professional team that values safety, precision, and pride in what we do. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Carry out aerial tree works using industry best practices
Operate and maintain arboricultural machinery and climbing equipment
Drive and manage company vehicles as part of daily operations
Use mobile systems to log completed work accurately
Work within RAMS and POWRA frameworks to meet all H&S requirements
Support a culture of safety, quality, and professionalism 

Preferred Skills

What We're Looking For 

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

At least 2 years of experience in arboriculture 
Full UK driving licence (trailer licence is a plus) 
Essential NPTC certificates: 
CS30 (201/202)
CS31 (203)
CS38 (206)
CS39 (306/308)
A recognised arboriculture qualification (or willingness to gain one)
A strong work ethic, reliability, and a commitment to safety and team success 

Benefits Offered

Benefits: 

We offer competitive pay dependent on qualifications and experience, along with a fully expensed company vehicle. There are opportunities for further training and career progression. This is a permanent position with 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday), with overtime and occasional overnight stays required. All relevant Arboriculture training schedules, including MEWP and IPAF, will be undertaken for the right candidate.
Mitie Landscapes is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

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About the Company

Mitie Landscapes

Create and maintain clean, attractive and safe spaces indoors and out that have a positive effect on your brand, workforce, visitors and the environment. With full-service grounds maintenance services that cover everything from landscaping and indoor office planting to nature-positive spaces, bespoke winter services and lawn mowing, our highly-trained experts deliver environments that improve wellbeing, encourage biodiversity and represent your values.