Tree Surgeon jobs in Shefford

Qualified and Trainee Arborists - Milton Keynes

Hours/salary & benefits

At Glendale, we have a great new opportunity for Arborists and trainee Arborists.

Most importantly, you will be joining a company that can offer valuable career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

Who are we?

Glendale, a family owned company since 1989, is a market-leading, technology-focused, respected, environmental services provider. At the forefront of green service provision in the UK Glendale has revenues of over £65m and is proud to say we have been awarded the 2025 Pro Landscape Business Awards Supreme Winner and the BALI Employer Excellence Award Winner for 2025.

Activities throughout the UK include grounds management, arboriculture, landscaping, estate management, vegetation control, woodland management, supply and relocation of plants and semi-mature trees, winter services and the management of sports facilities.

Committed to the environment, Glendale is a Carbon Neutral business that seeks to improve the environment through our activities and go above and beyond to ensure that the planet is not adversely affected by our business. From ensuring local parks and open spaces are maintained to a high standard, to tree safety through our arboricultural teams, to saving mature trees through our Civic Tree business and ensuring sustainable design through our landscape architecture practice. Glendale offered the full range of landscape services from one unique source of professionals.

For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

The Opportunity

• Permanent contract with the opportunity to build and develop a career over the long term as we are keen to build team resilience.

• Good opportunities for overtime earnings.

• Ongoing refresher training

• Tailored training and development programmers

• Large variety of interesting work in and around Milton Keynes for our local authority and commercial clients

The Person

• Proactive member of staff with a passion for arboriculture

• Strong team working ethic essential

• The candidate will need to be flexible and reliable with a thorough, proven knowledge of all aspects of tree work: ground and aerial

• Comfortable undertaking arboricultural duties including tree pruning, dismantling & felling

• Nature of work requires the qualified candidates to hold the relevant industry qualifications such as NPTC certificates: 201(CS30), 202(CS31), 206/306(CS38) 308(CS39),. Possession of a valid CSCS card would be an advantage. A full, UK driving licence is desired, preferably with trailer towing up to 3,500kg.

• Must have a positive attitude towards Health & Safety regulations

The Trainee Person

• Proactive member of staff with a passion to learn all aspects of arboriculture

• Strong team working ethic essential

• Comfortable learning arboricultural duties at height, including tree pruning, dismantling & felling

• Must have a positive attitude towards Health & Safety regulations

• The candidate will need to be flexible and reliable

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary,

• Possible performance related bonus

• Incremental annual leave

• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person, depending on location

• Employee health cash plan

• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending

• Pension scheme

• Company sick pay

• Genuine career progression

• Training and development opportunities

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We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.