Principal or Associate Arboriculture Consultant Wanted - Elkstone, Cheltenham or Cardiff

About the job

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and experienced candidate to join our supportive and well-established Arboriculture team. We're on the lookout for someone with excellent leadership skills to help us expand our arboriculture services for our clients and provide technical knowledge to our team.
We are open to this role being at any of our three offices, which are located in Elkstone, Cheltenham or Cardiff.

Who are EDP?

We’re The Environmental Dimension Partnership Ltd but most people know us as EDP. We’re a highly regarded environmental planning and design consultancy with a reputation for delivering a high-quality service for our clients.

We’re proud of our welcoming culture (The EDP Way), which promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace where every member of the team contributes, and we all individually have a role to play.

Whatever we do – whether we’re focusing on development or the environment ­– we make it our business to create positive change, for our people, our clients and the places we help to shape. For example, as well as seeking to make a difference at a project level, we offset the personal carbon footprint of everyone within the team.

The role

We think this job would be perfect for someone who is well established in Arboriculture consultancy, has high career aspirations, the ability to help lead a team coupled with exceptional technical abilities.

 Your main responsibilities would be: 

• Provide line management and technical support to colleagues in our Arboriculture Team
• To undertake tree surveys tailored to suit a variety of end uses
• Working collaboratively on our discipline strategies
• Project management of multi-disciplinary projects
• Prepare written reports, including arboricultural impact assessments, method statements and tree condition reports to a high standard
• To provide arboricultural advice to both internal and external clients.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, so we’re delighted to offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements which can include a mix of office and home working.

Your skills

Of course, we’ll need you to have all the right qualifications and experience – excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must. But to enjoy your time at EDP, you’ll also need to be personable, passionate, and proactive. We’re a friendly bunch but we do work hard.

You’ll need to hold a full, valid UK driving licence.

Learning and Development

We’ll always invest in our people and have excellent learning and development opportunities for all our team members. This includes an extensive internal training programme to expand knowledge of our multi-disciplinary projects and roles within these. So, you can be confident you’ll grow and develop both personally and professionally when you join us.

EDP Benefits

We offer a very competitive benefits package, which includes: 

• 5% employer pension contributions
• Private health insurance
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 30 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays and birthday holiday)
• TOIL system
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Profit share bonus scheme
• Carbon offsetting for every employee
• and much more.

So, what do you need to do now?

To apply please email your CV, and a covering letter, to Team EDP (teamEDP@edp-uk.co.uk).

We’ll be reviewing applications as we receive them, with the intention to appoint someone as soon as possible.

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About the Company

The Environmental Dimension Partnership

We’re The Environmental Dimension Partnership Ltd but most people know us as EDP. We’re a highly regarded environmental planning and design consultancy with a reputation for delivering a high-quality service for our clients.

We’re proud of our welcoming culture (The EDP Way), which promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace where every member of the team contributes and we all individually have a role to play.

Whatever we do – whether we’re focusing on development or the environment ­– we make it our business to create positive change, for our people, our clients and the places we help to shape. For example, as well as seeking to make a difference at a project level, we offset the personal carbon footprint of everyone within the team.