Highways Technician Countywide Tree Maintenance | Environmental Services | Full Time |Bamber Bridge & various locations across Lancashire

Job Description

Salary £31,067 - £35,235 Per annum | Permanent | Full Time | 37 hours per week | Bamber Bridge and various locations across Lancashire |

International Sponsorship - this role is not open to international sponsorship

Highways Technician - Environmental Services - Arborist Team

Cuerden Depot... please note you will be required to work across various locations across Lancashire.

We are currently recruiting a Highways Technician Countywide Tree Maintenance within Environmental Services at Lancashire County Council.

This is a dynamic, innovative team involved in creating, managing, and maintaining a variety of landscapes across the county. We deliver landscape projects of all scales, provide a high-quality grounds maintenance service to our corporate partners and deliver professional skilled arboriculture services to ensure the highways and LCC facilities are safe for all.

We are looking for a Highway Technician to provide first level management of our arborist team. The technician must have the following:

Industry Knowledge We are seeking individuals with a passion for trees and the operational background to understand how to maintain them safely. You'll have up to date knowledge surrounding environmental issues, arboricultural techniques and an understanding of the legal constraints and requirements associated with tree management and the equipment needed to maintain it. You'll have the eagerness and energy to work in a fast-paced environment whilst having the acumen to manage budgets, resources and provide clear, concise information to ensure our services are delivered to the highest standard.

Inspirational, Resilient Leadership You'll be a self-motivated individual with the ability to lead and inspire others in your team as you'll share knowledge, engage others, and encourage group participation to review and respond to the work the team undertakes. Your positive approach will help your team feel valued whilst your approachable nature will help open professional discussions to ensure arboricultural works are understood and managed correctly. In addition, your resilience will enable you to respond to changes in work programmes promptly preparing for the unexpected events such as weather and other emerging incidents.

Customer Centric. You'll really understand theimportance of being a strong positive advocate for your team and the need for customers to be central to our approach. As it's a frontline service you'll relate and communicate daily to a variety of customers such as residents, colleagues, and partners, including our own and other council members. Therefore, how you present and communicate information will be essential as it will be open to scrutiny and debate - so you'll be organised, aware and have confidence in all elements of the work we undertake whilst having a sufficient understanding and adherence to industry regulations and legislation.

Why join us...

Benefits: There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you'll love with up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 2 additional days at Christmas and then further days that can be purchased too - we have a generous Local Government pension with shared AVC's available then a benefits package which has everything from dog care to day care, holidays at home or abroad, long service awards, Medicash, inclusivity support groups, discounts on white goods and electronics, cycle to work schemes, salary sacrifice car lease schemes, eye tests and prescription support plus much more.

Development: you'll get support and development along the journey - there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal growth and development, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted plus all the benefits of working with Lancashire County Council

Inclusivity: we don't have a "one size fits all" idealism, we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

How to apply...

Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat:

Tamzin Percival 01772 538544

Tony Ramsdale 01772 534410

PLEASE NOTE: Any attached CV's must clearly address how the candidate specifically meets the essential & desirable criteria on the role profile.

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

If you're already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on Oracle Fusion. You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me - Current Jobs.

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In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description and Person Specification

Lancashire County Council provides public services including education, social services, highways, waste disposal, libraries, registration, planning and trading standards across Lancashire.