Arboricultural Consultant Wanted

Arborist Consultant Jobs Gateshead - Flexible , North East (United Kingdom) Full Time

About the job

Your Role

As part of our talented 12-strong arboricultural team, you’ll work alongside colleagues in Warrington and Market Harborough, gaining exposure to a wide range of private sector projects. Your responsibilities will include

Carrying out BS 5837 surveys and risk assessments.
Procuring and managing tree works to mitigate risk.
Producing high-quality written and CAD reports for projects that shape the UK’s housing, transport, and energy infrastructure.
Working on veteran tree care, historic landscapes, and tree population management.
Building new client relationships and exploring innovative service opportunities.
Helping to enhance arboricultural standards and promote best practice across all our projects.

Whilst our office is in Gateshead, we’re flexible about working arrangements and encourage travel to other TEP offices for projects, training, and social events.

Preferred Skills

What we’re looking for

Proven experience applying BS 5837 and conducting tree risk assessments.
A positive, pro-active approach to project leadership.
Someone who enjoys collaborating with a diverse range of professionals and building lasting client relationships.
Confidence in delivering clear, well-written reports.
Thrives in a dynamic environment and is eager to promote and develop new services.

Benefits Offered

Working as part of a supportive team

Excellent pension scheme

Hybrid/flexible working

Training budget

Ongoing CPD

Professional subscriptions

About the Company

TEP

We are experts in the natural and historic environment, creative landscape designers and resourceful planners, dedicated to shaping sustainable, successful places in both urban and rural settings.

Since its establishment in 1997, TEP’s focus has been on supporting sustainable development by conserving and enhancing the natural and built environment. We deliver valuable environmental advice through our core specialisms: Arboriculture, Ecology, Environmental Planning, Green and Blue Infrastructure, GeoSpatial Analysis, Historic Environment and Archaeology, Landscape Design and Landscape Management.

We have great clients in many sectors, including private developers, government agencies, local authorities and charitable trusts. We also sit on framework panels for the Royal Parks, Anglian Water, United Utilities, the Land Trust, and National Churches Trust Framework.

With over 150 staff dedicated to providing a high-quality and personal service across our five offices, we are ideally placed to support projects nationwide.

Our workplace is a friendly and caring environment. We are professional but not corporate; guided by our values, we are Honest, Supportive, Passionate, Forward-looking and Enterprising.

Our arboriculture, projects range from the inspection of a single tree, to nationally significant infrastructure projects and expert witness. We are project-led and our professional arboriculturists are accustomed to working alongside ecology, landscape, heritage and GIS specialists to identify practical and sustainable solutions that work for the place and for the client.