Utility Arboriculture Surveyor - Reading, Slough, West London

About the job

As a Utility Arboriculture Surveyor, you will be responsible for surveying the overhead power line network, identifying vegetation encroachments, and designing tree cutting solutions that remove the vegetation safely, effectively and in line with company procedures.

This may include ENATS 43-08 maintenance, ETR132 resilience work and general enquiries.

Roles & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Comprehensive vegetation encroachment surveys of our overhead network.

- Accurate reporting and documentation of findings.

- Preparation of key documents for work teams to carry out set tasks.

- Consent organisation and negotiation with 3rd parties.

Preferred Skills

What do I need?

We're looking for well organised, highly skilled individuals who have a keen eye for detail and are looking to make a difference.

Ideally you will be safety driven, have a high level of self-organisation and be generally proactive in your approach. 

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Utility arboriculture knowledge and experience, including UA5.1/5.2

- Excellent personal organisation and communication skills.

- IT literacy not limited to the Office 365 suite of applications.

- Full, clean, manual driving license.

Benefits Offered

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package at careers.sse.com.

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About the Company

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

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SSEN Distribution powers 3.8 million homes and businesses in communities across central southern England and the north of Scotland. Our team of more than 3,500 people keep customers connected to a safe and reliable supply of electricity whilst developing the flexible networks that are vital to achieving net zero. By enabling a smarter, more resilient electricity network we're ensuring our local communities continue to receive the power they need, both now and in the future. We are consistently investing and innovating to improve network resilience and future-proof power supplies for life's changing demands, from rolling out large scale EV charging schemes to supporting small community generation projects.